Slow Burn
Book Trope
Once the fire ignites between two characters, there’s no snuffing it out. But some fires take their time building up to the moment of combustion. The sexual tension between love interests simmers until it catches a spark that leads to a blaze of passion. These are love stories where the wait for romance is long, but the ache is so worth it. Just sit back and enjoy the heat.
A Broken Blade
Melissa Blair
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas
A Dance of Lies
Brittany Arena
A Dawn of Onyx
Kate Golden
A Deal With the Devil
Elizabeth O'Roark
A Fate Forged in Fire
Hazel McBride
A Forbidden Alchemy
Stacey McEwan
A Gentleman’s Gentleman
TJ Alexander
A Harvest of Hearts
Andrea Eames
A Kiss of Iron
Clare Sager
A Legend in the Baking
Jamie Wesley
A Love Letter to Whiskey
Kandi Steiner
A Merry Little Meet Cute
Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
A Novel Love Story
Ashley Poston
A Tether Through the Rift
Lindsey N. Rhoden
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
After
Anna Todd
All Superheroes Need PR
Elizabeth Stephens
All the Missing Pieces
Catherine Cowles
Among the Willows
Jennifer L. Strand
An Academic Affair
Jodi McAlister
An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn
And Then There Was You
Sophie Cousens
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Apprentice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Arcana Academy
Elise Kova
Arsenic and Adobo
Mia. P. Manansala
Art of Scandal
Regina Black
As Many Souls as Stars
Natasha Siegel
Atmosphere: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Bad for Business
Kat Singleton
Beautiful Broken Love
Shanora Williams
Beautiful Things
Emily Rath
Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter
Binding 13
Chloe Walsh
Bittersweet Memories
Catharina Maura
Blood Beneath the Snow
Alexandra Kennington
Blood Moon
Britney S. Lewis
Blood of Hercules
Jasmine Mas
Blue Graffiti
Calahan Skogman
Bourbon and Lies
Victoria Wilder
Breaking, Gracefully
N.E. Butcher
Bride
Ali Hazelwood
Bride Special Edition
Ali Hazelwood
Burn Bright
Krista and Becca Ritchie
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V.E. Schwab
Carnal Urges
J.T. Geissinger
Carved in Stone
Sabrina Blackburry
Cat Fight
Gin Griffith
Caught Up
Liz Tomforde
Christmas at Fox Ridge
Bailey Hannah
Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon
Annie Mare
Count Me In
Samantha Gail
Cowboy, It's Cold Outside
Maisey Yates
Crown of Light and Shadows
G.K. DeRosa
Curvy Girl Summer
Danielle Allen
Daughter of No Worlds
Carissa Broadbent
Daughter of Tides
Kit Rocha
Daydream
Hannah Grace
Dire Bound
Sable Sorensen
Direbound
Sable Sorensen
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend
Emma R. Alban
Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey
Emma
Jane Austen
Enchantra
Kaylie Smith
Enigma
RuNyx
Every Step She Takes
Alison Cochrun
Fable for the End of the World
Ava Reid
Fall for Him
Andie Burke
Female Fantasy
Iman Hariri-Kia
Fight
Sloane St. James
Finding Home: A Marriage of Convenience
Savanna Golden
First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison
Flawless
Elsie Silver
Flock
Kate Stewart
For the Fans
Nyla K.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
Funny You Should Ask
Elissa Sussman
Futbolista
Jonny Garza Villa
Get Real, Chloe Torres
Crystal Maldonado
Give Me Butterflies
Jillian Meadows
Grape Juice
Eliza Dumais
Grave Matter
Karina Halle
Grin and Beard It
Penny Reid
Happiness for Beginners
Katherine Center
Head Witch in Charge
Avery Flynn
Heat of the Everflame
Penn Cole
Hexed
Emily McIntire
Him
Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
His Girl Hollywood
Maureen Lee Lenker
Hook, Line, and Sinker
Tessa Bailey
House of the Beast
Michelle Wong
How Freaking Romantic
Emily Harding
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
Meghan Quinn
How to Face Eternity: Part 1
SH Classen
How to Fake It in Hollywood
Ava Wilder
How to Help a Hungry Werewolf
Charlotte Stein
I Live To Serve The Witch
Jacque Aye
I Think I'm In Love With an Alien
Ann Aguirre
I'll Be Gone for Christmas
Georgia K. Boone
If I Told You, I'd Have to Kiss You
Mae Marvel
If It Makes You Happy
Julie Olivia
If Not for My Baby
Kate Golden
If the Ring Fits
Camilla Isley
If We Were Villains
M.L. Rio
In Memoriam
Alice Winn
In My Boxes and Breakups Era
Lola B. Marie
Indigo Ridge
Devney Perry
It App-ened One Night
Victoria Hamel
It's Different This Time
Joss Richard
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
La Vie De Guinevere
Paula Lafferty
Looking for Group
Alexis Hall
Lost Love Found
Cristina Santos
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren
Love by a Landslide
K.L. Parsons
Love In Bloom
