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
contemporary:
paranormal/monster:
A DASH OF DEMON
CANADIAN SETTING
contemporary:
paranormal/monster:
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
PARANORMAL / FANTASY
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)
DRIVER’S SEAT (brother’s best friend)
POST-GRIEF
SPECIAL PEEN
ONCE UPON A BEAST (knot)
THE BEAST WITHIN (knot)
SNAKE BELIEVE (multiple)
MATED TO THE MINOTAUR (size + special jizz)
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. Assume anal intercourse content (and possibly more) unless otherwise stated.
contemporary:
paranormal/monster:
MATED TO THE MINOTAUR (finger only)
THE GRUMPY DEMON’S SUNSHINE (tongue)
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)
JUST IN QUESO (H 52, h33)
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)
paranormal/monster:
THE GRUMPY DEMON’S SUNSHINE (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
contemporary:
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)
CUP OF SUGAR (heroine is a restaurant manager)
paranormal/monster:
NOW YOU SEE ME (hero owns a coffee shop)
THE GRUMPY DEMON’S SUNSHINE (human heroine is a coffee barista)
MATED TO THE MINOTAUR (minotaur hero owns a coffee shop & craft brewery)
NONHUMAN CHARACTERS
MATED TO THE MINOTAUR (minotaur hero)
THE GRUMPY DEMON’S SUNSHINE (hell demon hero)
A DASH OF DEMON (hell demon hero)
HELL’S BELLE (hell demon hero)
A REAPER IS FOREVER (witch seer heroine, reaper hero)
THE RHINO’S ROSE (rhino-man hero)
NOW YOU SEE ME (invisible man hero)
SNAKE BELIEVE (snake-man hero)
FALLING FOR THE YETI (yeti hero)
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