Fiction

7 Love Triangles to Sweep You Off Your Feet and Whisk You Away

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LoveTriangleListicle.jpg We all need an occasional escape from reality, and what better way than sinking your teeth into a juicy love triangle romance novel? The love triangle trope not only adds drama and suspense to the classic love story, but also can reveal two different sides to the protagonist’s personality.…

Daniela RamrasAugust 12, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Early Autumn Romance Releases You’ll Fall For

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Copy-of-Autumn-550x465.jpg The dog days of summer may be behind us and the cool, crisp fall air starting to settle in, but everywhere in Romanceland is HOT, HOT, HOT! Don’t believe us? Check out these early autumn releases. Secret Crush Seduction by Jayci Lee | Harlequin Desire, September 1, 2020 The…

BookTribSeptember 1, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Holiday Romances to Get You Through the New Year

There’s never been a better time to cozy up with a romantic holiday read than today when many of us are relegated to stay home. We all need the magic of the season, and through our imagination, holiday books can bring us the love, the care and the joy we’re…

Tif MarceloDecember 10, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

About an hour after I was asked to put together a list of Black romance authors with recent and upcoming releases, I had about 20 names on the list. It took a couple of days to narrow them down. Ultimately, I chose the following selections because I have personal respect…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 12, 2021

Fiction Listicles Miscellany

Happy Father’s Day to All the Dads – the Real Life Ones and Fictional Fathers, Too!

Daddy’s girl. That’s what I always strove to be. I remember my father reading to me. He was a pediatrician and always seemed to be working, whether in the office or doing house calls at night. He tried to spend time with his children, but the moments were few and…

Mary Alice MonroeJune 16, 2021

Fiction Listicles Romance

5 Romantic Reads That Are Probably More Fun Than a Date

It’s the time of year where every shop is replete with displays of red and pink hearts, chocolates, sappy greeting cards and saccharine-sweet plush toys. For those who want to embrace the sweet side of the holiday with a satisfying romantic read, here are five sure-to-please selections.

Aimie K. RunyanFebruary 13, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance

If You Like Amazon’s “Modern Love,” You’ll LOVE These 6 Books

Non-spoiler alert. When Amazon’s blockbuster hit series, Modern Love, was picked up for a second season, there was absolutely no surprise in my house. I’m a long-time fan of the weekly New York Times column that inspired the anthology series (and shares its name). With its spot-on casting and poignant…

Amy ImpellizeriFebruary 20, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance Thrillers

Someone to Watch Over Me: 5 Thriller Romances with Bodyguard Plots

Sometimes you’re in the mood for a read that’ll make your heart race. But what to choose? A pulse-pounding thriller? A steamy romance? You can have it all, my friend, with romantic thrillers. There are tons of romantic thriller tropes and plot premises, but “the bodyguard” is especially intriguing —…

BookTribMay 20, 2020

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The Charm of Contradiction: 9 Opposites Attract Romance Novels

We all love a good romance trope: enemies to lovers, fake relationships, forbidden love. What is at the core of so many of these tropes is the conflict between lovers. You know they’ll end up together, but you’re desperate to know how they’re going to overcome their obstacles. Opposites attract…

Megan BeauregardJune 27, 2022

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Into the Woods: 10 Chilling Tales About What’s Lurking in the Shadows

For generations, we’ve been told to stay away from the woods. The Brothers Grimm warned us about witches who lurk in the shadows, and the wolves waiting for their next victim. But there are other dangers to be found in the forest — monsters, ghosts, bloodthirsty cults, serial killers and…

Cameron KimballOctober 20, 2020

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Summer Thrillers to Keep You Glued to Your (Beach) Chair

Summer is on the horizon — we can feel it! Spring is having some seventy-degree days here on the East Coast and that means that the beach is on our planner. Maybe not this month, but next month for sure. Day trips, weekend getaways, week-long relaxation fests; we are all…

Kate MorettiApril 1, 2021

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

BREAKING NEWS: Books With Reporters as Main Characters

Having a journalist as the main character is good news and bad news. The good news is that it solves one of the trickiest problems in crime fiction writing: if your character is not in law enforcement of some kind (or at least a private detective) and they come across…

Hank Phillippi RyanJuly 29, 2021

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Awkward Love! 5 Rom-Coms With Delightfully Mortifying Moments

When I was writing my latest rom-com novel, Fifteen Minutes of Shame (Siesta Key), I really put my heroine Darby Vaughn through some cringey stuff. After all, she's a TV love guru who's just found out her husband is cheating on her and that most humiliating moment of her life…

Lisa DailyFebruary 25, 2022

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

A (Hotel) Room of One’s Own: 9 Books to Check in to

It’s almost as if the universe designed hotels for storytelling. Floor after floor, room after room, each one numbered like chapters. Each one populated, for some random amount of time, with people who are going somewhere, wanting something, hoping for something, escaping something. They’re private. They have weird keys that…

Hank Phillippi RyanNovember 12, 2020

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

The Search is On: 8 Mysteries with Missing Characters

Calling all mystery fans! This selection of novels features the darkest elements of the genre, including characters who mysteriously go missing. When bodies begin to vanish, these novels come to life. Rich with suspense, each of these books will have you fully embroiled in the twisting plot lines. Read on…

Gabby TorrentiNovember 23, 2020

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Trust No One: 9 Cases of Unreliable Narrators

When reading psychological thrillers, you quickly learn that you can’t trust anyone or anything. Certainly not what the characters say and do, and especially not your own interpretation of what’s really happening. Sometimes you can’t even trust the narrator. An unreliable — or even unstable — narrator adds an extra…

Cameron KimballDecember 1, 2020

7 Love Triangles to Sweep You Off Your Feet and Whisk You Away

7 Early Autumn Romance Releases You’ll Fall For

7 Holiday Romances to Get You Through the New Year

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

Happy Father’s Day to All the Dads – the Real Life Ones and Fictional Fathers, Too!

5 Romantic Reads That Are Probably More Fun Than a Date

If You Like Amazon’s “Modern Love,” You’ll LOVE These 6 Books

Someone to Watch Over Me: 5 Thriller Romances with Bodyguard Plots

The Charm of Contradiction: 9 Opposites Attract Romance Novels

Into the Woods: 10 Chilling Tales About What’s Lurking in the Shadows

Summer Thrillers to Keep You Glued to Your (Beach) Chair

BREAKING NEWS: Books With Reporters as Main Characters

Awkward Love! 5 Rom-Coms With Delightfully Mortifying Moments

A (Hotel) Room of One’s Own: 9 Books to Check in to

The Search is On: 8 Mysteries with Missing Characters

Trust No One: 9 Cases of Unreliable Narrators

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