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A romance novel is a book that centres on love and relationships as its primary plot element. This type of novel usually has certain other stylistic qualities, although these are not consistent. There are books about love that do not romance novels, and what precisely qualifies as a romance novel is usually in part determined by who published the book. In this category find shops selling bestseller romance novels with a number of subgenres, including historical romance, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance.

In the strictest academic terms, a romance is a narrative genre in literature that involves a mysterious, adventurous or spiritual storyline where the focus is on a quest that involves bravery and strong values, not always a love interest.

Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. The main plot of a mass-market romance novel must revolve around the two people as they develop romantic love for each other and work to build a relationship. Any list of particular characteristics of the literature of romanticism includes subjectivity and an emphasis on individualism; spontaneity; freedom from rules; solitary life rather than life in society; the beliefs that imagination is superior to reason and devotion to beauty; love of and worship of nature.

• Collections & Anthologies - an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors
• Contemporary - Contemporary romance is a subgenre of romance novels, generally set contemporaneously with the time of its writing. The largest of the romance novel subgenres, contemporary romance novels usually reflect the mores of their time.
• Fantasy - Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describes a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, political, and romantic.
• Gothic - unsolved gothic mysteries do go together very well, you also can find gothic in romance.
• Erotic Romance: Romance novels in which strong, often explicit, sexual interaction is an inherent part of the love story, character growth and relationship development and could not be removed without damaging the storyline.
• Historical Romance: Romance novels that are set prior to 1950.
• Paranormal Romance: novels in which fantasy worlds or paranormal or science fiction elements are an integral part of the plot.
• Romance with Spiritual Elements: novels in which spiritual beliefs are an inherent part of the love story, character growth or relationship development, and could not be removed without damaging the storyline. These novels may be set in the context of any religious or spiritual belief system of any culture.
• Romantic Suspense: Romance novels in which suspense, mystery, or thriller elements constitute an integral part of the plot.
• Romantic Comedy - light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
• Romantic Suspense - Romantic suspense is any genre romance that features a prominent mystery, suspense or thriller plot. This opens up an entirely new sub-genre that many readers may not have thought of. Some of the best novels feature a balance of both romance and suspense so that one type of writing style does not overpower the other.
• Science Fiction Romance - Science fiction can take romance to new, mind-blowing heights. Love stories set in alien worlds or futuristic sci-fi universes not only give us #AllTheFeels, they also deliver plenty of high-stakes action and thrills.
• Time Travel Romance - Romance travel today is all about sharing authentic local experiences and capturing awe-inspiring moments unique to each destination
• Romantic Westerns - Western Romance literature denotes a genre subset of Romance literature, sometimes referred to as cowboy romance. Works within this category typically adhere to the characteristics of Romance but take place in a western setting, frequently the American frontier.

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