Marriage of convenience, fated mates, fake dating and more — a romance expert breaks down the tropes that govern the spiciest genre Denise Williams wrote her first book in the 2nd grade. 'I Hate ...

Lowell’s “ A Shore Thing ,” one of last year’s sleeper hits, depicted a breathless cross-country bicycle race. This new book ...

Tropes. If you’ve spent any time at all in the world of romance novels, you’ve heard this word. Tropes, or a narrative convention that conveys a theme or motif, are not unique to romance ...

831 Stories is a romance fiction company that is trying to build a new type of community for readers. Founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo explain how.

The Read My Lips book club meets monthly at the Speedway in Brighton. The group focuses on inclusive romance stories and discussions where tropes, steam, and meet-cutes are all on the table.

Romance trope acronyms: FMC, MMC meaning. If you’re a regular consumer of BookTok’s romance content, you’ve probably seen people talking about “FMC” and “MMC.” ...

In 2016, Leah Koch and her sister Bea Hodges-Koch opened the Ripped Bodice, a romance bookstore, in Los Angeles. Since then, the genre has exploded—between 2020 and 2023, print sales jumped from ...

Men are bigger romance fans than women, according to a recent survey. SWNS. Seventeen percent of married readers typically picture their spouse when imagining the love interest in a novel, 21% of ...

The romance author Beth O’Leary recommends books that show off the trope at its best — playful, knowing, original and deliciously satisfying. By Beth O’Leary Beth O’Leary is the best ...

Did Hacks just invent a new romance trope? Hacks is officially back—and Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) have never been more viciously intertwined. The season picks up in the ...

Romance enters its Comic-Con phase. The genre’s fans are getting insatiable — and authors and publishers are strategizing to meet that appetite.