Reading Challenge: Words, Plots, Cover Images

Each of your 12 books must contain one element from the three categories. One title word, one plot, one cover image. You can (and are encouraged) to use more than one from each but it is not required.

Title Words (one of these words must be in the title)

1. Bride
2. Duke
3. Lover
4. Magic
5. Mistress
6. Night
7. Passion
8. Scandal/scandalous
9. Secret(s)
10. Seduce/seduction
11. Tempt/-ing/-ed/-ation
12. Wedding
13. Wicked
14. Ways
15. Kiss
16. Midnight
17. Secret Baby
18. Scoundrel
19. Desire
20. Sin

Plots (one of these elements must feature in the plot)

1. Friends to lovers
2. Amnesia
3. Secret baby
4. Small town, big city gal/guy
5. Sports star
6. Plain Jane makeovers
7. Rags to riches
8. Guardian/ward
9. Reunited lovers
10. Hero/heroine from wrong side of tracks
11. Royalty
12. Bluestocking heroine/Bookish heroes
13. Kindapping
14. Unrequited love
15. Fairy tales
16. Courteseans
17. Criminals, burglars, Pickpockets
18. Military men/women
19. Cross-dressing
20. Marriage of convenience

Cover Art (one of these elements must feature on the cover/step-back)

1. Mantitty
2. Ladyback
3. (Uncomfortable) Clinch
4. Anachronistic zipper
5. Landscape
6. Horses
7. Heaving bosoms
8. Neck-kissing
9. Thigh(s)
10. Bed
11. Beach
13. House/cabin/cottage
14. Carriage
15. Unlacing corset
16. Masks
17. Blowing hair
18. Bodies of water
19. Cut off head(s)
20. Necktie/cravat

What are some other Words, Plots and Cover Images commonly found in the romance genre? Got any ideas on some new twists on the old favorites? Let’s chat about it…