Romance Tropes

• Age Gap Romance  - A romance between two characters with 15+ years difference
• Angst Romance  - Extreme frustration in the ability to establish, protect or restore a relationship
• Best Friends Ex
• Best Friends Sibling
• Break His Heart to Save Him - You must break up with your lover in order to protect them.
• Caught Between Duty & Love
• Cinderella Trope - Heroine is swept off her feet by a hero who will save her from an uncaring guardian 
• Childhood Crush  - One has had a crush on the other since they were kids
• Childhood Friend Romance  - Two people who were best friends as children fall in love as adults.
• Class Difference
• Courtesan Romance
• Enemies to Lovers - Hero & heroine hate each other but end up falling in love
• Everyone Can See It - It's obvious that these two are meant to be together, if only they themselves saw it.
• Fake Relationship - Characters fake a relationship but it ends up being more
• Fated Mates - A supernatural power pulls the hero and heroine together, whether against their will or not.
• First Cut is the Deepest - Being unable to love again due to emotional wounds from a previous relationship.
• Fling to Love - A casual liaison grows into much more.
• Forbidden Romance - Hero and heroine are forbidden by someone or something to be together
• Forced Marriage - Against their will, the hero and heroine are forced to get married.
• Friends to Lovers
• Guardian-Ward - The Hero becomes guardian of a lady and they find romance
• Hero Falls Hard - The Hero becomes obsessed with the heroine and will do anything to have her. "Mine."
• Instant Attraction - Love at first sight for one or both characters
• Love Triangle - One is torn between two people and has to choose
• Marriage of Convenience/Arranged Marriage - A mutually aggreed upon partnership or arranged by parents. No love or feelings involved.
• Married in Scandal - Couple forced to marry because they are caught in a compromising situation and involved in a scandal.
• Marrying to Settle a Debt
• Miscommunication Issues
• Oblivious to Love - They don't notice that someone is in love with them.
• Operation Jealousy - A character tries to get their Love Interest's attention by pretending to date someone else as a way of inducing jealousy.
• Opposites Attract
• Pretty Woman Trope
• Rejected Mate Trope
• Rescue Romance - Falling in love with someone who saves your life.
• Second-Act Breakup Romance - The couple breaks up in the middle of the story due to a misunderstanding or conflict.
• Second Chance Romance - Characters were once in love and have another chance
• Secret Crush - One has had a secret crush on the other for sometime
• Secret Relationship - Characters are in a relationship that they don't want their friends and family to know about.
• Sibling's Spouse Romance
• Sunshine/Grump
• Unexpected Virgin
• Unrequited Love - One has long wished for a romance with the other
• Workplace Romance