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* [[DoesNotLikeMen Does Not Like Women]]: The special romance-novel version of HeManWomanHater, in which the male hero only hates women because of the actions of a ''bad'' woman, and will be cured in the end by the ''good'' heroine.

!!Tropes:

* RomanticFakeRealTurn

* FanNickname: Many abbreviations for common term among fans, including:

* SturgeonsLaw: The absolute volume of romance novels produced including both category and single title today, and considering past efforts, means that most readers can go years without reading something they consider belonging to the bottom 90%. This bottom 90% does contribute to [[PopculturalOsmosis society's opinion]] on the genre, however.

* DoubleInLawMarriage: A common plot is for the heroine's sister and the hero's brother to have marry, had a child, and then died; this forces them to interact on more or less hostile terms over custody, until the matter is resolved by their marriage.

* LoveableRogue: the male lead character is simultaneously desirable, and off-putting or threatening.

* TheLadyAndTheVamp: In a lot of YA paranormal romances, thanks to the influence of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
* LoveableRogue

* {{Glittery Hoo-Ha}}: Once the preferred couple have had sex, he will never find sex with anyone else to be as satisfying. His virility is assumued, of course, and she may have been the most inexperienced woman since Eve’s first time—but there’s something magical about her [[UnusualEuphemism hoo-ha]] that makes him return to her. The male equivalent is the Golden Gun (not to be confused with a bullet-firing {{Golden Gun}}).

* CommonMarySueTraits: Not exclusive to these types of novels, but definitely show up frequently in the protagonists.

* {{Glittery Hoo-Ha}}: Once the preferred couple have had sex, he will never find sex with anyone else to be as satisfying. AManIsNotAVirgin, of course, and she may have been the most inexperienced woman since Eve’s first time—but there’s something magical about her [[UnusualEuphemism hoo-ha]] that makes him return to her. The male equivalent is the Golden Gun (not to be confused with a bullet-firing {{Golden Gun}}).

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Usually played very straight, but occasionally averted.

* The hero and heroine are arranged to be married for politics, whether they like it or not.

* ArabOilSheikh: So popular as the male lead that you can buy 'sheikh' omnibuses. Tends to be common among certain categories of the category novels.

* SturgeonsLaw: The absolute volume of romance novels produced including both category and single title today, and considering past efforts, means that most readers can go years without reading something they consider belonging to the bottom 90%. This bottom 90% does contribute to [[PopculturalOsmosis society's]] [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch opinion]] on the genre, however.

* CannotSpitItOut

** Erotic Romance[[note]]Distinguished from plain Erotic books by having an strong emotional focus leading to the HEA[[/note]]: leans heavily toward IKEAErotica.

** Erotic Romance[[hottip:*:Distinguished from plain Erotic books by having an strong emotional focus leading to the HEA]]: leans heavily toward IKEAErotica.

* AllMenAreRapists: In older romances; not so common now.
** It can be seen as a mark on Western culture as a whole that women are more comfortable reading about consensual sex than they were. Older romances, dating back to TheSeventies, tended to use rape as a way to give the heroine (and thus the reader) what they wanted while absolving her of the guilt of choosing it.

* The Lady And The Vamp: In a lot of YA paranormal romances, thanks to the influence of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
* LoveableRogue:

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: And any past sexual relationships (usually with a conveniently deceased spouse) the heroine has had will be unsatisfying.

* TooStupidToLive: Far too many of the heroines.