From here.

  • private island
  • cabin
  • fake engagement
  • paparazzi
  • white horse proposal
  • dead body-sheriff
  • kidnapped by sheik
  • castle-lord
  • inherited ranch/loyal worker
  • long lost daughter of wealthy parents
  • he's childhood badboy from wrong side tracks and she always stood up for him
  • arranged marriage
  • marriage in name only to satisfy dying gram
  • impending marriage to save business or gain custody of child
  • nurse/patient or elderly parent or doctor
  • secret baby
  • twin sister
  • billionaire
  • secretary/boss
  • childhood crush of older brother's best friend/little sister grew up
  • amnesia
  • forbidden semi-family member (mom's 3rd husband's son or something)
  • bodyguard
  • 2nd chance with ex - esp due to misunderstanding
  • best friend of widow's husband
  • can't be with him because she thinks she's dying
  • kindergarten teacher/single dad
  • plain girl/rogue
  • cosmo girl/geek
  • friends to lovers
  • cinderella--- evil ex of hero
  • thought she was a ho but she’s a virgin
  • enemies-sparks fly
  • alien abduction
  • bed and breakfast heroine
  • plucky reporter
  • hot rockstar
  • tycoon
  • warring neighbors
  • wild child who makes good and comes back to hometown
  • heroine who overcomes her traumatic background with help of strong steady hero
  • jealous Latin lover
  • heroine being stalked and hero cop/FBI agent/sheriff
  • virgin widow
  • heroine breaks down in a deserted area
  • housekeeper
  • pregnant widow
  • family enemy
  • brooding hero with secret history
  • kidnapped by pirate
  • unisex names that lead to an amusing misunderstanding

AND

  • betrayal
  • business competitors
  • family feud
  • kidnapping
  • masquerade - hero, heroine or both pretend to be someone else
  • secret - keeps a dark secret
  • stranded
  • twins
  • the bet
  • long lost lovers
  • star-crossed lovers
  • disapproving authority figure
  • secret crush
  • nanny to wife
  • reformed rake
  • plain Jane without makeover
  • one character has emotional issues to overcome
  • accidental pregnancy
  • across the tracks/wrong side of the tracks
  • baby on the doorstep
  • bad girl/rich boy
  • bait and switch (wrong bed/masquerade)
  • blackmail
  • boss/employee
  • cowboy
  • fake engagement
  • fling
  • matchmaker
  • mistaken identity
  • older brother's best friend
  • political scandal
  • right under your nose
  • road romance
  • royalty
  • secret baby
  • sheik
  • war widow
apr 20 2013 ∞
apr 20 2013 +