Archetypes & pairings tropes
The characters you fall for: morally grey love interests, cinnamon rolls, grumpy-sunshine pairings.
A brooding grump and a warm ray of sunshine whose clashing tempers slowly draw them close.
Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace
The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren
It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Twisted Hate
Ana Huang
Apprentice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Talia Hibbert
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Talia Hibbert
The Right Move
Liz Tomforde
Things We Hide from the Light
Lucy Score
The American Roommate Experiment
Elena Armas
A soft, sweet, devoted hero, the gentle anti-alpha who loves openly and with his whole heart.
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A mortal human paired with a fae, vampire, shifter, dragon, or demon across the divide.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
Midnight Sun
Stephenie Meyer
An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson
Crave
Tracy Wolff
Pestilence
Laura Thalassa
Radiance
Grace Draven
Lover Revealed
J.R. Ward
Under Loch & Key
Lana Ferguson
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
Molly Harper
A character who is neither hero nor villain, living in the shades of grey in between.
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
Queen of Shadows
Sarah J. Maas
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson
The Wicked King
Holly Black
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas
The villain or anti-hero cast as the love interest, dangerous, magnetic, and hard to resist.
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
Corrupt
Penelope Douglas
Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
God of Ruin (Deluxe Edition)
Rina Kent
Death's Obsession
Avina St. Graves
Nightshade: A Dark Paranormal Gothic Romance
Keri Lake
Little Red Riding Hood
Tj Rose
Broken Beasts of Beauty
Loxley Savage
Deviant King
Rina Kent
Hooked
Emily McIntire
Hunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton
Kill Switch: Devil's Night
Penelope Douglas
A dominant, territorial, fiercely protective hero whose jealousy flares as he claims and guards what he loves.
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
Twisted Love
Ana Huang
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Crown of Gilded Bones
Jennifer L. Armentrout
King of Wrath
Ana Huang
The War of Two Queens
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Twisted Lies - Limited Edition
Ana Huang
Rhapsodic
Laura Thalassa
Throne of the Fallen
Kerri Maniscalco
God of Malice (Standard Edition)
Rina Kent
The Sweetest Oblivion
Danielle Lori
A wounded hero carrying a painful past, waiting to be understood, softened, and finally healed.
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff
Twisted Love
Ana Huang
King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo
Midnight Sun
Stephenie Meyer
Twisted Hate
Ana Huang
Throne of the Fallen
Kerri Maniscalco
Empire of the Damned
Jay Kristoff
A strong, determined heroine who drives her own story and refuses to be anyone's prize.
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson
Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows
Sarah J. Maas
A character deeply deprived of touch and tenderness, undone by the smallest gentle contact.
Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Lover Awakened
J.R. Ward
Dark Magic
Christine Feehan
Dark Destiny
Christine Feehan
Held (a Steamy Monster Romance)
Isabelle Taylor
Broken Beasts of Beauty
Loxley Savage
Dark Blood
Christine Feehan
Dark Challenge
Christine Feehan
Dark Demon
Christine Feehan
Dark Fire
Christine Feehan
Dark Guardian
Christine Feehan
The hero falls in love first and shows it, devoted long before she lets herself believe.
A heroine new to love or intimacy, discovering desire and tenderness for the very first time.
From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout
A Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Claimed by the Orc King
Roxy Taylor
Dark Lover
J. R. Ward
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.l. James
King of Battle and Blood
Scarlett St. Clair
Obeying the Orc
SUE. LYNDON
Princess Miri
Cerys Du Lys
Saint - 10th Anniversary Edition
Sierra Simone
Treasured by the Fae Royal
Sue Lyndon, Sue Mercury