Tropes
This is a list of the various tropes and themes I use in my works. Please use these to help you identify the works you want to read from my books.
This story has a significant age gap between characters.
Story contains elements of BDSM (Bondage and Discipline, Domination and submission, Sadism and masochism).
One or more of the characters are bikers. They may be causal bikers, or serious bikers in a MCC or even an MC.
One of the characters is a person of power.
Story contains the trope of one of the characters being "chosen" in some way, either by fate, destiny, or by divine intervention.
A main character in the story is either a crossdresser or a femboy.
These stories contain straight or queer characters who are drag queens.
Story contains characters who are enemies in some fashion at some point in the story.
Story contains a romance that ignites quickly.
Story contains a pair (or more) who are united through fate to be together.
Story contains a group of people who become family for each other.
For one reason or another, the characters are forced into close proximity with each other.
Story is centered around or features a friendship that turns into a loving romance.
These stories feature one character who is grouchy while the other, their eventual romantic partner, is cheerful.
There is a war or battle going on between the side of good and the side of evil and the characters are caught in the middle.
Story is centered around one of the main characters suffering some manner of trauma or pain, and the other character(s) help the character heal.
Upon seeing the main character, the other character(s) are instantly attracted to them.
The story features a relationship between characters that are strictly male.
One of the main characters is non binary while another is male.
Through some type of situation, a typically male coded character becomes pregnant.
There are no multiples in this story, as it is simply romance between a pairing.
A character in the story, either a main character or important major character is neurodivergent.
Someone in this story is pining, either the main character pines for someone else, or someone is pining for the main character.
This story contains multiple partners for the main character.
This story features a female character who becomes pregnant.
One character is rich or affluent, while the other is barely making ends meet.
A main character is a sex worker.
The main characters take a long time to develop a relationship.
These stories, though rare under my writing style, feature a straight couple.
In Strangers to Lovers, the characters don't know each other before getting involved with each other.
These stories feature romantic encounters between multiple characters.
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