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Time Written

    • pre-1800
    • 1800-1849
    • 1850s
    • 1860s
    • 1870s
    • 1880s
    • 1890s
    • 1900-1909
    • 1910-1919
    • 1920s
    • 1930s
    • 1940s
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • 1970s
    • 1980s
    • 1990s

Author

  • female
  • male
  • female + male
  • multiple authors
  • POC

Narrative Voice

  • first-person
  • second-person
  • third-person
  • multiple narrators
  • nonhuman narrator

Relationship Convention

  • f/f
  • f/m
  • m/m
  • none
  • other
  • platonic
  • poly

Genre/Tone

  • adventure
  • children's fiction
  • comedy
  • comfort-read
  • cozy
  • filmed, has been
  • filmed, should be
  • gothic
  • magic realism
  • melodrama
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • parody
  • religious
  • romance
  • satire
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • suspense
  • unreliable narrator
  • western
  • YA

Narrative Form (special)

  • diary/journal
  • epistolary
  • flashbacks
  • illustrated
  • memoir
  • novelized play
  • novella
  • play
  • short stories
  • travelogue

Time Set

  • ancient
  • 1300s
  • 1400s
  • 1500s
  • 1600s
  • 1700s
  • Regency
  • Victorian
  • 1800s, other
  • 1900-1909
  • 1910-1919
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • future

Location/Setting

  • Africa
  • Africa, Kenya
  • Africa, Morocco
  • Africa, South Africa
  • airplane
  • airport
  • America
  • Arabic
  • Asia
  • Asia, India
  • Asia, Japan
  • Australia
  • Bermuda
  • boarding house
  • Broadway
  • cabin
  • Canada
  • Caribbean
  • castle
  • China
  • circus
  • college/university
  • country inn
  • crumbling manse
  • department store
  • desert island
  • dinner party
  • Egypt
  • estate
  • Europe
  • Europe, Austria
  • Europe, Belgium
  • Europe, England
  • Europe, France
  • Europe, Germany
  • Europe, Ireland
  • Europe, Italy
  • Europe, Monaco
  • Europe, Ruritania
  • Europe, Russia
  • Europe, Scotland
  • Europe, Spain
  • Europe, Switzerland
  • Europe, Wales
  • expedition
  • family home
  • farm
  • Greece
  • hospital
  • hotel/inn
  • house party
  • island
  • Israel/Palestine
  • lighthouse
  • lodge
  • Mexico
  • military base
  • mining/logging camp
  • mountains
  • movie studio
  • museum
  • New Zealand
  • ocean liner
  • organized tour
  • plane
  • resort
  • road trip
  • rural
  • school
  • school, private boys'
  • school, private girls'
  • seashore/beach/coast
  • season, fall
  • season, spring
  • season, summer
  • season, winter
  • secluded manor
  • ship/yacht
  • South America
  • theater
  • townhome
  • train
  • United States, California
  • United States, Midwest
  • United States, Northeast
  • United States, South
  • United States, Southeast
  • United States, Southwest
  • urban
  • war
  • wilderness

Main Character 1 (F if M/F)

Background

    • African
    • American
    • Arabic
    • Asian
    • Australian
    • Austrian
    • Belgian
    • Canadian
    • Chinese
    • English
    • European
    • Filipino
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Indian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Jewish
    • Latino/a
    • Native American
    • New Zealander
    • Norwegian
    • Polish
    • Rumanian
    • Ruritanian
    • Russian
    • Scottish
    • South African
    • South American
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Welsh

