Glossary
The dark romance glossary.
Three separate layers, kept separate on purpose. What kind of heat, what kind of story, and what's inside it — none of them ranked against each other.
Tropes
Dark romance tropes, defined
Enemies to lovers, stalker MMC, why choose, captive romance — the language readers already use, written down without softening.
27 tropes →
Spice types
Spice types, defined
Heat level says how explicit. Spice type says what kind — slow burn payoff, power exchange, praise kink, taboo, monster romance.
55 spice types →
Content notes
Content notes, listed
Reader context, not commentary. Neutral notes so you can walk into a book knowing what's in it.
14 notes →
Your vocabulary, your record.
Heat, spice type, tropes and content notes — kept as separate, honest layers.
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