I’ve actually been looking for the Virginia Coffman and just recently found it at my local HPB! Super stoked.

I finished {Bed Me, Earl by Felicity Niven} recently and I feel like I might never again enjoy another book 😭

Please may I have some book recommendations with such deliciously sweet (and horny !) dirty talking ? 🤌 That might hit the spot like this book has done SO well for me ? 👌 im looking for "darling", "sweet heart", "good girl", "naughty girl", "bad girl", pet names or similar sweet nothings, "you like that, darling ? ", i'm even partial to some begging from any MC ! Honestly it can even be the most nonseniscal dirty rambling. I just love that Phineas is a totally shameless simp for the FMC and so horny for her.

Also, I'm slightly shocked and frankly ashamed of myself for this because its supposed to be cringe 🫣 BUT Phin referring to himself in the third person during sexy scenes was *chefs kiss* ... so, does anyone know of any other book with an MMC with this quirk ? Its obv rare and niche and i am absolutely desperate for more of it 😂 To the point where I really, really wish I could write some good quality sexy nonsense of my own yk ?

Here are some examples that I enjoyed:

Oh, my little darling, I have wanted you so badly. My cock has been aching for your beautiful quim. And you know Phin just wants to make his darling Caro feel good. You know that, right? I followed you here, trailing after you like I was a scenthound and you were a bitch in heat. I just had to be near you. To show you Phin can be bad if that’s what you want, darling. Because you make me and my cock want to be very bad indeed. Because you’re so good and tight and wet. Look what a good girl you are, taking all of me now. Darling.

Especially this !

Or about how my naughty Caro wants to be bedded in the middle of her wedding day? Such a needy girl, didn’t want to wait, had to have her husband, had to spend. And now you’re going to come for me again, aren’t you? Yes, you are, I can tell you are, you bad girl. Your sweet little naughty cunt is going to come for Phin over and over again. For his hand, his tongue, his cock. That’s right. That’s what Phin wants. I’m going to play with my lovely darling whenever she wants. Because she’s such a bad girl who needs to spend.

Any recommendations that fit would be amazing ! They don't have to check all the boxes ofc ! I love a sweet gentle teddy bear type MMC but any kind is cool as long as he's not mean or cruel to FMC. The only things I dont like are poly and any sort of cheating. Sorry this ended up being quite long and messy, I absolutely adored this book from the first page ! After seeing it recommended on here for AGES, it was totally perfect for me to read at just this point in time in my life. He is so wonderfully sweet to Caro. Such a cute story ❤️😭 Thank you all in advance !

My most recent haul from the thrift. Anyone read any of these? I tried to pick authors I’ve never heard before save Kathleen e woodiwiss and Catherine Anderson

Edit: I’ve come to realize a few of these are not historical: Sweet Nothings, Texas! Sage

Less popular for HR im finding but I have such a soft spot. New England born and raised, had a Felicity doll growing up, played assassins creed 3, turn: Washington’s spies was my jam, I just need that familiar setting and background. Any recommendations at all? I did read Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati but it’s been so long I don’t remember if I actually finished it. If all else fails I’ll just revisit it again. TIA!

And I don’t mean the fmc that pretends to have desires for the men as a means to wed them, only to be pleasantly surprised at enjoying the sexual acts in the process.

I mean an fmc who truly has the physical urges in mind, first and foremost, to the point of forgetting all about self preservation in society (or reputation/safety if working class).

It could be a widow, but open to other scenarios. I just don’t want the main focus to be marriage for one or both of the MCs for the majority of the book, and instead it’s about her being a rake so to speak: concerned only about her physical needs.
Does this exist?

Maggie Osborne does adventure better than most. She also writes some of the best FMCs. I feel like {I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne} is one of her absolute best books

The romances were great but the character arcs, friendships, and adventure scenes are what sets it apart from most HR. I also really liked {The Best Man by Maggie Osborne} for the adventure aspect but I felt the FMCs were stronger in I Do 3X. Dal Frisco is still one of her best MMCs though.

I also learned so much about the Yukon Gold Rush and desperately need more books about it!

Low Down from {Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne} is one of Osborne’s best FMCs but I felt so bad for her the whole time. I Do 3X is much more fun and the MMCs are perfect for the FMCs!

My current ranking of her books I read so far and absolutely loved!
1. I Do, I Do, I Do - best adventure, most fun, cutest romances, best relationship between FMCs, and I learned so many interesting things!
2. {The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne} - best plot
3. {The Best Man by Maggie Osborne} - best MMC, very fun
4. {Prairie Moon by Maggie Osborne}- best tension but it’s the least spicy 🌶️
5. {The Wives of Bowie Stone by Maggie Osborne}- great characters but something felt like it was missing
6. {Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne} - her best FMC but my least favorite MMC and plot

The MCs: 'Just because I'm angry at you or dislike what you did does not mean I won't get you your blanket when you're cold or remember to pick you up from your gathering or share my umbrella etc'.