Occupation

    • accountant
    • actor
    • administrator
    • adventurer
    • advertising
    • ambassador
    • archaeologist
    • architect
    • artist
    • athlete
    • banker
    • beautician
    • big game hunter
    • bodyguard
    • buccaneer
    • business owner
    • business person
    • buyer
    • capitalist
    • captain of industry
    • celebrity
    • chaperone, unpaid
    • chef
    • child
    • circus performer
    • clergyman/woman
    • clerk
    • companion, paid
    • consultant
    • couture designer
    • dancer
    • department store owner/heir
    • detective
    • diplomat
    • doctor
    • driver
    • editor
    • engineer
    • entrepeneur
    • executive
    • explorer
    • factory worker
    • farmer/horticulturalist
    • flight attendant
    • food technologist
    • ghost
    • gold digger/fortune hunter
    • governess/paid companion
    • head of school
    • heir/heiress
    • hospitality industry
    • housekeeper
    • innkeeper
    • intelligence work
    • interior designer/decorator
    • inventor
    • investigator
    • investor/speculator
    • journalist
    • kennel owner
    • landgirl
    • landowner
    • landscape designer
    • lawyer
    • librarian/archivist
    • manager
    • mechanic
    • milkman
    • millionaire
    • mine owner
    • minister
    • model
    • musician
    • nanny
    • noble/aristocrat
    • nurse
    • nursemaid
    • pharmacist/dispenser
    • philanthropist
    • photographer
    • pilot/aviator
    • pirate
    • police
    • political activist
    • politician
    • pomologist
    • poor relation/companion
    • prisoner/POW
    • producer/director
    • professor
    • race car driver
    • rancher/cowboy
    • reformer
    • reporter
    • resistance
    • royal
    • sailor
    • salesman
    • scientist
    • secretary
    • secretary, social
    • servant, chauffeur
    • servant, maid
    • shop owner
    • shop worker
    • singer
    • socialite
    • soldier
    • sports professional
    • spy
    • student
    • surgeon
    • teacher
    • telephone operator
    • thief
    • vagabond
    • veteran
    • waiter/waitress
    • writer
    • writer, nonfiction
    • writer, novels
    • writer, playwright
    • writer, poet

Characteristics

    • ambitious
    • arrogant
    • artistic
    • athletic
    • aunt
    • bachelor
    • bald(ing)
    • beautiful/handsome
    • beta
    • big
    • brave, courageous
    • calm/tranquil
    • charming
    • cheerful
    • clever
    • clueless
    • competent
    • curvy/stocky
    • cynical
    • dead
    • determined
    • disabled, blind
    • disabled, deaf
    • disabled, missing limb
    • disabled, other
    • disabled, paralysis
    • disciplined
    • divorced
    • dominant
    • eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
    • efficient
    • egotistical
    • elegant
    • famous
    • fashionable
    • forthright
    • frail
    • generous
    • gentle
    • guardian
    • gullible
    • hair, blond(e)
    • hair, dark
    • hair, gray
    • hair, red
    • hot-tempered
    • humorous
    • husky
    • idealistic
    • ill (chronic)
    • illegitimate
    • immature
    • independent
    • intelligent
    • kind
    • late bloomer
    • loyal
    • madcap
    • married
    • materialistic
    • mental illness
    • middle-aged
    • morose
    • mysterious
    • naive/silly
    • named Elizabeth
    • named Virginia
    • nobility/royalty
    • old
    • old-fashioned
    • orphaned
    • parent
    • plain
    • playboy
    • poor
    • practical
    • principled
    • progressive
    • prosperous
    • PTSD
    • pure & innocent
    • quiet
    • rake
    • recluse
    • religious, Buddhist
    • religious, Christian
    • religious, Muslim
    • religous, Jewish
    • reserved
    • rich
    • robust
    • scarred
    • scheming
    • selfish
    • selfless
    • sexist
    • short
    • shy
    • single
    • slight
    • spinster
    • spirited
    • spoiled
    • strong
    • stupid
    • sweet-tempered
    • talented
    • tall
    • temperamental
    • thin
    • tortured
    • traumatized
    • twin, fraternal
    • twin, identical
    • ugly
    • uncle
    • unimaginative
    • unprincipled
    • unreadable to other MC
    • ward
    • wears glasses
    • widowed
    • womanhater/manhater
    • working class
    • wounded
    • young

