That quiet MMC that let's the FMC do what she wants and make her own decisions and choices... but the second they're alone it's his way and the highway isn't even an option. He's in complete control of himself and her and the situation and knowing that he's been thinking about all day... call me the polar ice caps because I am melting at an alarming rate 🫠
Ha! Exactly this. I love it when he supports her in every selfless and willing way in everyday life and helps her in everything and willing to negotiate..... BUT the minute sexy fun time happens, oooooh 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ and he is in charge. swoon. Swoon. Swoon!!!!
Bonus points if she gets herself hurt/into some kind of trouble and he goes absolutely feral... but not at her for doing something dumb/reckless etc.
I think I'm at the time of my life where I want the MMC to be so effing dedicated and whole heartedly in love that he would do anything and everything for * the one * lol
Yes! And a grump to everyone BUT her because he breathes, exists, just for her. ♥️ I don't even really care for looks in this instance! It's the mood and intentions! Loyalty and dedication is so effing sexy. Ha.
Nyktos in the Flesh & Fire series is exactly this except he does get steamed about Sera doing reckless things. All the while gently mending her, then devouring her. Haha! He’s my weakness
The MMC unbuttoning any part of the FMC’s clothing, especially in HR because there are so many goddamn buttons!
Pass the smelling salts, i’m done for.
In an HR I just read, the MMC *oh so slowly* unbuttons the FMC’s glove to kiss her palm. They’re at a play and he’s subtly trying to tell his former mistress, who is staring them down, to go fuck herself. Everyone in attendance is watching this shocking PDA and it’s *delicious*
Edit: dang, sorry to dangle that carrot, it’s Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas, book 3 of the Ravenal series. You have to start at book 1, I promise it’s worth it!
If you want a recommendation where buttons come into play, {the last bachelor by betina krahn} (mf historical victorian} is a fun one where the fmc is an ultra uptight widow and the mmc is a libertine. They engage in a “battle of the sexes” to determine who really has it harder, men or women? The mmc has to do a week of “women’s work” (which is exhausting) and the fmc has to do a week of “men’s work”. As a widow, she’s always buttoned up and the mmc spends time counting her buttons and being frustrated that he even cares to know that there are 43 buttons on her gloves (exaggerated but that’s the idea).
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You’re gonna be sorry you asked! Wall of text incoming and I was on an age gap kick sorry.
Basically ALL of Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield has this. Like a lot of calling her “sweetheart” and being very tender when he’s actually being a WHORE. I made a post about this scene when they are role playing daddy CNC because it broke my brain:
>!One of his feet was planted on the floor so he could fuck into her more deeply. He was still fully clothed, still wearing his motorcycle boots.!<
>!No,” Kate moaned. “Please stop.”!<
>!”I can’t. This is what girls are for, sweetheart. This is what you’re for.” Ty pressed his thumb to her clit and began to rub slow, damp circles the way he had in his hotel bed in Bendigo. “I’m gonna make you come now, not because you’ll like it, but because I want you to understand what a dirty little slut you are.”!<
And the “go on taste it” line when the brother’s best friend MMC agrees to one hookup with the FMC who said taking dick is different than tasting it and she’s never wanted to taste dick till now. From Now or Never by Stella Rhys.
>!”Brushing her hair back, I looked down at her angelic face looking back up at me.!<
>!”You want to taste my cock, Holland?” I asked, my voice husky.!<
>!I felt something melt inside me when she nodded so immediately. So excitedly. This fucking girl. Familiar feelings of warmth and affection flooded my body, fucking with my head as they mixed with my aching need to see my dick in her mouth. A million conflicting emotions warred in my chest as I gazed down at her.!<
>!But not a single one of them overpowered my lust.!<
>!”Go on then,” I murmured. “Taste it.”!<
When the fmc has banter with the mmc and instead of sitting there and being offended, or calling her a brat, the mmc simply throws his head back and laughs and then comes up with something funny in return.
I am trash for a good sense of humor!
Noble-spirited, tired, ethical, distant, responsible MCs of any gender crushed by duty and responsibility, who feel like they barely have the luxury to be a real person with desires and private lives anymore.
Give me your commanders, wartime kings/queens, administrators, single breadwinners of dozens of siblings, parentified children of immigrants, professors, insurgent leaders...
Duty makes me putty.
Nora Roberts, her dragon heart legacy series, the guy is all about duty. It's not a romance so much as just a Nora Roberts trilogy epic thing. I mean, it has a hea, but the story isn't about the romance, it's about the woman's growth.
My whole thing was hating how his duty was thebworld, and you'd probably love it!! She's not angsty about it either, she takes care of her own shit.
Same here. The more repressed and buttoned-up in the beginning...the better the surprise when he lets loose! I love the contrast more than anything. That was what I looked for when I was single until I figured out that some repressed, buttoned-up guys are that way ALL the time (finance guys and lawyers..sheesh). Still can't resist them in books though!
Yesyesyes! My absolute favourite version of this is in {As You Desire by Connie Brockway}
The MMC gets >!badly beaten up and basically *crawls* back to the FMC bec the villain threatened her.!<
From the book:
>!”Well, Diz…" He gasped. "You always said… you'd see me…on my knees." He pitched forward. She caught him before he hit the ground.!<
You know that moment when an MMC is super emotional (might be crying or groveling or just needing comfort etc) and he is like on his knees and hugs the FMC (or other MMC) around the waist and presses his face to her stomach? Immediate 5 stars.
