Published pre-1980 – Frederica – Georgette Heyer (1965)
Heroine named Rachel – Twelve Days – Teresa Hill
A hint of magic – Rainshadow Road – Lisa Kleypas
Non-mammal shifter – Dragon Bound – Thea Harrison (dragon!)
Viking – The Unleashing – Shelly Laurenston (more Vikings than you can shake a stick at)
Hero has a pet that’s not a dog or cat – Shacking Up – Helena Hunting (ferret and tarantula)
Hero smells like some kind of tree – Her Naughty Holiday – Tiffany Reisz (cedar)
Queer YA/NA – The Understatement of the Year – Sarina Bowen
Geek/Nerd elements – Dating You / Hating You – Christina Lauren (SO GOOD! – Hogwarts costumes, heroine loves movie trivia)
Baking/Sweets described in delicious detail – Nuts – Alice Clayton
Person in uniform on the cover – Hot Head – Damon Suede (2 guys half in uniform equals one full uniform, right?)
Heroine inherits a business – Lost and Found Sisters – Jill Shalvis (a diner)
Romance novel (free space) – The Sweetest Burn – Jeaniene Frost
The entire conflict could have been solved with one conversation – Playing by Her Rules– Amy Andrews
Rake or rogue in the title – Once More, My Darling Rogue – Lorraine Heath
Non-Regency set historical – Indigo – Beverly Jenkins (antebellum Michigan)
Sub-genre you’ve never read before (honor system!) – The Hook Up – Kristen Callihan (NA football romance… still much prefer hockey or rugby ones!)
Heroine taller than the hero – Rock Courtship – Nalini Singh
Elaborate proposal scene – The Undateable – by Sarah Title (dancing flash mob in a library)
Heroine smells like a food item – Hate to Want You – Alisha Rai (vanilla cream)
Broke hero – When the Duke Was Wicked – Lorraine Heath (mentally)
Character on the run – Black Ice – Anne Stuart (h/h both on the run)
Beach read, set in a beach town – Sand Castle Bay – Sherryl Woods
Austen retelling – For Darkness Shows the Stars – Diana Peterfreund (YA dystopian Persuasion retelling)
An anthology – Sight Unseen: A Collection of Five Anonymous Novellas