I have to confess that I was oblivious to tropes until recently so here is my take on what a romance trope is.
It's basically a neat way of categorising certain things that pop up frequently in romance novels. And by certain things I mean situations, plot points, character types and themes.
So let me give you some examples. As someone who didn't know what a trope was it wasn't something I had considered when writing my books but now I know about it, it made me curious to see which tropes had accidentally ended up in my stories.
It appears that I am a fan of Enemies to Lovers as that features in Mistletoe Magic In The Highlands, An Invitation To Seashell Bay, The Perfect Christmas Village and quite a few more. Grumpy versus Sunshine is also one that pops up a lot and it was particularly fun to write in The Promise Of Summer as Curtis is an unconventional hero who is extremely logical and that side of him is highlighted when he encounters quirky fun-loving Ruby who gets herself into all sorts of situations. Reverse Grumpy Sunshine is key in Finding Love At Sunset Shore as Ros, my main character, is the grumpy one rather than the hero.
One Family Christmas features the Second Chance trope but also Forced Proximity as the family is forced to spend longer together than planned due to a heavy snowfall, but there's also Childhood Sweethearts and a heavy dose of Secrets as everyone is keeping a secret including the cat, dog and the house.
A Walk In Wildflower Park ticks off the Office Romance, Rivals and Opposites Attract tropes. This book happens to include one of my favourite heroes - Hudson Jones. A gorgeous American in an English office is always going stir things up.
Only one book, Finding Love At Sunset Shore, features a Fake Relationship but it also has a Cinnamon Roll hero. Let me explain that one a little further as I think all the other tropes I've mentioned are fairly self explanatory. A Cinnamon Roll hero is one who is kind of perfectly sweet, kind, considerate and definitely has the swoon factor - which is pretty much how I feel about a cinnamon bun.
Fish Out Of Water is key in Escape to Willow Cottage where Beth is fleeing a bad relationship so leaves behind all her city mod cons for a dilapidated cottage in The Cotswolds. Wedding Fever is most definitely covered off in A Wedding At Sandy Cove which also has the Single Dad trope because my hero has stepped up to take care of his nephew.
That is by no means an exhaustive list but I think it covers off a lot of the most frequently used and popular tropes. It's lovely to see readers identifying key tropes in stories and now searching out books based on their favourite tropes. If you know what you like, then why not?
I'm pleased to see that there are still lots of tropes I've not included yet like Friends To Lovers, Only One Bed, Secret Identity or Love Triangle. So watch this space to see what tropes might feature in my future novels.
Thanks for stopping by and reading!
It's basically a neat way of categorising certain things that pop up frequently in romance novels. And by certain things I mean situations, plot points, character types and themes.
So let me give you some examples. As someone who didn't know what a trope was it wasn't something I had considered when writing my books but now I know about it, it made me curious to see which tropes had accidentally ended up in my stories.
It appears that I am a fan of Enemies to Lovers as that features in Mistletoe Magic In The Highlands, An Invitation To Seashell Bay, The Perfect Christmas Village and quite a few more. Grumpy versus Sunshine is also one that pops up a lot and it was particularly fun to write in The Promise Of Summer as Curtis is an unconventional hero who is extremely logical and that side of him is highlighted when he encounters quirky fun-loving Ruby who gets herself into all sorts of situations. Reverse Grumpy Sunshine is key in Finding Love At Sunset Shore as Ros, my main character, is the grumpy one rather than the hero.
One Family Christmas features the Second Chance trope but also Forced Proximity as the family is forced to spend longer together than planned due to a heavy snowfall, but there's also Childhood Sweethearts and a heavy dose of Secrets as everyone is keeping a secret including the cat, dog and the house.
A Walk In Wildflower Park ticks off the Office Romance, Rivals and Opposites Attract tropes. This book happens to include one of my favourite heroes - Hudson Jones. A gorgeous American in an English office is always going stir things up.
Only one book, Finding Love At Sunset Shore, features a Fake Relationship but it also has a Cinnamon Roll hero. Let me explain that one a little further as I think all the other tropes I've mentioned are fairly self explanatory. A Cinnamon Roll hero is one who is kind of perfectly sweet, kind, considerate and definitely has the swoon factor - which is pretty much how I feel about a cinnamon bun.
Fish Out Of Water is key in Escape to Willow Cottage where Beth is fleeing a bad relationship so leaves behind all her city mod cons for a dilapidated cottage in The Cotswolds. Wedding Fever is most definitely covered off in A Wedding At Sandy Cove which also has the Single Dad trope because my hero has stepped up to take care of his nephew.
That is by no means an exhaustive list but I think it covers off a lot of the most frequently used and popular tropes. It's lovely to see readers identifying key tropes in stories and now searching out books based on their favourite tropes. If you know what you like, then why not?
I'm pleased to see that there are still lots of tropes I've not included yet like Friends To Lovers, Only One Bed, Secret Identity or Love Triangle. So watch this space to see what tropes might feature in my future novels.
Thanks for stopping by and reading!
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