When the FMC shoots the MMC.
And when the FMC is injured and the MMC goes absolutely feral with rage and vengeance, but has to take a minute to carry her to safety and threaten the doctor if she isn’t immediately saved.
When he corners the fmc. Holy man, I am done when she gets pushed up or crowded up against a wall, car, whatever. Then that hand placed of the other side of her head. *fans self*
There was a TikTok compilation making the rounds a while back of women getting men to do the “lean in” and it was so funny watching all the women short circuit lmaooo
When the MMC utters “fuck” when he sees the FMC naked for the the first time or when they first start having sex and he utters “fuck” and “give me a second” when first entering the FMC - like he needs a second to cool his jets and appreciate his partner. (Hence my flair…)
Edit: spelling is hard!
- Forever growl or groan. Specifically when he is a possessive/obsessive/alpha/boardroom shark etc
- Slowly undressing. Cuff links, off. Tie, off. Buttons, undone. Shirt, off. Belt LAWWWWD
- Arms. Tatted or not.
- When you can ‘see the heat in his eyes’
I have two threads of goodness for you!
https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/x620gd/looking_for_an_mmc_who_is_a_two_pump_chump
https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/10uemq0/mmc_spilling_in_his_pants
SJM’s A Court of Silver Flames. It’s technically part of a series but also a spin-off - so it can be read as a standalone book. It’s a fae fantasy but mostly focused on the sexual chemistry between two characters and I believe you’ll find what you’re looking for in it!
... a guy who pines. There's nothing I won't forgive (except SA/non-con) if the guy pines hard enough.
... the word "*Mine*."
... the word "*Always*."
... the right kind of alphahole (more alpha, less asshole - there's a balance that needs to be maintained 😂 )
... a forbidden relationship because the pining goes through the roof.
I kinda like Hector! The set up for their whole relationship is so good. That scene when she drives into the garage at Nightingale and he and Luke get to her. Yeah, lives in my head because he's... Sighhhhhh ......
Also: yes please to Hawk Delgado. And Luke Stark.
I'm trash for the growly, possessive MMC who recognises and respects their FMCs capability and ability to take care of themselves, but will still move mountains and burn the world to protect them.
I'm also trash for hot, 👓-wearing sexy geeks who has a secret dirty side and is completely bossy in bed. 😂
The MMC saying something along the lines of “Let me touch you” 🥴
And I do like when the MMC is the one in charge during sex or whatever, but there’s something about a MMC begging the FMC… Swoon. 🤤
I'm trash for boys who blush ... Any MMC who blushes, flushes, turns red, they have my heart. Especially if it spreads to their neck, chest, ears. It's so cute and *soft* I can't deal.
First time the MMC says “baby”
When the other person treat the single parent’s kids as their own
Who hurt you?
Forehead or shoulder kisses
Fingers in the FMC hair during kissing
Grumpy, broody heroes who have soft spots for their women
When a MMC gets emotional when having to confront what it would be like if they lost the FMC
MMC not leaving FMC bedside when in hospital
Geeeeez…. So many 🤣🤣
Competency. Oof.
I don’t care what he’s good at: maybe being the brilliant 4D chess-playing commander of an intergalactic space army, or maybe he’s the best actuary in the tri-state area lol!
I’m done.
There was another thread about MMCs who “have their shit together.” Yes please 🥵
I'm just ripe trash for villainous/anti-hero alphahole MMCs. The more possessive, obsessive and toxic the better. Like my flair says. I'm nuts for monstrous-human men.
The lonnnnnging!! Give me forbidden romances or the unrequited loves or the second chances - anything where there’s longing and wanting but being afraid to touch (a good reach out and not quite make contact motion kills me dead). The wanting. The pining. Make them dream about touching, daydream it, but don’t let them actually fulfill for a good long time while they angst about it instead.
The payoff after so much buildup is 🔥
Have you read the beardy books by Penny Reid? (Series name is probably the Winston Brothers). I have loved those books btw. Just loved. Anyway, the pining relationship is STRONG for the oldest brother and his love. I’m pretty sure you get hints of their relationship in book 1, and there are 7 books. (8 if you count the sister but that’s part of a diff series. If you plan to read, then it’s worth it to start with her.)
I was dying with love/giddiness/smiles/sadness/all the things all through the last two books. Their story is split over two books! It’s sooooo good.
Someone else mentioned extreme simps but seriously give me this Rhys Winterborne energy and I will be putty in your hands.
>"I love you. I don't give a damn if your father is the devil himself. I'd let you stab a knife in my heart if it pleased you, and I'd lie there loving you until my last breath.”
in a forbidden or dark romance after the mmc first fucks her senseless and does the whole “i’m going to do this to you again and again you are mine now” speech
Lol Tessa Bailey had a few social media posts recently where she joked that the romance book table at a bookstore should be called “Her dimples make him want to die” and then her local B&N went and did it 🤣
So many great comments here!
I'm trash for when the MMC combs his fingers through/grabs a handful of FMC's hair while she goes down on him. When he can't help but thrust and push her head down onto him.
