Pick Your Trope: Six Free Romance Novels Readers Adore

Posted by George Hartley

I went digging through Obooko's download numbers this morning to see what our romance readers are actually reading. The answer was clear: you lot don't pick books by the cover, you pick by trope.

Vampires. Mafia bosses. Weddings nobody remembers agreeing to. Here are the six free romance novels our readers keep coming back to, every one rated five stars by the people who downloaded it, and every one free to keep in PDF, ePub or Kindle.

The dark and paranormal one

A Dark Kiss of Rapture by Sylvia Day has been downloaded more than 83,000 times on Obooko, which makes it our heavyweight. A vampire who cannot be resisted and the one woman who tries. Start here if you like your romance with teeth (sorry).

The mafia boss

Maid to the Mafia by Wanitta Praks. A housemaid, a mafia boss and a line that should never be crossed. Readers have left 356 reviews. five stars, near enough every one of them.

The accidental wedding

What Happened in Vegas, Didn't Stay in Vegas by Meadow Murphy. The oops-we're-married classic, done properly: what happens in Vegas follows you home, in the best possible way.

The underdog glow-up

Ugly Duckling: No One Wants Me by Hlengiwe Mathebula. Mbali is 24, never dated, and written off by her own family. If you live for the moment the overlooked heroine finally gets her due, 174 five-star reviewers reccommend you start tonight.

The meet-cute collision

A Pleasant Surprise by L. R. Wards. Natalie swore she wasn't a pushover, then she bumped into Wyatt Strickland. 52,000 downloads and counting.

The psychic slow burn

Sensual Pleasures by Senna Fisher. Patricia has hidden her psychic gift her whole life, until Roderick. Wound tight and worth the wait.

All six are free because their authors chose to share them with the world (legally, through us, which is the whole point of Obooko). If none of these tropes are yours, there are thousands more waiting on the free romance books shelf.

Happy reading.