FIND YOUR FAVORITE TROPES
Use the lists below if you’re looking for a particular trope to read (or to avoid).
If you have any questions about content in any of the books, send an email to karla@karladoyle.com.
SMALL TOWN SETTING
VACATION / DESTINATION
RESORTING TO LOVE (Virginia, mountain resort)
WHITE LIE CHRISTMAS (Colorado, ski lodge)
WEDDED MISS (Jamaica, resort)
AGE GAP (WOMAN IS OLDER)
AGE GAP (MAN IS OLDER)
WEDDED MISS (H39, h23)
THE DEAL WITH LOVE (H46, h26)
SHIFTING GEARS (H53, h33)
GINGERBREAD MAN (H39, h26)
UNEXPECTED ADDITION (H42, h21)
CHRISTMAS
FRIENDS TO LOVERS
SPORTS / ATHLETE
PUCK THAT (pro hockey)
MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE
CROSSING THE LINE (MFM ménage content, MF HEA)
ROCK STAR / MUSICIAN
OPPOSITES / ADVERSARIES
NEIGHBORS / ROOMMATES
FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP
UNEXPECTED ADDITION (professor & student)
GINGERBREAD MAN (boss & employee)
BODY OF WORK (personal trainer & client)
WEDDED MISS (best friend’s dad)
POST-GRIEF
BREEDING / BABYMAKING
POLICE OFFICER
REPRESENTATION
GINGERBREAD MAN (ADHD)
DAD BOD WINGMAN (dyslexia)
JUST IN QUESO (misophonia)
MORE THAN WORDS (PTSD, intense fear of night/dark)
HEART BEATS (neurodivergent, undisclosed)
WHITE LIE CHRISTMAS (intense fear of heights)
INTERRACIAL
BODY REPRESENTATION
DAD BOD WINGMAN (husky hero)
HER PIPE DREAM (curvy heroine)
KING OF HER DREAMS (5’7″ hero, 5’11” heroine)
12 DAYS (curvy heroine)
NOW YOU SEE ME (facially scarred heroine)
ANAL ACTION
Complete list to follow (after I go through all my books!) but these ones for sure have it:
BAD CHOICES ARE MADE
BOTH CHARACTERS 30+
SHIFTING GEARS (H53, h33)
HER PIPE DREAM (H35, h48)
12 DAYS (H31, h31)
LAST CALL CASANOVA (H31, h31)
FLESHING IT OUT (H30, h45)
RESORTING TO LOVE (H34, h31)
HEART OF TEXAS (H34, h32)
KING OF HER DREAMS (H30, h30)
WHITE LIE CHRISTMAS (H35, h30)
DAD BOD WINGMAN (H30, h30)
FISH OUT OF WATER
HEART OF TEXAS (moves to new country)
DOCTOR / NURSE
RESORTING TO LOVE (nurse)
NOT YOUR EVERYDAY SPICE
CROSSING THE LINE (sharing his wife)
UNEXPECTED ADDITION (lactation)
WORTH THE WAIT (anilingus, fisting)
HER PIPE DREAM (anilingus)
GIRL BOSS
LAST CALL CASANOVA (heroine is an artist who owns a store)
DOGGY STYLE (heroine makes and sells doggy fashion products)
12 DAYS (heroine owns a flower shop)
HER PIPE DREAM (heroine owns a boutique)
JUST IN QUESO (heroine owns a taco restaurant)
BODY OF WORK (heroine is a self-employed photographer)
WORTH THE WAIT (heroine owns a custom bakery)
DATING THE DOUBTER (heroine owns a matchmaking franchise)
MORE THAN WORDS (heroine owns an adult-toys store)
GAME PLAN (heroine owns a dressmaking business)
BLUE COLLAR
HER PIPE DREAM (plumber hero)
CUP OF SUGAR (carpenter hero)
SHIFTING GEARS (mechanic hero)
DRIVER’S SEAT (mechanic hero)
KING OF HER DREAMS (fisherman hero)
CROSSING THE LINE (construction worker hero)
FOODS & BEVERAGES
12 DAYS (hero owns a grill shack)
DAD BOD WINGMAN (hero owns a bar)
JUST IN QUESO (heroine owns a taco restaurant)
WORTH THE WAIT (heroine owns a custom bakery)
GIFT WRAPPED (hero is a chef)
NOW YOU SEE ME (hero owns a coffee shop)
THE GRUMPY DEMON’S SUNSHINE (heroine is a coffee barista)
CUP OF SUGAR (heroine is a restaurant manager)
Abbreviations Key:
H = Hero
h = heroine
MF = Male & Female couple
MFM = Ménage with 2 males & 1 female, but no male/male sexual content
HEA = Happily Ever After