Every trope we publish for Historical — Scottish Romance, ranked by reader-demand mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-08-24. 3,994 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
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| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forced Proximity | 234 | 5.86% | Holding steady | 758 |
| 2 | Slow Burn | 202 | 5.06% | Rising | 296 |
| 3 | Enemies to Lovers | 126 | 3.15% | Cooling | 383 |
| 4 | Marriage of Convenience | 126 | 3.15% | Cooling | 179 |
| 5 | Historical Romance | 118 | 2.95% | Holding steady | 19 |
| 6 | Found Family | 116 | 2.90% | Rising | 345 |
| 7 | Second Chance | 114 | 2.85% | Rising | 309 |
| 8 | Redemption Arc | 52 | 1.30% | Cooling | 47 |
| 9 | Banter | 45 | 1.13% | Cooling | 6,178 |
| 10 | Protective MMC | 40 | 1.00% | Holding steady | 298 |
| 11 | Time Travel | 39 | 0.98% | Cooling | 3 |
| 12 | Friends to Lovers | 38 | 0.95% | Not called | 84 |
| 13 | Protective Hero | 37 | 0.93% | Holding steady | 187 |
| 14 | Single Parent | 34 | 0.85% | Holding steady | 154 |
| 15 | Forbidden Romance | 32 | 0.80% | Not called | 338 |
| 16 | Highland Romance | 32 | 0.80% | Not called | 1 |
| 17 | Grumpy MMC | 32 | 0.80% | Not called | 181 |
| 18 | Adventure Romance | 29 | 0.73% | Not called | 4 |
| 19 | Fated Mates | 29 | 0.73% | Not called | 215 |
| 20 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 27 | 0.68% | Not called | 56 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.