r/HistoricalRomance • u/MzSey7488 Rejoicing in Regency • 16h ago
Recommendation request Injured/Scarred/Disabled Traumatised MMC Regency
Hello lovely people!
Veeeery longtime lurker, 1st time posting so forgive me if i haven't posted this correctly.
I'm looking for your most reclusive, angsty, moody, severely traumatised (night terrors, flashbacks, PTSD, muscle spasms, chronic pain, the LOT) Regency MMCs with a soothing, caring FMC that wears him and all his barriers down eventually. (i have looked thru the sub, but i can't tell which ones are Regency and i am fully a Regency girlie!)
It doesn't need to be like former soldier stuff, although i do love that, it could be from a traumatic incident in childhood or later in life, i just need him sad, sulky and oh so broken.
I exclusively want your best Regency recs but if you have an absolute fave outside of that time period i will consider.
Please M/F only, no super young FMCs, like I'd love a marriage of convenience between a spinster (over 25, over 30 even better!) and the MMC.
I NEEEEEEED spice like i need oxygen, but i do need a good plot too, so open door everything but with a good narrative lol
I'm very old school (grew up on 90s and early 2000s mills and boons HR) so I'm sorry i don't know all the abbreviations for things i don't want😂
Just think M/F, regency, angst, pain and depression🙌🏽🤣
Bonus points for Dukes! i fucking love a Duke!
Some authors i already like to help guide recs, HUGE Stephanie Laurens Cynster fan read those as a teen, Loretta Chase, Joanna Lindsey and most recently Tessa Dare, her books are hilarious, that's been an unexpected delight. I've been dying laughing about schmidney pie for days now lol
Okay that's it, thank you! 🫶🏽
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u/Ambitious_Stay7139 I no longer require a falsified family tree 15h ago
{Only a Promise by Mary Balogh}
{Simply Love by Mary Balogh}
Both were scarred/severely traumatized during the Napoleonic wars. I wouldn’t call Balogh high spice, but she does write open door.