Background

    • African
    • American
    • Arabic
    • Asian
    • Australian
    • Austrian
    • Belgian
    • Canadian
    • Chinese
    • English
    • European
    • Filipino
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Indian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Jewish
    • Latino/a
    • Native American
    • New Zealander
    • Norwegian
    • Polish
    • Rumanian
    • Ruritanian
    • Russian
    • Scottish
    • South African
    • South American
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Welsh

Occupation

    • accountant
    • actor
    • administrator
    • adventurer
    • advertising
    • ambassador
    • archaeologist
    • architect
    • artist
    • athlete
    • banker
    • beautician
    • big game hunter
    • bodyguard
    • buccaneer
    • business owner
    • business person
    • buyer
    • capitalist
    • captain of industry
    • celebrity
    • chaperone, unpaid
    • chef
    • child
    • circus performer
    • clergyman/woman
    • clerk
    • companion, paid
    • consultant
    • couture designer
    • dancer
    • department store owner/heir
    • detective
    • diplomat
    • doctor
    • driver
    • editor
    • engineer
    • entrepeneur
    • executive
    • explorer
    • factory worker
    • farmer/horticulturalist
    • flight attendant
    • food technologist
    • ghost
    • gold digger/fortune hunter
    • governess/paid companion
    • head of school
    • heir/heiress
    • hospitality industry
    • housekeeper
    • innkeeper
    • intelligence work
    • interior designer/decorator
    • inventor
    • investigator
    • investor/speculator
    • journalist
    • kennel owner
    • landgirl
    • landowner
    • landscape designer
    • lawyer
    • librarian/archivist
    • manager
    • mechanic
    • milkman
    • millionaire
    • mine owner
    • minister
    • model
    • musician
    • nanny
    • noble/aristocrat
    • nurse
    • nursemaid
    • pharmacist/dispenser
    • philanthropist
    • photographer
    • pilot/aviator
    • pirate
    • police
    • political activist
    • politician
    • pomologist
    • poor relation/companion
    • prisoner/POW
    • producer/director
    • professor
    • race car driver
    • rancher/cowboy
    • reformer
    • reporter
    • resistance
    • royal
    • sailor
    • salesman
    • scientist
    • secretary
    • secretary, social
    • servant, chauffeur
    • servant, maid
    • shop owner
    • shop worker
    • singer
    • socialite
    • soldier
    • sports professional
    • spy
    • student
    • surgeon
    • teacher
    • telephone operator
    • thief
    • vagabond
    • veteran
    • waiter/waitress
    • writer
    • writer, nonfiction
    • writer, novels
    • writer, playwright
    • writer, poet

Characteristics

    • ambitious
    • arrogant
    • artistic
    • athletic
    • aunt
    • bachelor
    • bald(ing)
    • beautiful/handsome
    • beta
    • big
    • brave, courageous
    • calm/tranquil
    • charming
    • cheerful
    • clever
    • clueless
    • competent
    • curvy/stocky
    • cynical
    • dead
    • determined
    • disabled, blind
    • disabled, deaf
    • disabled, missing limb
    • disabled, other
    • disabled, paralysis
    • disciplined
    • divorced
    • dominant
    • eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
    • efficient
    • egotistical
    • elegant
    • famous
    • fashionable
    • forthright
    • frail
    • generous
    • gentle
    • guardian
    • gullible
    • hair, blond(e)
    • hair, dark
    • hair, gray
    • hair, red
    • hot-tempered
    • humorous
    • husky
    • idealistic
    • ill (chronic)
    • illegitimate
    • immature
    • independent
    • intelligent
    • kind
    • late bloomer
    • loyal
    • madcap
    • married
    • materialistic
    • mental illness
    • middle-aged
    • morose
    • mysterious
    • naive/silly
    • named Elizabeth
    • named Virginia
    • nobility/royalty
    • old
    • old-fashioned
    • orphaned
    • parent
    • plain
    • playboy
    • poor
    • practical
    • principled
    • progressive
    • prosperous
    • PTSD
    • pure & innocent
    • quiet
    • rake
    • recluse
    • religious, Buddhist
    • religious, Christian
    • religious, Muslim
    • religous, Jewish
    • reserved
    • rich
    • robust
    • scarred
    • scheming
    • selfish
    • selfless
    • sexist
    • short
    • shy
    • single
    • slight
    • spinster
    • spirited
    • spoiled
    • strong
    • stupid
    • sweet-tempered
    • talented
    • tall
    • temperamental
    • thin
    • tortured
    • traumatized
    • twin, fraternal
    • twin, identical
    • ugly
    • uncle
    • unimaginative
    • unprincipled
    • unreadable to other MC
    • ward
    • wears glasses
    • widowed
    • womanhater/manhater
    • working class
    • wounded
    • young

