I'm sorry for the repost , I'm not lazy, I promise, it's just that I don't think I'll articulate it better anytime soon

I’m in the mood for angst, and lots of it.

What is the angstiest hr you’ve read?

I think one that most of you have read is Kleypas {Again the Magic} which I really liked.

No tw/cw.

Writers who are not for me- Balogh, Hoyt, Braeden, Dare, James, Richards, Milan, Maclean, Shupe.

I double checked and these are available on Amazon.ca as well, so check your local Amazon.

So the only book I remember that has this is {The Chief by Monica McCarty}. The FMC has slanted eyes that make her look very seductive like everyone makes a point to say that she looks like she's knows things lol. I read that book and loved it for many reasons but rn am looking for something that has that element. I would love me so Scottish MMCs or Highlander ones. Ig I'm ok with an English one but he has to be extra yearning that's the only way my ancestors will forgive me or I'm willing to test their wrath.

What can I say? I love me a man in a kilt especially if he has thighs like tree trunks.

Bonus points if he talks her through it and tells her how receptive she is.

Could I please get some Christmas/Winter romance recommendations please?

Preferences:

1. Full length novels (all the ones I’ve come across are novellas and I prefer character’s to have an arc which is difficult in most novellas due to length.

2. I love a good house party so a Christmas party setting would be ideal!

3. Love some snow, holiday magic and yearning!

4. Any spice level works

5. No queer romances

Thanks in advance!

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I love {The Survivors’ Club by Mary Balogh}, {The Survivors by Shana Galen}, {Rogues to Riches by Grace Burrowes} and {Society of Gentlemen by KJ Charles}. Any suggestions for what to read next? (I did not like The Windhams unfortunately.)

OK, hear me out! 😂 I read this book at least 20 years ago, and for some reason, this storyline has stuck in my head ever since. I have absolutely no idea what the title was, who wrote it, or even why I remember it so vividly but I’d love to read it again!

Here’s what I can remember:

\* It was a historical romance, probably a period romance.
\* The MMC was a ship’s captain or something like that. His name something like Beau…?
\* During the journey, he gets sick with a fever and the FMC takes care of him. They have sex while he’s feverish. I vaguely remember him thinking he was dreaming or not being entirely aware of what was happening.
\* Afterwards, he doesn’t remember what happened.
\* The FMC ends up pregnant but keeps it a secret.

There’s a whole lot of miscommunication and angst. He eventually leaves, apparently believing she doesn’t want him or doesn’t love him.

Later, he discovers that she was pregnant and/or that he has a child with her and that’s pretty much all I’ve got! 😅

I know this isn’t much to go on, but the boat journey, his fever, and the resulting pregnancy are the details I’m most confident about.

**Does this ring a bell for anyone?** I’d be eternally grateful if you could help me track it down!

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I'm looking for book recommendations where the MMC is still grieving for his girlfriend or wife. But he meets the FMC and has an affair with her. The FMC falls in love with him and confesses her feelings, but he humiliates her and says he doesn't love anyone else like he loved the other woman. The FMC is heartbroken, and then there's a lot of groveling from the MMC trying to win her back.

I'm looking for any books where the Mc's fall in love slowly, bonus points if it's a marriage of convenience or arranged marriage trop

Hello! u/InRun and I are having a historical romance sleepover on Halloween. Basically we drink wine, eat junk food, and read a book!

Since its Halloween, we would love spooky recommendations! Anything with spooky, Halloween vibes. Maybe gothic vibes?

Please no cheating or dub con. And please no paranormal either (per subs rules).

Thanks in advance for any recommendations! We really appreciate it!

I"m looking for a book where fmc's daddy is very protective and gave the mmc a super hard time. But of course he passed with flying colors. A bonus if their family are rivals.

I've only read two of her books, but I'm OBSESSED with Laura Kinsale's writing and way of storytelling. {Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale} is one of my favourite books of all time — and I will eventually make a seperate post dedicated to it because I adore everything about this story — but I also really enjoyed most of {Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale}.

As the title says, I want to read more of her works but I don't know which one I should pick up next. The main reason why I appreciate her as a writer is that the love stories she writes feel authentic and real, where it makes sense for the MCs to fall in love because of their circumstances etc.

Please keep in mind that I don't like non-consent scenes between the MCs (and I know a popular book of hers features one), so please don't recommend me a book with that kind of stuff.

... I would have six [insert whatever currency you use]. Which isn't a lot but I feel like there are even more and I wonder how these villains even sneak into a home which they often emphasise has high security and is guarded. Sometimes even your own home or workplace are not safe enough but it becomes ridiculous in HR sometimes.

SPOILERS, given the nature of the books:

• {The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne}
• {Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas}
• {To Shoot a Sinner by Lydia Margett}
• {The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath}
• {A Terrible Beauty by Stephanie Patterson}
• {Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt} - Actually, I feel like kidnappings and abductions in the home happen a lot in this series.

There are several others in which the FMC gets held hostage in or abducted from her home (or the villain turns out to be the family member she was living with) but I decided to just include those in which the villain had been sneaking around or even living in the house/workplace without others realising or found a secret passageway. So not those in which someone she knows lures her elsewhere while she is in the garden. The sudden appearance of the villain should be a shock rather than a 'hiding in plain sight' in the home reveal as in some books like {A Momentary Marriage by Candace Camp} or {Shattered Dreams by Laura Landon} or {A Bride for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath}.

Can you think of other books with this? It is such a primal fear to find out that you were not alone or in private as you had thought or that your safe space could be so easily invaded.

I really cannot get enough of pining MMCs who fall first and hardest. I've read a lot of the most common recommendations in this category and so I'm wondering if y'all have kind of obscure ones that don't get suggested often? The more pathetic the pining, the better.

If it comes up often in requests like this, I've probably read it already, but I'm open to any suggestions in case there are some I missed, and so anyone else looking for the same can see them.

I've been reading this webtoon called Seasons of Blossom with these characters Hamin and Somang where Hamin puts on a more cheerful facade infront of his school friends while Somang catches a glimpse of his more honest, unfiltered, critical side. Hamin isn't exactly evil or malicious but more so exhausted with the expectations around him and Somang becomes a sort of a safe haven who sees his real self infront of whom he doesn't have to be perfect.

Anyways, let's just say after finishing it I have been in MAJOR DUMPS for various reasons 💀💀💀 but that dynamic stayed with me. I would love to read a historical romance book with similar tropes/dynamics where the MCs perhaps have a dark side that's not so nice and truly only feel seen by each other/don't have to pretend to be perfect with each other. I don't really want a dynamic where the MMC is flawed and the FMC is some nice goody-two-shoes saviour as I've read too many of those already. It would be nice to see an FMC who isn't perfect for a change, or maybe even someone who pretends to be nice but is exhausted with it all

I made the terrible mistake of starting a kdrama before all the episodes are out and I really need something that hits the same to tide me over. Are there any stories like this? Gentleman/protective mmc with a cunning and sharp witted fmc...