Some tropes just own me completely.

I've accepted it.

There are thousands of romance tropes in existence, and somehow I keep wandering back to the same handful like they're emotionally supportive blankets with commitment issues.

I've tried to be reasonable about it.

I have failed.

The Tropes That Have Me in a Chokehold

Fake dating?

Obsessed.

Enemies-to-lovers?

Inject it directly into my veins.

He falls first?

I will never recover from it.

Emotionally unavailable men who swear they don't need anyone?

My toxic trait is believing I can fix them.

And don't even get me started on forced proximity. Put two people who absolutely should not be spending time together in the same room and suddenly I'm clearing my schedule.

These tropes work every single time because they create the one thing I love most as both a reader and a writer:

Tension.

Beautiful, glorious, why-are-you-looking-at-each-other-like-that tension.

Why I'll Never Stop Writing Them

The payoff.

That's it.

That's the whole reason.

I love watching characters fight their feelings. I love watching emotionally guarded people slowly unravel. I love that moment when someone realizes they're in way deeper than they planned.

Because vulnerability is so much more satisfying when somebody spent half the book trying to avoid it.

The bigger the walls, the harder they fall.

And yes, I absolutely cackle while writing those scenes.

My Books Are Basically a List of My Favorite Problems

Pretending to Be His is my love letter to fake dating and he-falls-first energy.

Alex Bennetti spends a significant amount of time convincing himself everything is under control.

It is not.

Not even a little.

Kiss a Villain leans straight into enemies-to-lovers territory with tension, sharp banter, and two people who would absolutely benefit from avoiding each other.

Instead, they do the opposite.

As one does.

And then there's Marco...

Let's just say emotionally unavailable men are alive and well in my fictional universe.

Marco doesn't fall easily.

He doesn't trust easily either.

Which means watching that man eventually lose the battle is going to be very entertaining for all of us.

Mostly me.

Now I Need to Know...

What romance trope gets you every single time?

The trope you swear you'll never get tired of.

The one that guarantees you'll click "Buy Now" before reading the blurb.

Because clearly I need more ways to justify my reading habits.

👉 Start with Pretending to Be His and see which trope gets you hooked first.