First, I hope everyone is enjoying The Red Crown and The Lost Prayers. If not, go buy a copy! Right now, Nisa and Cayden get a break while I return to my Gaslight Hunters. Edits are heavily underway, and I should have some good news on that front one of these days!
But in the midst of all this, I got thinking about what makes a good romance plot line. Most books have them these days. Both Our Fathers and Resurrected Thief have some. Nisa and Cayden do not. Romance is not my all time favorite genre, but I do love a good love story like any other gal. There are three plots/tropes that absolutely get me every time.
First, I love it when a couple in love just runs away together. Elopements are a lot of fun. I just adore that wild abandon and it can lead to so many adventures.
I'm also a total sucker for when something tragic happens that tears the lovers apart. Usually worlds apart. Remember the Tenth Doctor and Rose? I cry like a baby every time when they start banging on that wall.
Finally, and it's one of my favorites, I love battles during a wedding. Not just someone running in and saying the wedding has to stop. Give me chaos and murder! Give me a bride in a wedding dress wielding a battle axe! The wedding scene in Jupiter Ascending made me very happy indeed.
I have yet to find a book that checks of all three. So naturally, I'm going to write one myself. Over the past few days I came up with a very very rough outline. It should be fun to work on between the other projects. But with my record, who knows when it will be finished!
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