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Landlord/Tenant Romance

A romance where the tension comes from the power imbalance of a landlord and tenant, often with the landlord's property serving as the literal and emotional space for their relationship to develop.

Readers are drawn to the built-in conflict of proximity and dependency, where one character holds the keys to the other's home, creating a delicious mix of domestic intimacy and unavoidable encounters.

Forced proximity grumpy landlord maintenance call romance eviction threat roommate agreement