Main Character 2 (M if M/F)

Background

    • African
    • American
    • Arabic
    • Asian
    • Australian
    • Austrian
    • Belgian
    • Canadian
    • Chinese
    • English
    • European
    • Filipino
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Indian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Jewish
    • Latino/a
    • Native American
    • New Zealander
    • Norwegian
    • Polish
    • Rumanian
    • Ruritanian
    • Russian
    • Scottish
    • South African
    • South American
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Welsh

Occupation

    • accountant
    • actor
    • administrator
    • adventurer
    • advertising
    • ambassador
    • archaeologist
    • architect
    • artist
    • athlete
    • banker
    • beautician
    • big game hunter
    • bodyguard
    • buccaneer
    • business owner
    • business person
    • buyer
    • capitalist
    • captain of industry
    • celebrity
    • chaperone, unpaid
    • chef
    • child
    • circus performer
    • clergyman/woman
    • clerk
    • companion, paid
    • consultant
    • couture designer
    • dancer
    • department store owner/heir
    • detective
    • diplomat
    • doctor
    • driver
    • editor
    • engineer
    • entrepeneur
    • executive
    • explorer
    • factory worker
    • farmer/horticulturalist
    • flight attendant
    • food technologist
    • ghost
    • gold digger/fortune hunter
    • governess/paid companion
    • head of school
    • heir/heiress
    • hospitality industry
    • housekeeper
    • innkeeper
    • intelligence work
    • interior designer/decorator
    • inventor
    • investigator
    • investor/speculator
    • journalist
    • kennel owner
    • landgirl
    • landowner
    • landscape designer
    • lawyer
    • librarian/archivist
    • manager
    • mechanic
    • milkman
    • millionaire
    • mine owner
    • minister
    • model
    • musician
    • nanny
    • noble/aristocrat
    • nurse
    • nursemaid
    • pharmacist/dispenser
    • philanthropist
    • photographer
    • pilot/aviator
    • pirate
    • police
    • political activist
    • politician
    • pomologist
    • poor relation/companion
    • prisoner/POW
    • producer/director
    • professor
    • race car driver
    • rancher/cowboy
    • reformer
    • reporter
    • resistance
    • royal
    • sailor
    • salesman
    • scientist
    • secretary
    • secretary, social
    • servant, chauffeur
    • servant, maid
    • shop owner
    • shop worker
    • singer
    • socialite
    • soldier
    • sports professional
    • spy
    • student
    • surgeon
    • teacher
    • telephone operator
    • thief
    • vagabond
    • veteran
    • waiter/waitress
    • writer
    • writer, nonfiction
    • writer, novels
    • writer, playwright
    • writer, poet

