We've got the perfect reads for those who prefer their romance with a side of chills, thrills and even a little trauma. Author Brynne Weaver recommends her favorites.

The best romantasy authors understand that sometimes the protagonist has to fall for someone bad for them, even if it's the ...

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.

However, the season has one surprisingly dark romance anime. The Winter 2025 anime ... the anime is primarily a silly comedy ...

The Apothecary Diaries cleverly uses classic romance tropes, like slow burn and forbidden love, to deepen Jinshi and Maomao’s ...

The author had started with fantasy, then moved into paranormal, and then contemporary dark romance — all with the express purpose of laying the groundwork for her eventual big hit.

The idea of romance looks different for every reader these days. While some bookworms are fans of the traditional love story, others have ventured into the dark romance category. Thanks to authors ...

For Valentine’s Day, Leah joined us to discuss a selection of unconventional romance novels that use some of her favorite conventional tropes. According to Leah, just two things make a romance ...

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 ...

'Just Our Luck' by Denise Williams, 'Bride' by Ali Hazelwood, 'A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke' by Adriana Herrera ...