5 Runaway Bride Romance Trope Books

The runaway bride romance trope features a protagonist who abandons their wedding, often at the last minute, before discovering true love with someone else. This dramatic escape typically represents the character's rejection of societal expectations or an ill-suited relationship, creating an opportunity for authentic personal growth and genuine connection with their actual soulmate.

Ryan always dreamed of seeing his mate in a wedding dress, but in his dreams she's walking down the aisle toward him—not standing at the reception desk at Bear Creek Lodge. She's not his bride...at least not yet.

Caught between duty and desire, the infamous Duke Edwin finds his carefully ordered world shattered when he's compromised with the defiant Beatrice. As their forced marriage ignites into a battle of wills, Edwin discovers his new bride awakens both his darkest possessiveness and a passion that threatens his iron control.

Willa ran away from her wedding and ran into the arms of a wolf shifter… me.

When I found her in a muddy wedding dress, I knew two things: her ex-fiancé might be her father's killer, and despite the danger, she was undeniably my mate.

Running away from your own wedding is one thing—hiding in a rugged cowboy shifter's truck is quite another. When Erin Green catches her fiancé with his pants down two hours before "I do," she escapes in a whirlwind of white tulle and fury—straight into Armando Mendoza's pickup. The silver-fox coyote shifter offers her sanctuary at his farm, but when she suggests he takes her ex's place on her prepaid honeymoon cruise, their connection blazes hotter than the Mexican sun.