Characteristics

    • ambitious
    • arrogant
    • artistic
    • athletic
    • aunt
    • bachelor
    • bald(ing)
    • beautiful/handsome
    • beta
    • big
    • brave, courageous
    • calm/tranquil
    • charming
    • cheerful
    • clever
    • clueless
    • competent
    • curvy/stocky
    • cynical
    • dead
    • determined
    • disabled, blind
    • disabled, deaf
    • disabled, missing limb
    • disabled, other
    • disabled, paralysis
    • disciplined
    • divorced
    • dominant
    • eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
    • efficient
    • egotistical
    • elegant
    • famous
    • fashionable
    • forthright
    • frail
    • generous
    • gentle
    • guardian
    • gullible
    • hair, blond(e)
    • hair, dark
    • hair, gray
    • hair, red
    • hot-tempered
    • humorous
    • husky
    • idealistic
    • ill (chronic)
    • illegitimate
    • immature
    • independent
    • intelligent
    • kind
    • late bloomer
    • loyal
    • madcap
    • married
    • materialistic
    • mental illness
    • middle-aged
    • morose
    • mysterious
    • naive/silly
    • named Elizabeth
    • named Virginia
    • nobility/royalty
    • old
    • old-fashioned
    • orphaned
    • parent
    • plain
    • playboy
    • poor
    • practical
    • principled
    • progressive
    • prosperous
    • PTSD
    • pure & innocent
    • quiet
    • rake
    • recluse
    • religious, Buddhist
    • religious, Christian
    • religious, Muslim
    • religous, Jewish
    • reserved
    • rich
    • robust
    • scarred
    • scheming
    • selfish
    • selfless
    • sexist
    • short
    • shy
    • single
    • slight
    • spinster
    • spirited
    • spoiled
    • strong
    • stupid
    • sweet-tempered
    • talented
    • tall
    • temperamental
    • thin
    • tortured
    • traumatized
    • twin, fraternal
    • twin, identical
    • ugly
    • uncle
    • unimaginative
    • unprincipled
    • unreadable to other MC
    • ward
    • wears glasses
    • widowed
    • womanhater/manhater
    • working class
    • wounded
    • young

Background

    • African
    • American
    • Arabic
    • Asian
    • Australian
    • Austrian
    • Belgian
    • Canadian
    • Chinese
    • English
    • European
    • Filipino
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Indian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Jewish
    • Latino/a
    • Native American
    • New Zealander
    • Norwegian
    • Polish
    • Rumanian
    • Ruritanian
    • Russian
    • Scottish
    • South African
    • South American
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Welsh

Occupation

    • accountant
    • actor
    • administrator
    • adventurer
    • advertising
    • ambassador
    • archaeologist
    • architect
    • artist
    • athlete
    • banker
    • beautician
    • big game hunter
    • bodyguard
    • buccaneer
    • business owner
    • business person
    • buyer
    • capitalist
    • captain of industry
    • celebrity
    • chaperone, unpaid
    • chef
    • child
    • circus performer
    • clergyman/woman
    • clerk
    • companion, paid
    • consultant
    • couture designer
    • dancer
    • department store owner/heir
    • detective
    • diplomat
    • doctor
    • driver
    • editor
    • engineer
    • entrepeneur
    • executive
    • explorer
    • factory worker
    • farmer/horticulturalist
    • flight attendant
    • food technologist
    • ghost
    • gold digger/fortune hunter
    • governess/paid companion
    • head of school
    • heir/heiress
    • hospitality industry
    • housekeeper
    • innkeeper
    • intelligence work
    • interior designer/decorator
    • inventor
    • investigator
    • investor/speculator
    • journalist
    • kennel owner
    • landgirl
    • landowner
    • landscape designer
    • lawyer
    • librarian/archivist
    • manager
    • mechanic
    • milkman
    • millionaire
    • mine owner
    • minister
    • model
    • musician
    • nanny
    • noble/aristocrat
    • nurse
    • nursemaid
    • pharmacist/dispenser
    • philanthropist
    • photographer
    • pilot/aviator
    • pirate
    • police
    • political activist
    • politician
    • pomologist
    • poor relation/companion
    • prisoner/POW
    • producer/director
    • professor
    • race car driver
    • rancher/cowboy
    • reformer
    • reporter
    • resistance
    • royal
    • sailor
    • salesman
    • scientist
    • secretary
    • secretary, social
    • servant, chauffeur
    • servant, maid
    • shop owner
    • shop worker
    • singer
    • socialite
    • soldier
    • sports professional
    • spy
    • student
    • surgeon
    • teacher
    • telephone operator
    • thief
    • vagabond
    • veteran
    • waiter/waitress
    • writer
    • writer, nonfiction
    • writer, novels
    • writer, playwright
    • writer, poet

