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1	''Your one-stop shopping list for RomanceNovel plots and complications!''
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3	Although some existing tropes like MagnificentBastard may fit here as well.
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5	[[index]]
6	* TheBet (a weird version of MeetCute)
7	* Long Lost Love ("Billy? Is that ''you?''")
8	** "NewOldFlame" connected to a "MeetCute"
9	* Handsome/Lovely Adversary [[SuchAPhony ("She's gorgeous, I hate her")]]
10	** AlphaBitch
11	** MillionairePlayboy
12	** ReformedRakes
13	** TemporaryLoveInterest
14	* The Billet-Doux
15	** LoveLetterLunacy
16	* The Angry Outburst
17	** TheMasochismTango which leads to an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther.
18	* Pressure From Above
19	** ArrangedMarriage
20	*** AltarDiplomacy ("You will marry Princess Lucky, so you better get used to the idea!")
21	** ParentExMachina
22	** ParentalMarriageVeto
23	* StarCrossedLovers ("Never was a tale of such woe...")
24	** LoveHurts
25	* Ungentlemanly/Unladylike Behavior
26	** LoveAtFirstPunch
27	** MistakenForCheating
28	* Case of Nerves
29	** LoveMakesYouDumb
30	* The Big Decision
31	* Disaster!
32	* The Chase (oddly enough, a version of TheChase)
33	* On a Pedestal
34	** BeautifulAllAlong
35	* Dont Let Him/Her Get Away!
36	** RaceForYourLove
37	* Disapproving Authority Figure
38	** ParentExMachina
39	* Two of a Kind
40	** BirdsOfAFeather
41	* Sub Rosa
42	* [[OneTrueLove The One]]
43	* Furious Attraction
44	** BelligerentSexualTension
45	** SlapSlapKiss
46	* The Unknown Child
47	* Neutral Party with Words of Wisdom (a type of messenger)
48	* The Old One Who Knows But Aint Sayin (another messenger, possibly a SecretKeeper)
49	* Girl/Boy Next Door
50	** SheIsAllGrownUp
51	* Mistakenly Overheard Conversation
52	** ThreeIsCompany, romance novel style
53	** MistakenForCheating
54	* Sweet Nothings (Pillow Talk)
55	* Right Under Your Nose (Stop chasing the Duke; the stableboy has a nobler soul)
56	* MysteriousPast (Why ''did'' he leave London?)
57	** A Backstory version of ForbiddenFruit
58	* Forget It and Run!
59	* OppositesAttract
60	* The Perfect Gift (a romantic GoldenSnitch?)
61	* The Imperfect Gift
62	** RedundantRomanceAttempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who likes your true personality.
63	* The Ugly Duckling
64	** BeautifulAllAlong
65	** HollywoodHomely
66	** HotLibrarian
67	* The "Near Mrs."
68	** NewOldFlame (May I introduce you to my... good friend?)
69	** LikeBrotherAndSister
70	* LoveTriangle
71	** BettyAndVeronica
72	** BettyAndVeronicaSwitch
73	** FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals
74	** TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel
75	** MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle
76	** RichSuitorPoorSuitor
77	* His/Her "True Nature"
78	* Self-Conscious About Best Feature
79	** BeautifulAllAlong
80	** HollywoodHomely
81	* One Who Intercedes (a SecretKeeper who is more active, like the Nurse in Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet)
82	* MindlinkMates
83	* DecemberDecemberRomance (or alternatively GrowOldWithMe)
84	* MySecretPregnancy (category romances signal this trope with the phrase [[http://www.rtbookreviews.com/content/theme-secret-babies "secret baby"]] in the [[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/search/?searchfor=book&keywords=secret+baby title]])
85	* NoLovesIntersect
86	* LoveLetter
87	** ObsessiveLoveLetter
88	* MarriageOfConvenience as a plot device, will either be MarriageBeforeRomance or causing either party to want somebody else really badly.
89	* SummerRomance
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91	[[/index]]
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93	See also RomanceArc.

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