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Old 02-01-2016, 10:04 AM   #19
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I am a huge romance reader here. I have read romances like that, meaning those where the couple ends up just fine and happy in the city. Here is the thing though, I don't mark my reads with stuff like that. It just happens, its just another story line to me.
What you are talking about are the small town romances, the homey type, those are specifically written for a specific market. Small town home town, or small town ranch town, small town cove town etc. The whole premise of those is that back home in small town everything is better. And if a relative visits from the city, they are usually made fun of for their clothes, car, etc. Until they are broken in and "see" the light and settle back in the small town and live HEA. Those are almost always telegraphed by there covers and blurbs. Its what those readers want. The fish out of water coming to small town and falling in love and staying there. Even those come in all different levels and tone. I read darker ones like that, I read light and fluffy ones like that. They aren't all the same and they aren't all sweet. It's just where they are set.

That is just a segment of contempo romance though. There isn't a specific telegraphed counter part for this. Its just in the stories of the rest of them so to speak.

Not sure if I can come up with any unless I have a listing for them somewhere. Its just not a trope specifically so I don't file my books with that.

I do know that I have read them where they live fine in NYC, in Dallas, In Miami, in San Fransisco etc.

It will be difficult then to seperate those where the whole story plays in the city or those where someone came from a small place and falls in love in the city, etc. Again, that is just like story lines to me and I can't remember everything I read. I try

If I come up with anything this week, I post some. I'll browse around the trope listings and different reader boards. I know some that play in the city, but not sure if someone came from small town to get there, or they wanted to go back and all that.

Funny thing is, I am one that is from a small town. I should say tiny village in Bavaria population 250. I moved a few time and now live in a US city of 1.4 million . For love of course. And no snow.
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