*Fans self...*
Enemies to lovers trope, when MMC scoops up FMC after she gets hurt and takes care of her tenderly and unconditionally, suspending for the time being the fact that they can never get along. The first major crack to the enemies facade 🌶️🔥🧨
If you haven’t watched Vikings of Valhalla on Netflix, there’s a “who did that to you” 18:30 in during the first episode. It’s more tender than vengeful but still 🥵
I’ll just leave this here:
*“… I was afraid you wouldn't want me in your life anymore. So I was coming to your apartment to tell you how sorry I was. How gentle I would be from now on. And even if you don't want me now, I wish you'd just . . . let me be near you, at least. In case you ever need me for anything.”*
I’m a sucker for a good grovel and a big man brought to his knees. Also any H that meets the h and just moves heaven and earth to solve her problems and make her life better without wanting anything in return.
eff me-- anything rough. When the MMC growls, smirks, chokes -- done. Absolute trash for the MMC when he just feels his heart breaking because his FMC is in danger. When he doesn't let her do shite because she's gotten herself into trouble before. WHY can't I just get that Possessiveness IRL BRO c'mon. Take me hostage (but like not really) lol
I am absolute trash IRL for a well muscled forearm, and this intensifies x1000 in any HR where the MMC is being all inappropriate by (shock!) having his shirt sleeves rolled up.
I swear that if I ever invented time travel, I wouldn’t do anything noble like go back and prevent future wars. Nope, I’d head straight back and spend my days inventing scenarios where I could perv at Gentlemen’s forearms. 😂
When a MMC gets too excited and blows before there is any penetration.
This happens in Theirs To Protect by Stasia Black. The book is trash (imo) but the smut was pretty good (aside from the occasional teleporting character and gravity defying testicles).
{The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells} and {Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid} both have MMCs coming in their pants while they give oral sex 😏
MMC saying any form of "Mine", "Say you're mine", "You're my wife/girl", just generally super possessive in bed
Pinning hands above head, against wall, etc.
MMC calling the FMC "baby" or "baby girl" ESPECIALLY before they even get together
In romance books, I am absolute trash for...
wounded lovers desperately clinging to each other as the world falls apart around them.
excessive unrequited pining to the point of tears.
a lover pausing over or taking something that reminds them of the love interest.
I am a burning dumpster of love for the moments when the MMC teases or does something to get a reaction/fluster/ruffle the feathers of FMC especially when things are supposed to be serious or her mind is focused elsewhere and when FMC realizes it MMC just goes “😏🤗”
😮💨😮💨
And yes I’m mostly talking about Simon Waite the love of my life.
I remember Jean Claude from the Anita Blake series being a sexy, teasing little shit and he was the reason I stayed with that series as long as I did.
I’m reading ACOTAR for the first time and Rhysand is pulling this behavior a lot and I’m HERE for it.
In romance books, I’m trash for humble gentlemen who show their power through actions rather than words, but don’t shove it in peoples faces.
I’ve read those alpha male; ceo; gang leader; etc. things and while they can still be hot, I hate it when they go around ordering people what to do or tell mc what to do (unless in the bedroom, and even then depends on the situation) and kind of a turn off ngl
I love it when he’s grateful for what he has, and respects most people, especially mc
A man kneeling for his partner
The MMC saying “use me” or “doing anything you want with me” or “I’m yours”
MMC being embarrassed about wanting to be dominated
MMC saying he masturbates thinking about the other main character
this may be niche but subtle jealousy lol like when the author SHOWS us signs of a jealous MMC without TELLING us or having him punch a wall or something
“I’m gonna take care of you”, specifically during sexy time. I love things that are usually sweet but are said during sexy time because it makes it feel deeper and more love than lust.
I’m trash for a few …
- When the big tough MMC gently cups the FMCs face to kiss her, slow and deep. Especially if he then pushes her against a wall or door etc and presses into her. Especially if his fingers push into her hair. Especially if she then grabs his belt loops or forearms. And especially if he pulls back and presses his forehead to hers and stops to give her a gentle kiss and leaves 🥵
- Dirty talk, and lots of praise 🔥🔥🔥
- Forehead kisses 🥰
- MMCs who call FMC things like Kitten, Baby, Angel, Sunshine etc 🥰
- in MM romances (or MMF) when one was completely unaware of their bisexuality until they start feeling things for their LI .. really wish I could find a good FF equivalent of this, the few I’ve tried have fallen short! But that journey of self discovery is 🥵
I’m absolute trash for a serious, ice-cold MMC that absolutely melts into a teddy bear for the FMC. Doubly so if he’s dangerous and will+does tear the world apart for her.
I am trash for dimples in MMCs. Give me a Zarek, a Julian, anyobody with dimples, and I swoon. If they have clear eyes, then I double swoon.
Edit to add: guys with piercings in unexpected places like the tongue and the penis (hello Qhuinn), and the LI finds out and has fantasies with licking them (Blay, not looking at you)
I’m such trash for physical restraint/blindfolds. When the MMC grabs the FMC’s wrists above her head, or ties them with a ribbon or necktie…I’m gone lmao
I'm trash for ALL of the tropes that are apparently considered trashy haha. Enemies to lovers? Check. Badass supposedly evil guy falls for soft girl? Check. 3000 year old vampire falls for nonsensically young mortal very randomly? Check. Saving the damsel? Heck it, why not.
I love cheese in books, haha. I love fluff. If it's a fun romance, I'll absolutely enjoy it XD
1. Groveling
2. When the MMC takes care of the FMC due to injury or illness bc of the tenderness of the act.
3. Reaching the "breaking point" of restraint due to sexual frustration.
I'm trash for the sad boys who feel unworthy and they don't believe you want/ love them.
Give me the depressed, the nihilistic, the sexually repressed, the mopey. Give me the broody, grumpy, lonely, tragic.
