Reader
Remember the romance trope bingo card from last month?
We've been reading our way through the tropes, marking off squares, discovering new favorites, maybe even revisiting old ones. Well, it’s time to put that reading to work.
I’ve seeded 16 romance tropes into a bracket — and every single one of them is on your bingo card. The tropes you’ve been reading? Those are the ones you’re voting for now.
This tournament runs through the fall, a new round every other newsletter, so you’ll have plenty of time to campaign for your favorites.
Simply vote using the GoogleForm linked below!
Pro tip: if you’re torn on a matchup, look at your bingo card. Which trope have you read more of this summer? Which one gave you the better book? Let your reading do the talking.
Match 1: Billionaire Romance vs. Snowed In
The penthouse or the cabin? One comes with private jets and shopping sprees. The other comes with fireplaces, snuggly blankets, hot cocoa, and the slow realization that you’re stuck with the one person who drives you crazy. This is a difficult choice for me, I have a Billionaire Hero with Uncovering Lily and a steamy Snowed In romance with A White Hot Christmas! Why do I do this to myself?
Match 2: Enemies to Lovers vs. He Falls First
They can’t stand each other… until they can’t stay apart. OR he’s already gone and she has no idea. Sworn enemies or secret pining, which dynamic gets your heart racing?
Match 3: Boss/Employee vs. Single Dad
The tension of wanting someone you shouldn’t, complicated by power dynamics and HR policies. OR a man who’s already proved he can love someone more than himself, and the woman who wasn’t looking for a ready-made family. Professional heat or domestic swoon? Shock and Awe readers, you’ve already marked the Boss/Employee square on your bingo card — Derek and Bethany wrote the playbook.
Match 4: Age Gap vs. Secret Baby
Experience meets youthful energy, and everyone has an opinion about it. OR a secret that changes everything, and the reckoning when the truth comes out. Both tropes ask: can something complicated become something beautiful? If you've read Shock and Awe, you’ve already marked the Age Gap square on your bingo card.
Match 5: Grumpy/Sunshine vs. Opposites Attract
She’s all light and warmth and he’s a walking storm cloud who’d burn the world down for her. OR they have nothing in common on paper but can’t stop gravitating toward each other. Wow, Shock and Awe really is a bingo cheat code with Grumpy/Sunshine!
Match 6: Forbidden Love vs. Only One Bed
Everything says they shouldn’t — family, duty, timing, loyalty. OR everything says they don’t have to — except there’s literally nowhere else to sleep. High drama or forced proximity at its most delicious? Uncovering Lily delivers on the promises of the steamy Only One Bed romance!
Match 7: Marriage of Convenience vs. Fake Relationship
Two people who said “I do” for every reason except love… and then fell anyway. OR two people pretending to be together until the pretending stops being pretend. Both start with a lie. Both end with the truth.
Match 8: Second Chance vs. Friends to Lovers
They had their shot and lost it, and now life is giving them one more try. OR they’ve been right there all along, and one moment changes everything. History or proximity, which path to love wrecks you more?
🗳️ Vote using the GoogleForm below ↓↓↓
How’s your bingo card looking?
If any of these matchups helped you decide what to read next, that’s two birds with one book. Check off a bingo square AND cast an informed vote.
I’ll share the results and the Quarterfinal matchups in a few weeks!
📚 You can find all of my book linked here ↓↓↓
What You’ll Love:
✔️Age gap
✔️Beauty and the Beast retelling
✔️Mafia romance
✔️Debt owed
✔️Forbidden romance
Get it here:
https://thefictionalheroeslibrary.com/book-clubs-by-trope/down-and-dirty-book-club/
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