The publishing industry will likely never stop using tropes to market books, especially when it continues to be effective. However, the intensity of its use may decrease with time and careful ...

While all of their books and merchandise are available for purchase individually, the success of the trope hats led Mazur and Cerulo to introduce a membership to 831 Stories, called "The Ones ...

Every romance reader has their favorite tropes, and Henry expertly peppers several into each of her novels — from enemies-to-lovers to second-chance romance to fake dating. However, in a genre ...

Like its peers in the broader genre, paranormal romances often follows romance tropes, but with fantastical twist. There’s the “fated mate” or “true mate” trope, where a character has ...

In 2018, the cast of a web series joked about an imaginary (and very saucy) book. Now, it’s a real best seller. Just embrace ...

Reëxamining Romantic Tropes with the Ripped Bodice Leah Koch, a co-owner of the romance bookstore, describes how the genre has changed and what makes it special. February 12, 2025 ...

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.” ...

Mercy Fletcher Meets Her Match by Aydra Richards MERCY FLETCHER MEETS HER MATCH (Self-published, ebook, $3.99) takes the same trope and dials the angst up to 11. At the start, we see our impulsive ...

Booktok and Bookstagram romance experts have a book for every trope, pairing and type. You'll find a new fav here, too! Cuddle up with these hot reads this Valentine's Day.

Attendees — power users of Bookstagram, BookTok and books Substack (BookStack?) — greeted each other ecstatically. They put on the promotional dad-hats embroidered with the romance trope ...