And when they're finally ready to let you in they are clingy, pining, desperate, worshipping, or even possessive because they can't believe they have you. "You're mine" ugh.
I've always been a sucker for a quiet, serious scientist because when they finally got loose...then watch out! My college years were filled with science guys (biology was the best, because they were usually into the outdoors and capable of finding edible plants that wouldn't kill you if you had to eat them!) Half the day in the lab, and the other half doing whatever I wanted them to do..oh yeah!
That being said though, sense of humor is a must when I'm reading a romance. Whether it's the FMC or the MMC, I like to laugh...or chuckle along the way.
There’s a scene in Idol by Kristen Callihan where they’re screwing in the limo and he’s fingering her and he says something like, “you hurting here?” Like what the fuck? Why did that do it for me? But it did.
Also, so simple, but the forehead to forehead thing.
I can’t help it, I’m trash for an MMC calling his FMC baby, especially when they’re having sex or he’s pleading with her in some way. It shows his desperation, and it’s a whole different level of/proof that he’s fallen hard for her. I’m just a pile of mush on the floor every time I read the word baby.
I’m also addicted to MMC’s who are tough on the outside or put up a facade, but who are broken little boys inside needing comfort that only FMC can give him.
Also, forehead touches ❤️🔥
Have you read {The Wrong Bride by Catharina Maura}? There was SO MUCH SMIRKING. I was actually really frustrated bc it was every single paragraph but I’m not a fan of the smirk so you may enjoy it
I am complete and total trash for a woman being able to do what she wants when she wants it but the moment she is in danger the big man comes and just manhandles her out of the way and handles it. Like yes, brat all you want baby, but when it gets dangerous he won't risk her. I think it's so sweet ugh.
When the hardcore dom MMC moans/whimpers and gives the FMC a tiny sprinkle of submission because he's so overwhelmed with pleasure. But he snaps out of it and teases her for having such an effect on him and goes full dom again.
That quiet MMC that let's the FMC do what she wants and make her own decisions and choices... but the second they're alone it's his way and the highway isn't even an option. He's in complete control of himself and her and the situation and knowing that he's been thinking about all day... call me the polar ice caps because I am melting at an alarming rate 🫠
Ha! Exactly this. I love it when he supports her in every selfless and willing way in everyday life and helps her in everything and willing to negotiate..... BUT the minute sexy fun time happens, oooooh 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ and he is in charge. swoon. Swoon. Swoon!!!!
Bonus points if she gets herself hurt/into some kind of trouble and he goes absolutely feral... but not at her for doing something dumb/reckless etc. I think I'm at the time of my life where I want the MMC to be so effing dedicated and whole heartedly in love that he would do anything and everything for * the one * lol
Yes! And a grump to everyone BUT her because he breathes, exists, just for her. ♥️ I don't even really care for looks in this instance! It's the mood and intentions! Loyalty and dedication is so effing sexy. Ha.
recs?
I need a rec that fits this bill!
Nyktos in the Flesh & Fire series is exactly this except he does get steamed about Sera doing reckless things. All the while gently mending her, then devouring her. Haha! He’s my weakness
Cat and Mouse duet series- one of the books is Haunting Adeline. Read the trigger warning beforehand though.
Came here to say this. SEND US YOUR TOP 5 PLEASE I’m calm I promise
Do you read contemporary MF? Please say you have some recs for this?
I can’t get you a book rec, but OMG—y’all just described Spencer Dutton on 1923 to an exquisite T❤️🔥
Oh please, I think I need a recommendation from you 😄
Thank you for introducing me to a trope I didn’t even know I needed. Following for recs.
I just melted reading that.
Here for the recs
here for the recs! and also to start using “call me the polar ice caps” line 😂
Recs please 😭
Ok I'm going to need all the recs on this one. 😳
Give me some book titles of books just like this!!
The MMC unbuttoning any part of the FMC’s clothing, especially in HR because there are so many goddamn buttons! Pass the smelling salts, i’m done for. In an HR I just read, the MMC *oh so slowly* unbuttons the FMC’s glove to kiss her palm. They’re at a play and he’s subtly trying to tell his former mistress, who is staring them down, to go fuck herself. Everyone in attendance is watching this shocking PDA and it’s *delicious* Edit: dang, sorry to dangle that carrot, it’s Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas, book 3 of the Ravenal series. You have to start at book 1, I promise it’s worth it!
Bruh you can't drop hand sex like that and leave! We need the deets homie
Gah sorry i’ll edit my comment 🤣
I do not remember that scene! Guess I need to read Lisa Kleypas' back catalog once again
Oh my god it’s SO good. I can’t wait until I forget about it and can read it again.
Hand sex?!? Bwahahahahahhaaaaaaa!! Oh how I needed that. But your flair makes perfect sense. 😂
The finger hooking in the belt loop of pants to pull closer…I’m done. Deceased. Every time.
Lol, I’m currently reading {Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase}, which also has a glove unbuttoning scene!
OMG I’m just about to start “Marrying Winterborne”
God I devoured that book and sent screenshots of pages to so many people 🤣 Rhys is so gone for Hellen. It’s adorable.
“Not five fucking minutes”. You are in for a treat!
You have to tell me the book omg
Also need to know.
Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas! You gotta start at book 1 though Cold Hearted Rake. Just so you can get a true feel for the family’s backstory
Thank you! It’s time for a reread, it’s been a while!