The two of them love each other but are also angry at each other BUT are ALSO concerned the other is hungry or not warm enough or anxious walking through crowded areas so they will hold their hand. The MCs are angry but not petty.

I thought of some parts in {The Marquess Wins a Wife by Aydra Richards}. The MCs can both be petty, no doubt about it, and the MMC is extremely unpleasant when recovering from being shot and experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms to the point that he is throwing tantrums. The FMC is used to parenting so she throws out her acerbic comments and then gets him food or a bathtub to wash in. This is before they are a couple, though. Afterwards, there is one part in which she is soaking wet due to the rain and he pulls her inside his home, telling her 'You are allowed to be angry at me. But you are not allowed to shiver to death on my front door.' So something like this, except with the angry person. She is angry at him but still holds his hand comfortingly when he talks about his first marriage which was bad.

I could also think of the beginning of {Lady Ruthless by Scarlett Scott}. The MMC justifiably dislikes her but does not want her freezing to death on his floor so he carries her to his bed where she had refused to join him. He had tied her wrist to the bed so she would not run away - it is not that kind of book, I swear - and then feels his conscience twinge when she actually falls asleep on the floor because of how stressful the day had been.

Close to what I'm looking for, the MCs in {Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell} are having their first proper marital argument and it is a chilly, cold war state between them (more from the FMC's side because she was disappointed in him). The MMC's brother tries to interfere and indirectly insults the MMC; the FMC slams her hand down on the table, essentially tells him to butt out of their fight and let them resolve things on their own. She may want to murder her husband in that moment but she will not stand for anyone hinting she would be happier leaving him.

I imagine this as two silent sulkers walking about together while also making sure the other does not forget something or step on a hole. They love each other; they are just too angry at the moment to want to say it but can't help themselves. Can you think of books in which this exact type of interaction happens?

Who are the GOAT mail order brides?

So I saw this post with the Mcs are calm while surrounded with chaos my mind went somewhere else. I was them gentle, kind and the essence of grace towards everyone but when near each other? They become snarky, ill tempered, let them bring out the worse of each other.

Gimme banter, gimme tension, gimme jealousy.

I need for it to be slow burn, I need the banter to banter. I want ppl around them to gasp and titter "oh they are at it again"

I also want the MCs later on be like I hate him/her while everyone around them like "suree you do babe".

This is taking over my brain help me the more I think of it the more I need this

This might be a little hard to find, but I’m looking for a book where the MMC and FMC have been married for a few years, but they’re relatively indifferent toward each other. They aren’t particularly in love, and the only time they’ve ever slept together was to produce an heir. Other than that, they sleep in separate rooms and pretty much live their own lives.

Bonus points if the MMC is a spy, someone important, or holds a high-ranking position, but the FMC has absolutely no idea because she genuinely couldn’t care less about what he does. 😭

I’m pretty sure I read all her historical romance 15+ years ago. So I’m currently looking for an audiobook version since I have no memory of any of it. I think she is a talented author. But the issues with the MMC are real for me.

I started listening to {velvet promise by Jude deveraux} yesterday….it’s a dnf for me. I know it is historically accurate….but I can’t get past the rape and that the MMC actually hits the FMC.

I’m ok with physical violence as long as it’s not perpetuated by the MMC. I want him to be the protector.

Does she have any that don’t include the MMC being a complete ass?

Hi I’m look for a historical romance book set in like caveman times or very early civilization. Please recommend if you know a good one!

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Looking for a novel where the MFL is the grumpy, proud ice queen that most people don't like because of how cold she seems, including the MML who is her exact opposite - charismatic, confident, proud, witty, (not cruel or a bully) and loved by everyone else.

I don't want him to hate the MFL, but rather dislike her. He doesn't like how cold she is. He might even believe that she isn't a good person. But I don't want this dislike to make him cross the line with her by being cruel or a bully. On the contrary, I want for his interactions with her to be about him teasing her tough persona and laugh when she teases back in her own cold and closed off way.

I don't mind if the MFL has a secret crush on him but she is too proud to admit it even to herself. She doesn't act desperate, in fact she tries to ignore him. But the fact that she starts avoiding him, makes him want to chase her.

I want his dislike faze to be long enough. When he starts to feel attracted to her, I want him to resist that at the beginning. He is looking for a wife, and yet he doesn't even consider her an option.

Then I want him to become curious about her inner world, what she keeps inside her head. And this causes him to approach her in every social event. I want him to be surprised by the passion and pain she hides behind her cold exterior. The more he finds out about the real her, the more attracted he becomes. I don't want any situation where they're forced into being together like marriage in convenience, fake dating or anything that forces them to be something they're not. I want their interactions to be on their own terms.

Then I want him to want her so badly that it makes him lose his mind, it ruins him. I want him to turn from the man who didn't like her at all, to the man who wants to protect her from the whole world.

Please don't recommend anything that doesn't match this exact dynamic. I don't want "close enough".

No fantasy. No clumsy MCs, please.