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

Alchemised
The Primal of Blood and Bone (Blood and Ash, #6)
If It Makes You Happy
Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1)
People Watching
Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak, #1)
Heart the Lover
What Fury Brings (Wrath and Fury, #1)
Fake Skating
The Heartbreak Hotel
Burning Daylight (Defying the Stars, #1)
The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart, #1)
Every Spiral of Fate (This Woven Kingdom, #4)
Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls #1)
It's Different This Time
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    n Ur of the Chaldeans, Ishcah faces the daunting prospect of marrying Abram, a man she has never met and who renames her Sarai on their wedding day. T ...more
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