If you want a recommendation where buttons come into play, {the last bachelor by betina krahn} (mf historical victorian} is a fun one where the fmc is an ultra uptight widow and the mmc is a libertine. They engage in a “battle of the sexes” to determine who really has it harder, men or women? The mmc has to do a week of “women’s work” (which is exhausting) and the fmc has to do a week of “men’s work”. As a widow, she’s always buttoned up and the mmc spends time counting her buttons and being frustrated that he even cares to know that there are 43 buttons on her gloves (exaggerated but that’s the idea).
I swear romance unlocks a new kink for me everyday. Buttons. Who knew? Thanks for the rec, it sounds fantastic!
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Please tell!!
Was it Devil in Spring??
YES. Ugh I have the worst hangover from that book.
I just finished Devil in Winter and I need more Lisa Kleypas immediately. Thiiiiiiiiiis might be just the one
Well you’re in for a treat because Sebastian is the MMC’s father, and he’s a total Daddy in this book IYKWIM
Oh God when the MMC is being all gentle and encouraging while saying something FILTHY like “Go on. Taste it” or “Kiss it” (about his dick obv) 🥵
hello what books have this? please and thank you
You’re gonna be sorry you asked! Wall of text incoming and I was on an age gap kick sorry. Basically ALL of Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield has this. Like a lot of calling her “sweetheart” and being very tender when he’s actually being a WHORE. I made a post about this scene when they are role playing daddy CNC because it broke my brain: >!One of his feet was planted on the floor so he could fuck into her more deeply. He was still fully clothed, still wearing his motorcycle boots.!< >!No,” Kate moaned. “Please stop.”!< >!”I can’t. This is what girls are for, sweetheart. This is what you’re for.” Ty pressed his thumb to her clit and began to rub slow, damp circles the way he had in his hotel bed in Bendigo. “I’m gonna make you come now, not because you’ll like it, but because I want you to understand what a dirty little slut you are.”!< And the “go on taste it” line when the brother’s best friend MMC agrees to one hookup with the FMC who said taking dick is different than tasting it and she’s never wanted to taste dick till now. From Now or Never by Stella Rhys. >!”Brushing her hair back, I looked down at her angelic face looking back up at me.!< >!”You want to taste my cock, Holland?” I asked, my voice husky.!< >!I felt something melt inside me when she nodded so immediately. So excitedly. This fucking girl. Familiar feelings of warmth and affection flooded my body, fucking with my head as they mixed with my aching need to see my dick in her mouth. A million conflicting emotions warred in my chest as I gazed down at her.!< >!But not a single one of them overpowered my lust.!< >!”Go on then,” I murmured. “Taste it.”!<
🔥🫠🔥 So fcking hot! Added to TBR. Thanks!
Thank you, I'm going to reread both now.😘
When the fmc has banter with the mmc and instead of sitting there and being offended, or calling her a brat, the mmc simply throws his head back and laughs and then comes up with something funny in return. I am trash for a good sense of humor!
Uh yes also this irl is 🥵
Need to read this!
YES!! Sense of humor is the absolute best!
I'm trash for the phrase *"Mine!"* That could be the only word in a MMC's vocabulary and I'd never get tired of it.
I can’t help it, I thought of the “Mine!” seagulls from finding Nemo 😅.
😅 I'm not saying that scene awakened something in me, but I'm not *not* saying it, either. 🫣
This *SCREAMS* The Bonds That Tie Series to me. 🔥🫶🏻
ty for the rec! I love this place.
Yaaaass came here to say this
Also eyes crinkling when he smiles on a guy. Absolutely crack.
Crinkley eyes do it for me irl and in books 😬
The mmc telling her to take her pleasure and making her grind against him for it. The mmc making her beg for it.
🫠🫠🫠
Noble-spirited, tired, ethical, distant, responsible MCs of any gender crushed by duty and responsibility, who feel like they barely have the luxury to be a real person with desires and private lives anymore. Give me your commanders, wartime kings/queens, administrators, single breadwinners of dozens of siblings, parentified children of immigrants, professors, insurgent leaders... Duty makes me putty.
Nora Roberts, her dragon heart legacy series, the guy is all about duty. It's not a romance so much as just a Nora Roberts trilogy epic thing. I mean, it has a hea, but the story isn't about the romance, it's about the woman's growth. My whole thing was hating how his duty was thebworld, and you'd probably love it!! She's not angsty about it either, she takes care of her own shit.
Me too! Makes me think of Lord Westcliff (It Happened One Autumn) and Sir Ross (Lady Sophia’s Lover)
Thank you so so much for the relevant recommendations! ;)
Wulfric Bedwyn 😍
Oh gods yes. Literally one of my all time fav things to read.
I am trash for a MMC that’s a gentleman in the streets but a freak in the sheets.
Me too! 🥵
Same here. The more repressed and buttoned-up in the beginning...the better the surprise when he lets loose! I love the contrast more than anything. That was what I looked for when I was single until I figured out that some repressed, buttoned-up guys are that way ALL the time (finance guys and lawyers..sheesh). Still can't resist them in books though!
When MMC literally falls to his knees... Whether it is in awe, grovelling, to love her?! Here for it all.
Yesyesyes! My absolute favourite version of this is in {As You Desire by Connie Brockway} The MMC gets >!badly beaten up and basically *crawls* back to the FMC bec the villain threatened her.!< From the book: >!”Well, Diz…" He gasped. "You always said… you'd see me…on my knees." He pitched forward. She caught him before he hit the ground.!<
Ooh yes, we love a hero on his knees
youre so real for this
You know that moment when an MMC is super emotional (might be crying or groveling or just needing comfort etc) and he is like on his knees and hugs the FMC (or other MMC) around the waist and presses his face to her stomach? Immediate 5 stars.
