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Welp. Had to double up chapters 28-29 of #ACOTAR. Feyre is back and I’m ded. (Also hi again to my cat, Earl Grey.) https://youtube.com/shorts/nrl_FADHh28?si=Auyw3em2Yq6kL4gC

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Welp. Had to double up chapters 28-29 of #ACOTAR. Feyre is back and I’m ded. (Also hi again to my cat, Earl Grey.) youtube.com/shorts/n... #📚💙 #booksky #romantasy #romancenovels

Ernst Jeudy, author of Zombie Lover #romancenovels

http://wakingwriter.com/2026/04/17/ernst-jeudy-author-of-zombie-lover/

Why Choose?

I have been reading romance novels since I was a teenager…

I didn’t even know this was a thing.

Somewhere along the way, quietly and without any fanfare… the “why choose” trope found its way onto the shelves, built an audience, and settled into its own space in the world of romance… and I completely missed it.

From what I’ve now come to understand, the idea itself isn’t entirely new. Its roots stretch back into earlier romance (especially in fantasy and paranormal spaces) where a woman might be surrounded by multiple love interests, where each interest offers something different. But in those stories, there was almost always a final decision. A choice had to be made. One stayed, the others faded away. That was the rule…

Then something shifted. I have come to learn, that in the early to mid 2010s, particularly within indie publishing spaces, writers began to experiment. They questioned that rule. What if she didn’t have to choose? What if love didn’t need to be reduced to a single outcome? And just like that, without asking permission, the trope evolved.

My research tells me that by the late 2010s into the early 2020s, it had fully arrived. Not just as an idea, but as a recognized and named trope. Platforms like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and Wattpad gave writers the freedom to explore it, and readers responded. Strongly.

Fans of this trope say there is something quietly relieving about it. No tension of “who will she pick.” No sense of loss when a favorite character is left behind. No pressure for one person to be everything. Just… an expansion of what love can look like.

And yet, here I am, only just discovering it.

But when I think about it, it makes sense why I didn’t.

This trope tends to live in genres I don’t naturally gravitate toward… fantasy romance, dark romance, paranormal worlds, academy settings (except the Love Hypothesis 😁)… spaces where imagination stretches wider and the rules of reality are more flexible. That’s where “why choose” feels most at home.

For me, I tend to sit more with quieter, grounded stories. The slow ones. The reflective ones. The ones that feel like sitting by a window in the evening with your thoughts. So yes, of course it slipped past me.

Still, I find something about it… interesting. It challenges something we have long accepted without questioning that love must be singular to be valid. That choosing one means losing others. That fullness only comes in one form. “What if it didn’t?” it seems to ask.

So, while I see why people would like the trope, I on the other hand, believe in choosing. I believe in the weight of it. In the clarity of it. I believe, even in the ache that sometimes comes with it.

I love the deep feeling that comes with “I choose You”… Not everyone. Not everything. Just… you.
Even if it hurts.
Even if it costs something.
Even if it doesn’t come easy.
That, to me, is where love sharpens into meaning.

So while the shelves may be expanding, and the stories evolving, I find myself still drawn to that singular thread… The courage and the consequence… of choosing one.

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Valentine's Day is here, and so is International Book Giving Day! 📚 ❤️

So how about combining these two and giving someone a romantic / romance book? 📖 💝 ☺️

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY & HAPPY #READING! 🥰 💖

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Claire Reynolds, 55, never believed in soul mates, or love at first sight, until she literally ran into Finn O’Malley, 55. Something happened—something primeval, something like destiny calling, as they stared at each other.
A ‘happy ever after’ was theirs for the taking—and they grabbed it joyfully with both hands.
Mysterious floral gifts. A hidden agenda. A faux saviour. A watcher who finally acts. An act that intends death to Finn. An act that neither Finn or Claire may survive.
Be Warned: BDSM, anal sex, sex toys, public exhibition
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Just released!
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Love and Elephants.
It’s a collision when Tobias Duncan, 57, meets Laura Keell, 55. Nothing can come between them as their love grows—that is, until a tragedy strikes.

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The Two Most Important Questions Every Romance Writer Must Ask

Whether you are writing a romance, period, or a romantic subplot within a book of another genre, these questions apply. They are rather… Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
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Isabella Coburn, 50, used to be the most in-demand nude artist’s model, now she’s a successful sculptor.

Artist, Gabriel ‘Archangel’ Milford, 53, needs Isabella to model for him and sparks fly when they meet. Though she refuses him, Gabriel is determined Issie will pose for him. She’s equally determined she won’t.

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This week's Sapphic Book Bingo category features sapphic books with an accidental admission of love.

One character accidentally confesses their love to the other. It could be an unguarded moment, an unplanned outburst, a heated argument, or an accidental slip of the tongue that changes everything between them.

Check out the 15 recommended books on my blog:

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ใครที่รักนุงแมง หลงนุงแมง โปรดจงรู้ไว้ นุงแมงมีที่วิ่งเล่นแห่งใหม่ ที่นี่
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Weekend's almost here! Looking for something to read?
Something hot and spicy? Something with older, mature characters?

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My latest contemporary sapphic romance, Bachelorette Number 12, is a #KindleDeal of the Month in Australia & New Zealand!

Get it at AU $1.49 for a limited time!

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It's an enemies-to-lovers romance between a warmhearted nurse and a prickly ER doctor.

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This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features characters with a strong initial dislike.

That animosity might develop into an enemies-to-lovers romance, but the dislike between the characters won’t always go that far. Sometimes, their personalities simply clash or they are rivals competing for the same goal.

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Fans say new romance bookstores give the genre some overdue respect

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Romance novels have always spiced up quiet nights. Now, a…
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“Beautiful Lucy, you need two people to satisfy you. One to control you but two to give you ultimate pleasure.”

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Happy Birthday, Barbara Cartland!
maybe not the most sophisticated #romancenovels ever, but how many of us got our start!

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One night of magic. That’s all Oliver Maxwell, 51, and Simone St Ives, 46, had together but it changed both their lives forever. Both doubt they’ll find their soul mate again.
Because finding them seems impossible when all you know about the other is their first name.

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The audiobook of my sapphic romance Just a Touch Away is on sale at 50% off!

A professional cuddler and an aloof workaholic inherit a building together, but there’s a catch: before they each get their half, they have to live together for 92 days.

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The characters fake-dating each other & then catching feelings for real is one of my favorite tropes. Obviously...because I have written SIX of them!

🩷 Just for Show
🧡 Something in the Wine
💛 The Roommate Arrangement
💚 Backwards to Oregon
💙 Enemies by Nature
💜 Shifting Nature

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I'm honored to say my sapphic romance Bachelorette Number 12 just won an International Book Award, the fourth award it won so far!

It's the story of Ellie, a kind-hearted ER nurse, and Regina, a prickly attending physician who thinks emotional involvements are a waste of time...until a charity singles auction throws them together.

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