The Romance Genre Specialist Blog

Stop here for tips on how to write your romance novel, deep dives into your favourite tropes, updates on new romance trends, writing prompts, and more!

Updated August 2025 Contemporary romance is what most people think of when someone says "romance novels." Famous authors of it include...

Feb 29, 2024

Updated 07 May 2024 There are so many romance tropes that are great for creating conflict— age gap and enemies to lovers are two that...

Jan 16, 2024

Updated 11 July 2024 I've covered the enemies to lovers romance trope previously on the blog, and now, I want to talk about another...

Nov 15, 2023

Updated 17 February 2024 Enemies-to-lovers is one of the oldest romance tropes and by far one of the most satisfying to read. It's also...

Nov 13, 2023