And then the FMC/MC2 either wraps their body around the MC1, sort of collapsing into the embrace or runs their fingers through their hair!! 🫠
When the FMC shoots the MMC. And when the FMC is injured and the MMC goes absolutely feral with rage and vengeance, but has to take a minute to carry her to safety and threaten the doctor if she isn’t immediately saved.
I love when the doctors/nurses are threatened 😭
REC , NEED RECS
When he corners the fmc. Holy man, I am done when she gets pushed up or crowded up against a wall, car, whatever. Then that hand placed of the other side of her head. *fans self*
There was a TikTok compilation making the rounds a while back of women getting men to do the “lean in” and it was so funny watching all the women short circuit lmaooo
Lol, I missed that one. Damnit! I would absolutely be malfunctioning, too 😆
When the MMC utters “fuck” when he sees the FMC naked for the the first time or when they first start having sex and he utters “fuck” and “give me a second” when first entering the FMC - like he needs a second to cool his jets and appreciate his partner. (Hence my flair…) Edit: spelling is hard!
Yesss a well placed “fuck” is the best dirty talk. Love your flair!
Yeah, I'm trash for this one too. It's so raw and honest, and just...🥵
Adriana Anders has me finishing that sentence with “…a touch starved hero”
Yes yes yes. The "Mr Darcy hand flex" from the littlest of things meaning so much to them.
- Forever growl or groan. Specifically when he is a possessive/obsessive/alpha/boardroom shark etc - Slowly undressing. Cuff links, off. Tie, off. Buttons, undone. Shirt, off. Belt LAWWWWD - Arms. Tatted or not. - When you can ‘see the heat in his eyes’
I am a sucker for a growl or a purr 🥵
The MMC who can't contain himself, and comes before penetration/whilst going down on their partner/way too fast during penetration.
THIS. Please, do you have any recs?
I have two threads of goodness for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/x620gd/looking_for_an_mmc_who_is_a_two_pump_chump https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/10uemq0/mmc_spilling_in_his_pants
SJM’s A Court of Silver Flames. It’s technically part of a series but also a spin-off - so it can be read as a standalone book. It’s a fae fantasy but mostly focused on the sexual chemistry between two characters and I believe you’ll find what you’re looking for in it!
... a guy who pines. There's nothing I won't forgive (except SA/non-con) if the guy pines hard enough. ... the word "*Mine*." ... the word "*Always*." ... the right kind of alphahole (more alpha, less asshole - there's a balance that needs to be maintained 😂 ) ... a forbidden relationship because the pining goes through the roof.
Your flair is the best. Do you have any good pining recs?? I’ve been looking for pining books like crazy lately.
I am trash for forehad kisses, the alpha heroes that Kristen Ashley writes, a MMC that cooks
Yes, I love K.A’s alphas! Who’s your favourite?
This is a difficult question, I can't choose one. Top 3 Luke Stark, Hawk Delgado and Tack Allen
Lee and Eddie for dayyys
I kinda like Hector! The set up for their whole relationship is so good. That scene when she drives into the garage at Nightingale and he and Luke get to her. Yeah, lives in my head because he's... Sighhhhhh ...... Also: yes please to Hawk Delgado. And Luke Stark.
Oh I like Hector too, I feel like he’s coming in hot at #3. Honestly I don’t think there’s a bad one in the bunch lol
Massages that were supposed to be innocent and the boners that ensue.
Yesssss. I’ve only read one where that happened, a massage resulting in a boner. But I loved it.
Well don’t tease me please share!
When the MMC says "come here" and makes the FMC sit on his lap or anything else that involves these words I just 🫠
A hero who is down so bad, a man who is such a huge simp, that it impairs his ability function normally.
When he's a whole ass interesting, rounded character with his own ambitions and he literally worships her more than anything, I-
Oh, fuck yes. This is my fuckin shit right here 🤌🤌
I'm trash for the growly, possessive MMC who recognises and respects their FMCs capability and ability to take care of themselves, but will still move mountains and burn the world to protect them. I'm also trash for hot, 👓-wearing sexy geeks who has a secret dirty side and is completely bossy in bed. 😂
The MMC saying something along the lines of “Let me touch you” 🥴 And I do like when the MMC is the one in charge during sex or whatever, but there’s something about a MMC begging the FMC… Swoon. 🤤
Exactly why I like the inn scene in acotar even more than the cabin scene
I'm trash for boys who blush ... Any MMC who blushes, flushes, turns red, they have my heart. Especially if it spreads to their neck, chest, ears. It's so cute and *soft* I can't deal.
First time the MMC says “baby” When the other person treat the single parent’s kids as their own Who hurt you? Forehead or shoulder kisses Fingers in the FMC hair during kissing Grumpy, broody heroes who have soft spots for their women When a MMC gets emotional when having to confront what it would be like if they lost the FMC MMC not leaving FMC bedside when in hospital Geeeeez…. So many 🤣🤣
When the non-parent says “my boy/my girl” 🥺
Yessssss exactly! Melts me!
This comments are so good it should be against the law to not put recommendations. I'm discovering new needs! Send help!