Characteristics

    • ambitious
    • arrogant
    • artistic
    • athletic
    • aunt
    • bachelor
    • bald(ing)
    • beautiful/handsome
    • beta
    • big
    • brave, courageous
    • calm/tranquil
    • charming
    • cheerful
    • clever
    • clueless
    • competent
    • curvy/stocky
    • cynical
    • dead
    • determined
    • disabled, blind
    • disabled, deaf
    • disabled, missing limb
    • disabled, other
    • disabled, paralysis
    • disciplined
    • divorced
    • dominant
    • eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
    • efficient
    • egotistical
    • elegant
    • famous
    • fashionable
    • forthright
    • frail
    • generous
    • gentle
    • guardian
    • gullible
    • hair, blond(e)
    • hair, dark
    • hair, gray
    • hair, red
    • hot-tempered
    • humorous
    • husky
    • idealistic
    • ill (chronic)
    • illegitimate
    • immature
    • independent
    • intelligent
    • kind
    • late bloomer
    • loyal
    • madcap
    • married
    • materialistic
    • mental illness
    • middle-aged
    • morose
    • mysterious
    • naive/silly
    • named Elizabeth
    • named Virginia
    • nobility/royalty
    • old
    • old-fashioned
    • orphaned
    • parent
    • plain
    • playboy
    • poor
    • practical
    • principled
    • progressive
    • prosperous
    • PTSD
    • pure & innocent
    • quiet
    • rake
    • recluse
    • religious, Buddhist
    • religious, Christian
    • religious, Muslim
    • religous, Jewish
    • reserved
    • rich
    • robust
    • scarred
    • scheming
    • selfish
    • selfless
    • sexist
    • short
    • shy
    • single
    • slight
    • spinster
    • spirited
    • spoiled
    • strong
    • stupid
    • sweet-tempered
    • talented
    • tall
    • temperamental
    • thin
    • tortured
    • traumatized
    • twin, fraternal
    • twin, identical
    • ugly
    • uncle
    • unimaginative
    • unprincipled
    • unreadable to other MC
    • ward
    • wears glasses
    • widowed
    • womanhater/manhater
    • working class
    • wounded
    • young

