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

  • Taming Lady Temperance by Karen Witemeyer
    Taming Lady Temperance (The Secret Society of Spinsters, #1)
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    Release date: Feb 17, 2026
    When passion for justice conflicts with the heart, which will prevail?

    Noreen O'Sullivan is an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance
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  • Sacrifice by Charisse Moritz
    Sacrifice (Choosy Beggars, #2)
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    Release date: Jan 14, 2022
    Shae is 18 years old and the daddy of a 2 year old. There's no room in life for anything else. Until Daisy moves in across the hall. ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 1083 people requesting

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  • Family Lies by Karen      Rose
    Family Lies (San Diego #4; Romantic Suspense #33)
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  • City of Bones by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLast Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
    Character You Most Want to Sleep With
    4,184 books — 5,440 voters
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
    Best Love Stories
    5,183 books — 9,645 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Help by Kathryn StockettLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
    TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
    1,978 books — 5,351 voters
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
    I AM IN LOVE !!!
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