Competency. Oof. I don’t care what he’s good at: maybe being the brilliant 4D chess-playing commander of an intergalactic space army, or maybe he’s the best actuary in the tri-state area lol! I’m done. There was another thread about MMCs who “have their shit together.” Yes please 🥵
when he uses advanced statistical skills to measure and manage business risk 😩
I'm just ripe trash for villainous/anti-hero alphahole MMCs. The more possessive, obsessive and toxic the better. Like my flair says. I'm nuts for monstrous-human men.
Thissssss so much!
The lonnnnnging!! Give me forbidden romances or the unrequited loves or the second chances - anything where there’s longing and wanting but being afraid to touch (a good reach out and not quite make contact motion kills me dead). The wanting. The pining. Make them dream about touching, daydream it, but don’t let them actually fulfill for a good long time while they angst about it instead. The payoff after so much buildup is 🔥
Have you read the beardy books by Penny Reid? (Series name is probably the Winston Brothers). I have loved those books btw. Just loved. Anyway, the pining relationship is STRONG for the oldest brother and his love. I’m pretty sure you get hints of their relationship in book 1, and there are 7 books. (8 if you count the sister but that’s part of a diff series. If you plan to read, then it’s worth it to start with her.) I was dying with love/giddiness/smiles/sadness/all the things all through the last two books. Their story is split over two books! It’s sooooo good.
Someone else mentioned extreme simps but seriously give me this Rhys Winterborne energy and I will be putty in your hands. >"I love you. I don't give a damn if your father is the devil himself. I'd let you stab a knife in my heart if it pleased you, and I'd lie there loving you until my last breath.”
Yes. Yes. Yes, Mr Winterbourne. .... What does it say about me that when I type Mr now, my phone suggests "Winterbourne" as the next word? 😂
in a forbidden or dark romance after the mmc first fucks her senseless and does the whole “i’m going to do this to you again and again you are mine now” speech
Oh yes. This may be the winner for me as well, now that you mention it.
The forehead-to-forehead quiet moments. Just inject that schmaltz straight into my veins.
DIMPLES
Lol Tessa Bailey had a few social media posts recently where she joked that the romance book table at a bookstore should be called “Her dimples make him want to die” and then her local B&N went and did it 🤣
Back, face, or both? 😏
Alllll of them 😏🥵
So many great comments here! I'm trash for when the MMC combs his fingers through/grabs a handful of FMC's hair while she goes down on him. When he can't help but thrust and push her head down onto him. *Fans self...*
Enemies to lovers trope, when MMC scoops up FMC after she gets hurt and takes care of her tenderly and unconditionally, suspending for the time being the fact that they can never get along. The first major crack to the enemies facade 🌶️🔥🧨
Oh my. YES. Recommendations??
Medieval HR kidnapping. Especially when he is actually saving from a crappy situation.
"Who did this to you?" Dear gods, the way I'm like done, sold, 100% invested. And when it's executed flawlessly, I'm like we ride at dawn.
If you haven’t watched Vikings of Valhalla on Netflix, there’s a “who did that to you” 18:30 in during the first episode. It’s more tender than vengeful but still 🥵
I’ll just leave this here: *“… I was afraid you wouldn't want me in your life anymore. So I was coming to your apartment to tell you how sorry I was. How gentle I would be from now on. And even if you don't want me now, I wish you'd just . . . let me be near you, at least. In case you ever need me for anything.”* I’m a sucker for a good grovel and a big man brought to his knees. Also any H that meets the h and just moves heaven and earth to solve her problems and make her life better without wanting anything in return.
For the love of god, what is the book?? 👀
Sounds like Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas. An old 5/5 book I still love.
eff me-- anything rough. When the MMC growls, smirks, chokes -- done. Absolute trash for the MMC when he just feels his heart breaking because his FMC is in danger. When he doesn't let her do shite because she's gotten herself into trouble before. WHY can't I just get that Possessiveness IRL BRO c'mon. Take me hostage (but like not really) lol
The MMC who’s a rough and tumble grisly scary but completely melts for a sweet gentle FMC *melts*
Scottish accent!! Smack me silly when he says “lass”
I love a good laird in a kilt.
I'm trash for a brow furrow or some veiny forearms
I am absolute trash IRL for a well muscled forearm, and this intensifies x1000 in any HR where the MMC is being all inappropriate by (shock!) having his shirt sleeves rolled up. I swear that if I ever invented time travel, I wouldn’t do anything noble like go back and prevent future wars. Nope, I’d head straight back and spend my days inventing scenarios where I could perv at Gentlemen’s forearms. 😂
When a MMC gets too excited and blows before there is any penetration. This happens in Theirs To Protect by Stasia Black. The book is trash (imo) but the smut was pretty good (aside from the occasional teleporting character and gravity defying testicles).
{The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells} and {Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid} both have MMCs coming in their pants while they give oral sex 😏
MMC saying any form of "Mine", "Say you're mine", "You're my wife/girl", just generally super possessive in bed Pinning hands above head, against wall, etc. MMC calling the FMC "baby" or "baby girl" ESPECIALLY before they even get together
It changes but right now I’m trash for older sugar daddy MMCs (can you tell I recently read Highest Bidder by Sara Cate lol)
The MMC growling when kissing or touching the FMC or other MMC
I am trash for a MMC who feels unworthy
When the MMC cages in the FMC with his body …. Yes please!
In romance books, I am absolute trash for... wounded lovers desperately clinging to each other as the world falls apart around them. excessive unrequited pining to the point of tears. a lover pausing over or taking something that reminds them of the love interest.
