Most hated (romance) tropes

I also especially like the ex-con stories with a hero who was wrongfully imprisoned and is freed partway through his sentence. One of my favorite books with this theme is a recent read, Bad to the Bone (The Dogfather Book 5). I think this is my favorite so far of the Dogfather series.  I adore Trace!

Another one: BDSM books where the subs act like silly children and the Doms like serious adults. Or generally books where Doms and subs are divided by a heavy line in the sand, as if they where different entities entirely.

I agree with the ones you added, they are also in my list.
-family members that obviously dislike the romantic interest and seriously do anything to make that person's life hell. I just question if they don't have actual jobs and things to do, since they have so much free time to come up with schemes. And I know that in real life there are people like that...
-the man with a steel heart, and who no longer thinks/ or once loved the most perfect woman and everyone else falls flatter than flat... and they act hot and cold all the time but all I can think is, wait your body can be used but shouldn't that be untouchable too? (since perfect woman was the only one who could touch you like no one else)
-TSTL heroines are the kind I want to put in Snake island and leave there. No other reason than they can't move or else they bump into a snake at every corner.

SAB I don't like spies, only because James Bond made them un-sexy. (everyone else loves the guy, but I always found him (the character) to be sleazy and just bleh!)
Love triangles can be annoying and the only way I can read it is if early on he/she moves on to the H or h and shows that person they really care for them only. (There was only one trilogy I read that was the exception)
50 shades has never been my cup of coffee, my best friend loves the series and it's her go to book when she has nothing to read but I can't get past the first few chapters.

flipoid I'm going to get this book, the cover alone was enough to get my attention, and I love the author!


Another trope that I dislike a lot is the clumsy/inexperienced H or h in the work force that somehow with little to no help overcomes the obstacles and wins the heart of the cold hearted co-worker (sometimes boss)

I really enjoy a good romantic suspense but if it involves kidnapped children for whatever reason - No. I don't care if it has a great HEA, no kidnapped children. I really dislike a book where the H or h as a sick child who dies. I was reading an Lani Lynn Vale book last week, don't remember the title, and the h had an adorable 8 month son who was ill and died fairly early in the book. I was teary for the rest of the book! I don't care how good the book or author is no kidnapped or dying children.

flipoid Yes I am. I hope you get full time work very soon!

Banana Boat kidnapped kids and children who die are always tearjerkers for me. I stay away from them because of my own nieces and nephew. I can't help but place them in that situation (God forbid anything should ever happen)
and I end up ugly crying and with loud sobs anywhere I am. 

A child dying in a book is something that hits close to home for me, one of my cousin's had a daughter die of leukemia, the baby was diagnosed when she was one and she was cleared, then at four years old it came back two week before her fifth birthday she passed away. Horrible time for everyone, my oldest niece and her were only a month apart. Tragically my cousin had another child, another little girl who was born with a congenital anomaly and that baby only lived to be eight months old. It was just heart breaking, now she has two more children, a girl who nine years old and a boy (a surprise pregnancy since she was 41) who just turned two, both healthy. 

Tropes I don't like----


1) Hero abuses the heroine emotionally, physically, and/ or sexually. OR vice versa. 

2) past or present rape scenes

3) cheating by the H or h
4) ghost romances 
5) monkeys as pets in romances 
6) evil, perverted antagonists 
7) a prince or princess in romances, from make-believe countries 
8) baddies who receive ZERO punishment 
9) the H believes the OW over his beloved h
10) heroines who repeatedly and recklessly put themselves in danger 
11) too frequent use of f__ you etc demonstrating the author has a lack of imagination? 
12) the H offers h the role of mistress as if it is a compliment 
13) heroes who think women are only motivated by money
14) too many kidnappings, especially in HRs
15) bitchy/mean heroines who are meant to be funny or bold, when obnoxious is more accurate
16) women who are degraded for being intelligent or military veterans who are shunned for having a physical or mental disability 
17) the H or h can't learn from his/ her mistakes