Tropes

  • accident, vehicular, car crash
  • accident, vehicular, other
  • accident, vehicular, plane crash
  • accident, vehicular, shipwreck
  • accident, vehicular, trainwreck
  • Accused!
  • age difference
  • already taken
  • American girl bosses rich dad
  • amnesia
  • baby, secret
  • baby, surprise
  • beautiful as the day
  • beauty and beast
  • Big Mis(understanding)
  • bigamy
  • blackmail
  • blood will tell
  • boss/subordinate
  • can't help loving you/love despite
  • career porn/job training
  • career, unusual
  • chauffeur/client
  • childcare, babysitting, paid
  • childcare, babysitting, unpaid
  • childhood sweethearts
  • cinderella
  • coming of age
  • cost of beauty
  • crime
  • culture clash
  • dangerous rival
  • didn't know they still made 'em like that
  • difficult child
  • disability, acquired
  • disability, cured
  • disability, threatened
  • disappointed in love
  • disguise
  • disguised as dolt
  • disguised, female as male
  • disguised, male as female
  • drugged!
  • duckling to swan
  • duty before love
  • employer/employee
  • escape old life
  • extremely short timespan
  • fairy godparent
  • fake engagement
  • fake marriage
  • fake relationship
  • family member, dangerous
  • family member, overshadowed by
  • family, eccentric
  • family, older relative, cantankerous
  • family, older relative, delightful
  • family, parent, absentminded
  • family, parent, abusive
  • family, parent, death of
  • family, parent, domineering
  • family, parent, responsible for
  • family, parent, scheming
  • family, sibling, death of
  • family, sibling, domineering
  • family, sibling, responsible for
  • femme fatale/maneater
  • fire!
  • fish out of water
  • forbidden love
  • forced proximity
  • fortune teller told me
  • friend, selfless
  • generation clash
  • get it together!
  • ghosted!
  • girl/boy-next-door/childhood playmates
  • guardian/ward
  • heart over head
  • holiday
  • how the other half lives
  • I'm not good enough for you
  • identities, switched
  • identity, concealed
  • identity, mistaken
  • illness acute
  • illness chronic
  • impersonating another character
  • imprisoned
  • infatuated with another
  • inherited a child/instakid
  • injury
  • insurmountable barrier
  • interclass
  • interracial
  • jealous friend/family member
  • jealousy
  • jilted/left at the altar
  • kidnapped
  • landlord/tenant
  • late to love
  • LGBTQ+ friendly
  • love at first sight
  • love over money
  • love someone else
  • love triangle
  • lovers, enemies to
  • lovers, friends to
  • lovers, neighbors to
  • lovers, spoiled for choice
  • mad scientist
  • makeover
  • marriage of convenience
  • marriage, saving
  • medical
  • midlife crisis
  • missing jewels
  • missing relative/friend/other
  • modern medicine, miracle of
  • money isn't everything/can't buy happiness
  • money over love
  • mother, daughter find love
  • moving to the city
  • moving to the country
  • needs looking after
  • nervous breakdown
  • never love again
  • not the type to fall in love
  • occult/paranormal
  • on the road
  • on the run
  • one woman has hurt you
  • One Woman/Man, the
  • one wonderful day/week/month/year
  • opposites attract
  • personal ad
  • personal growth/becoming a better person
  • poisoned!
  • political intrigue
  • political philosophy
  • poor little rich girl/boy
  • prize money, life-changing
  • protector
  • quicksand
  • rags to riches
  • read your diary
  • reappearance of old love
  • redemption
  • reincarnation/love over lifetimes
  • religious awakening/getting religion
  • rescue
  • resistance (political)
  • reunion
  • revenge
  • riches to rags
  • riches to rags to riches
  • runaway
  • saved from animal
  • saved from assassin
  • saved from drowning
  • saving the family home
  • screwball
  • second chance
  • second/third-act breakup
  • secret past/my lips are sealed
  • secret wealth
  • smart guy fooled by conniver
  • sociopathic relative/friend/rival
  • somnambulism
  • spies
  • stodgy fiance(e)
  • stranded!
  • strong f/f friendship
  • strong m/f friendship
  • strong m/m friendship
  • surgery
  • take me as I am/love me for myself
  • taming the player
  • taught a lesson
  • teacher/student
  • telepathy/ESP
  • time travel
  • unrequited until...
  • vacation
  • we thought you were dead!
  • wedding, "deathbed"
  • working girl with heart of gold
  • workplace
  • wrong side of tracks
  • you were supposed to die!/miraculous recovery
  • you're such a child!
  • young love, abetting
  • young love, discouraging
  • zero to hero

Flags

  • alcoholism/drug addiction or abuse
  • animal cruelty
  • antisemitism
  • body negativity
  • child abuse
  • child death/miscarriage
  • classism
  • death of mc
  • domestic violence
  • eugenics
  • incest
  • infertility
  • insensitive or outdated language (race/ethnicity/disability/sexual orientation)
  • insensitive racial/ethnic portrayal/stereotyping
  • LGBTQ+-unfriendly
  • no HEA
  • pregnancy loss
  • questions around consent
  • racism
  • sexual assault
  • sexual harrassment
  • suicide

Recommend

  • not recommended
  • recommended