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Romance
A Book of Ghosts/The Leaden Ring
By Sabine Baring-Gould
Julia's decision to attend the county ball sparks a heated argument with her aunt, who believes Julia's actions led to the tragic death of James Hattersley.

Romance
Bag and Baggage/John Darling's Atonement
By Bernard Capes
A young woman, Peggy, asks her lover, John Darling, to marry her, but he responds with a mix of amusement and reassurance, hinting that he will eventually marry her.

Romance
Category:Romantic short stories
By Unknown
A romantic short story is a short narrative that focuses on the emotional journey of the characters, often exploring themes of love, relationships, and the human heart.

Romance
Flappers and Philosophers/The Offshore Pirate
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
A young man's adventure on a yacht in the Caribbean, where he encounters a mysterious and beautiful woman.

Romance
Harper's Weekly/Love in a Dutch Garden
By NEITH BOYCE
A young maiden named Prunella lives in a garden carefully constructed to keep Love out, but when a charming Pierrot enters her life, she is swept away by his mad wooing.

Romance
His Highness's Emissary
By E.M. Hull
The story revolves around the marriage negotiations between the Grand Duchess and Prince Michael of Rubania, with the premier minister, Count Schyrolski, trying to persuade the Baroness de Bréville to influence the Grand Duchess to accept the suitor.

Romance
Love's Logic and Other Stories/Prudence and the Bishop
By Anthony Hope
Prudence, the eldest girl, is being considered for marriage to a wealthy man to secure her family's financial future.

Romance
Saxe Holm's Stories/The Elder's Wife
By Helen Hunt Jackson
Draxy and the Elder were married in a small village church, and the Elder expressed his desire to promise himself to the Saviour at the same time he promised to Draxy, fearing he would love her more than God.

Romance
Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series/Farmer Bassett's Romance
By Helen Hunt Jackson
John Bassett, a pagan farmer, attends a camp-meeting and meets Fanny Lane, a city girl, and is smitten with her.

Romance
Some of Us Are Married/As Lochinvar
By Mary Stewart Cutting
Mrs. Laurence longs for a romantic surprise from her husband Will, reminiscent of the story of Lochinvar, while dealing with the challenges of household labor on a hot summer day.

Romance
The Literary Sense/The Love of Romance
By E. Nesbit
A young woman, eager to elope with her lover, takes a daring leap from her window and meets a man who claims to be her lover's substitute, leading to a complicated and emotional situation.

Romance
The Literary Sense/The Lover, the Girl, and the Onlooker
By E. Nesbit
A young woman's unrequited love for a man who is forbidden from speaking of his feelings due to a code of honor.

Romance
The Strand Magazine/Volume 22/Issue 127/The Eccentricity of Fleetwood
By C. N. and A. M. Williamson
Sybil Fleetwood, an American heiress, is torn between marrying an English earl for social status and following her heart for a man who can truly win her.

Romance
What Every Man Should Know
By Author of 'Less than Kin', etc.
Miss Harborer, a 21-year-old woman, is known for her hard-hearted nature, but a chance encounter at a dance with a young man has left her questioning her feelings.

Romance
Interlude (Cohen)
By Octavus Roy Cohen
When a calm business girl marries a jazz king, life is certain to be sped up in at least one household.

Romance
Winning Rosemary Burke
By Wolcott Le Clear Beard
Don Miguel Farrello, a handsome and prosperous man, encounters a little woman, Rosie Burke, in a storm and is astonished to discover it's his long-lost love.

Romance
Love in Aether
By Fred M. White
Angela, a young woman, is dreaming about her life, her art, and her relationships with two men, Ronald and Philip Service, as she lies in her little white bed in a cottage on the moorland.

Romance
Friday
By Zona Gale
Hempel, a young man, rushes home from work, anxious to be with a woman, possibly his loved one, as he believes she may be giving birth.

Romance
The Desert Woman
By Zane Grey
The story revolves around a woman's journey to self-discovery and redemption in the harsh yet beautiful desert landscape.

Romance
I Go a Playing
By Mary Roberts Rinehart
The story revolves around a young girl's experience in a stock company, where she meets a strict director, Mr. Cunningham, and a charming co-star, Baldwin.

Romance
Young Mr. Merrill's Love Affair
By J. S. Fletcher
Young Mr. Anthony Merrill had never wasted a moment's thought on girls in all the peaceful smoothness of his four-and-twenty years of existence.

Romance
Ainslee's Magazine/Lady Pam's Bridge Debts
By Mrs. C. N. Williamson
Jack Adriance is smitten with Lady Pamela Sylvain, but struggles to make her acquaintance due to her social status and the interference of Sir Thomas Potterson.

Romance
Emeline Hardacre's Revenge
By Anne O'Hagan
Emeline Hardacre's hatred for the Jordans has been simmering for years, and when she fails to see the morning smoke from their chimney, she is shaken.

Romance
Ladies' Night
By Alice Hegan Rice
Miss Ethel Corcoran, a young and beautiful woman, is confident and sure of herself, but her cousin Elizabeth suspects that she may be in love with one of two men.