Several on this list also fall into the father or mother of a best friend or ex-boyfriend. With age gap romance books that fall into the forbidden category, the relationship could be teacher/student or boss/employee, single parent/nanny, coach/athlete, doctor/patient, or the like. In teacher student romance books, the age difference can be considerable or it can be minor if it’s a new, young teacher. Given the age difference between the main characters in age gap romances, there is a definite cross-over with the teacher student romance trope and the forbidden romance trope. Perhaps it’s the hard-fought happily-ever-after when the odds are stacked against the characters, or maybe it’s the forbidden nature of the central relationship that gets a reader’s motor going.Ĭentral to all age gap romance books is the age difference between the central characters of the love story.įor some books, the age gap isn’t even an issue but for others, it’s a key point that is addressed throughout the story and impacts the characters’ happily ever after. In the romance genre, several romance book tropes are at the top of the list that readers return to again and again including age gap romance books.
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