Welcome to the Valentine's Day Gift Hop as we celebrate love, sex, and all things books! Our grand prize will be a Kindle Paperwhite and digital new adult romance basket. Every comment on every blog in the hop will count as an entry toward either of the grand prizes.
I love romance novels off all sorts, give me the sweet young adult books with their first blush of love, the yummy cops and firefighters, delicious Alpha males and naughty erotic reads.
There are also all those themes, as a youth I was introduced to so many by all the Harlequins I read. Here are a few of my favorites:
1. Enemies to Lovers - This is when the two people hate each other, or at least they act like it, but all that passion comes to a head in a very different manner. My favorite example of this is in Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedict are two of Shakespeare's greatest enemies who are tricked into love!
2. Siblings Best Friend - These are the couples who have known each other for years, seen each other in all those awkward growing moments. They generally have to overcome the siblings objections.
3. Bad Boy and Good Girl - These are the guys you just can not resist, they are not really bad, just rough around the edges. Every good girl has a touch of naughty in her looking to get out. These are pairings that usually turn out to be the best compliments to each other.
So, those are my top three themes, what about you?
i will read almost anything. thanks for the wonderful giveaway
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I like when the couple are new to each other. Don't like when the obstacle is another woman. Love when the man is in control:)
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Friends to lovers or Brother's best friend/younger sister.
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I have found that I love the ménage romances! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
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I don't think I've ever actually read a romance book. Something I need to make time for is reading again.
ReplyDeleteI love them all but Friends into Lovers have such great stories the struggles that they have to overcome it is amazing to read them try to rationalize this! Thanks for sharing! amybowens34@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI'm love BBW and shifters or alpha heros
ReplyDeleteFor me it's friends-to-lovers, and m/m involving sports or music!
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Tortured hero. Forbidden love. Great stuff.
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Favorite theme in romance is the new love after a broken heart.
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I love paranormal/ shifter romances!
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I love paranormal/ shifter romances!
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My fave is Stockholm Syndrome, bka non-con. Ok, so I'm a freak: u *do* see Skye Warren on the author list, yeah? Lmbo
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DeleteI have this horrible fascination with the girl going for her brother's best friend. :)
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I am a sucker for unexpected pregnancies.
ReplyDeleteLove the friends to lovers aspect.
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My favorite theme right now in romance is when the hero doesn't mind a heroine who can take care of herself. wcraig5432@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI have always like enemies to lovers..must be all those harlequins ;)
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Polar opposites who find common ground. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI like menage romances best. Thanks.
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Friend to lover or sibling best friend. Thank you
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It sounds like an awesome book. I love alpha men and find that opposites attract.
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Chocolate!
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I'm a sucker for the romance with the older brother's best friend. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the friends-to-lovers trope- there's something really appealing about people finding the unexpected in who they thought was familiar. Thanks for the giveaway & happy Valentine's Day!
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I love forbidden romances- such as student/teacher or someone who is generally "off limits".
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I like hot & steamy romances.
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I love falling in love with the bad guy because you are the only one that sees he is suffering on the inside. Love those types.
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I love books but I'm a true lover of audio books with Audible. I would love to win an audio book.
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I love all kinds of romance books. Thanks for sharing the hop and your giveaway. Happy Valentine's Day! evamillien at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI like friends to lovers.
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I've always loved friends to lover and shifter mating. Thank you for the giveaway =)
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My favorite themes are Enemies to Lovers and variations of Beauty & the Beast.
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ReplyDeleteI like bad boys and paranormal romances.
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I like paranormal romances, also love best friend romance novels and bad-boy heroes.
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I'm a PNR gal. Take me out of my head and away from my problems! I will read plain contemporary on occasion, but, to me, it's like over-hearing gossip in the check-out line at Wal-Mart or on Facebook; I want to get away from that. Thanks to every author who can make me forget about laundry, bills, errands, arguments, and appointments- You are my heroes!
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ReplyDeleteI'm kinda in to erotic romance right now, or as my husband calls it "mommy porn"! Can't get enough of it! Thanks!!
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I have really gotten into BDSM.
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I like "big girl" (BBW) stories...where the full-figured girl or plain Jane gets the guy -- over the skinny, cheerleader, beauty queen.
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ReplyDeleteHi! Happy Valentines! I love all kinds of stories! Some of my favorites are when the friend is in love with her best friends older brother or when the older brother is in love with his little sisters best friend. I love the boss/employee. Secret babies. Thank you for sharing and for the amazing giveaway!
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I like a little broken and when they get fixed!!! bw2323bro(@)yahoo.com
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I love Paranormal and Historical Romance.
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I'm super new to romance genre, so I'm not sure if I have a favorite theme. I read 50 shades and i wasn't too much into it. i guess a strong rugged male main character would be nice
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I like the marriage of convention thrope :)
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I like friends to lovers.
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I love historical and paranormal.
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Love me some paranormal romance, Shifters, bring them on, Menage romances, please write more, a great love story, alpha male/s, issues, heroine, issues. I love it all.
ReplyDeleteI love friends to lovers and enemies to lovers.
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Anything hot, steamy, and erotic! ;) jjo7796 at hotmail dot com
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