Lucy Eden
Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood
Love Out Loud
Allie Samberts
Love's a Witch
Tricia O'Malley
Mate
Ali Hazelwood
Metal Slinger
Rachel Schneider
Mine For a Moment
Catharina Maura
Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer
A.H. Cunningham
My Oxford Year
Julia Whelan
My Pucking Family
Izzy Elliott
Never Been Shipped
Alicia Thompson
Never the Roses
Jennifer K. Lambert
Nicked
M.T. Anderson
Nocticadia
Keri Lake
North Is the Night
Emily Rath
Not Another Love Song
Julie Soto
Not For the Faint of Heart
Lex Croucher
Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter
Older
Jennifer Hartmann
On Wings of Blood
Briar Boleyn
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
One to Watch
Kate Stayman-London
Outdrawn
Deanna Grey
P.S. I Hate You
Lauren Connolly
Pacific Tails
Michelle Sauer
Pas de Don't
Chloe Angyl
Power
Victoria Woods
Promise Me Not
Meagan Brandy
Provoking the Lost
S.A. Claremont
Pucked
Helena Hunting
Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Reel
Kennedy Ryan
Reign & Ruin
J.D. Evans
Releasing 10
Chloe Walsh
Revolve
Bal Khabra
Rivals
Jilly Cooper
Roomies
Christina Lauren
Ruthless Creatures
J.T. Geissinger
Secunda
Joanne Kwan
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Servant of Earth
Sarah Hawley
Set Piece
Lana Schwartz
Shield of Sparrows
Devney Perry
Silent Vows
Jill Ramsower
Silver Elite
Dani Francis
Skylark
Megan Michelle
Slipstream
Madge Maril
Smoke and Scar
Gretchen Powell Fox
Son of the Morning
Akwaeke Emezi
Soul Searching
Lyla Sage
Spark of the Everflame
Penn Cole
Sugar & Spicy, Naughty & Nice: A Portland Romance Writers' Winter Anthology
SH Clasen, Jenni Simonis, Katie Von Schuessler, Dana Shea, K Rose, Jennifer L Strand, Emerson Reign, Hypatia Rhodes
Summer Sons
Lee Mandelo
Sunshine
Michaela Jean Taylor
Taming 7
Chloe Walsh
Terror at the Gates
Scarlett St. Clair
That Next Moment
Stefanie K. Steck
The Aroosi Arrangement
Arezou Amin
The Au Pair Affair
Tessa Bailey
The Beast Takes A Bride
Julie Anne Long
The Book of Azrael
Amber V. Nicole
The Broken and the Brave
EC Garrett
The Charmer
Ava Rani
The Christmas Crush
Noelle Douglas
The Christmas Tree Farm
Laurie Gilmore
The Co-Op
Tarah DeWitt
The Coven
Harper L. Woods
The Crow Lord
J.M. Failde
The Defiant and the Damned
EC Garrett
The Games Gods Play
Abigail Owen
The Gay Best Friend
Nicolas Didomizio
The Gingerbread Bakery
Laurie Gilmore
The Goal
Elle Kennedy
The Hating Game
Sally Thorne
The Infinity Between Us
N.S. Perkins
The Irresistible Urge To Fall For Your Enemy
Brigitte Knightley
The Isle in the Silver Sea
Tasha Suri
The Jewel of the Isle
Kerry Rea
The King of Frost and Shadows
Jen L. Grey
The Knight and the Moth
Rachel Gillig
The Last Letter
Rebecca Yarros
The Last Raven
Helen Glynn Jones
The Last Sunrise
Anna Todd
The Launch Date
Annabelle Slator
The Listeners
Maggie Stiefvater
The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood
The Love of My Afterlife
Kirsty Greenwood
The Love Simulation
Etta Easton
The Marriage Narrative
Claire Kann
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
The Only Purple House in Town
Ann Aguirre
The Paradise Problem
Christina Lauren
The Perfect Marriage
Jeneva Rose
The Poisoner
I.V. Ophelia
The Second Death of Locke
V.L. Bovalino
The Second You're Single
Cara Tanamachi
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent
The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller
The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas
The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst
The Starlight Heir
Amalie Howard
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Laurie Gilmore
The Trouble With Anna
Rachel Griffiths
The Truth According to Ember
Danica Nava
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn
The Wedding Party
Jasmine Guillory
These Summer Storms
Sarah MacLean
Thirteen Years
D. Raven
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Tourist Season
Brynne Weaver
Trial of Fate
J.E. Larson
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
Under All the Lights
Maya Ameyaw
Until I Get You (Special Edition)
Claire Contreras
Venor
Halli Starling
Verity
Colleen Hoover
Virgin River
Robyn Carr
Vows Forged in Blood
K.D. Miller
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A. Parker
Where Time Stands Still
N.S. Perkins
Whet / Deep End (Special Edition)
Ali Hazelwood
Wild Eyes
Elsie Silver
Wild Reverence
Rebecca Ross
Will They or Won't They
Ava Wilder
Work in Progress
Kat MacKenzie
Worth Fighting For
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Written by a Woman
Andrea Andersen
Wyatt
Jessica Peterson
You and Me
Lisa Shelby
You Between the Lines
Katie Naymon
You've Goth My Heart
L.C. Rosen
