Romance

According to the Romance Writers of America, "Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending." Both the conflict and the climax of the novel should be directly related to that core theme of developing a romantic relationship, although the novel can also contain subplots that do not specifically relate to the main characters' romantic love. Other definitions of a romance novel may be broader, including other plots and endings or more than two people, or narrower, restricting the types of romances or conflicts. ...more

The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
Game On (Into Darkness, #3)
No Matter What
How to Write a Love Story
Starside
Innamorata (The House of Teeth, #1)
The Library of Amorlin (The Age of Beasts, #1)
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
The Book Tour
The Faraway Inn
Twisted Pawn (Society of Villains, #2)
Midnight on the Celestial
Almost Life
Mayhem and the Mortal
The Fox and the Devil
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  • The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
    Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, #2)
    Atmosphere
    Heart the Lover
    Reminders of Him
    People We Meet on Vacation
    This Story Might Save Your Life
    The Love Hypothesis
    In Her Own League
    Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
    Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Funny Story
    Half His Age
    It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
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    The Fault in Our Stars
    Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
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    Happy Place
    The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
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