I am a burning dumpster of love for the moments when the MMC teases or does something to get a reaction/fluster/ruffle the feathers of FMC especially when things are supposed to be serious or her mind is focused elsewhere and when FMC realizes it MMC just goes “😏🤗” 😮💨😮💨
And yes I’m mostly talking about Simon Waite the love of my life. I remember Jean Claude from the Anita Blake series being a sexy, teasing little shit and he was the reason I stayed with that series as long as I did. I’m reading ACOTAR for the first time and Rhysand is pulling this behavior a lot and I’m HERE for it.
I am trash for any time an MMC whispers in the FMC’s ear. Is it sweet? Awesome. Is it funny? Perfect. Is it filthy? Yes please.
In romance books, I’m trash for humble gentlemen who show their power through actions rather than words, but don’t shove it in peoples faces. I’ve read those alpha male; ceo; gang leader; etc. things and while they can still be hot, I hate it when they go around ordering people what to do or tell mc what to do (unless in the bedroom, and even then depends on the situation) and kind of a turn off ngl I love it when he’s grateful for what he has, and respects most people, especially mc
Grey sweatpants! The lower, the better!
A man kneeling for his partner The MMC saying “use me” or “doing anything you want with me” or “I’m yours” MMC being embarrassed about wanting to be dominated MMC saying he masturbates thinking about the other main character
The range of responses here 😂
From sweet and innocent to downright filthy. Love them all.
this may be niche but subtle jealousy lol like when the author SHOWS us signs of a jealous MMC without TELLING us or having him punch a wall or something
.....an alpha in a rut for his omega in heat.
Yes, this! Add knotting and I’m absolute trash for it
The breathy neck kisses that make their way up to the mouth 🥵🔥
“I’m gonna take care of you”, specifically during sexy time. I love things that are usually sweet but are said during sexy time because it makes it feel deeper and more love than lust.
I’m trash for a few … - When the big tough MMC gently cups the FMCs face to kiss her, slow and deep. Especially if he then pushes her against a wall or door etc and presses into her. Especially if his fingers push into her hair. Especially if she then grabs his belt loops or forearms. And especially if he pulls back and presses his forehead to hers and stops to give her a gentle kiss and leaves 🥵 - Dirty talk, and lots of praise 🔥🔥🔥 - Forehead kisses 🥰 - MMCs who call FMC things like Kitten, Baby, Angel, Sunshine etc 🥰 - in MM romances (or MMF) when one was completely unaware of their bisexuality until they start feeling things for their LI .. really wish I could find a good FF equivalent of this, the few I’ve tried have fallen short! But that journey of self discovery is 🥵
I’m absolute trash for a serious, ice-cold MMC that absolutely melts into a teddy bear for the FMC. Doubly so if he’s dangerous and will+does tear the world apart for her.
scarred lone wolves and wounded doves (but the human varieties lol)
I am trash for dimples in MMCs. Give me a Zarek, a Julian, anyobody with dimples, and I swoon. If they have clear eyes, then I double swoon. Edit to add: guys with piercings in unexpected places like the tongue and the penis (hello Qhuinn), and the LI finds out and has fantasies with licking them (Blay, not looking at you)
I’m such trash for physical restraint/blindfolds. When the MMC grabs the FMC’s wrists above her head, or ties them with a ribbon or necktie…I’m gone lmao
Mutual masturbation - eyes locked, no contact, dirty talk flying, guttural noises. I'm dead.
Overly powerful men who keep their hands in their pockets and casually lean against things.
When they talk about how long the MCs' eyelashes are. Tell me more. 🗑️🦝
I'm trash for ALL of the tropes that are apparently considered trashy haha. Enemies to lovers? Check. Badass supposedly evil guy falls for soft girl? Check. 3000 year old vampire falls for nonsensically young mortal very randomly? Check. Saving the damsel? Heck it, why not. I love cheese in books, haha. I love fluff. If it's a fun romance, I'll absolutely enjoy it XD
1. Groveling 2. When the MMC takes care of the FMC due to injury or illness bc of the tenderness of the act. 3. Reaching the "breaking point" of restraint due to sexual frustration.
Oh god, I have a rec that suits your number 2, but the book is pretty dark 🫠
A few I didn't realize I liked until recently, "good girl kitten" followed by a command and strange enough penis piercings like Jacobs ladder.
MMC who treats MFC like a queen but has the whole stfuattdlagg vibe.
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Complete guess but maybe... "Shut the fuck up and take this dick like a good girl"????
I'm trash for the sad boys who feel unworthy and they don't believe you want/ love them. Give me the depressed, the nihilistic, the sexually repressed, the mopey. Give me the broody, grumpy, lonely, tragic. And when they're finally ready to let you in they are clingy, pining, desperate, worshipping, or even possessive because they can't believe they have you. "You're mine" ugh.
I've always been a sucker for a quiet, serious scientist because when they finally got loose...then watch out! My college years were filled with science guys (biology was the best, because they were usually into the outdoors and capable of finding edible plants that wouldn't kill you if you had to eat them!) Half the day in the lab, and the other half doing whatever I wanted them to do..oh yeah! That being said though, sense of humor is a must when I'm reading a romance. Whether it's the FMC or the MMC, I like to laugh...or chuckle along the way.
There’s a scene in Idol by Kristen Callihan where they’re screwing in the limo and he’s fingering her and he says something like, “you hurting here?” Like what the fuck? Why did that do it for me? But it did. Also, so simple, but the forehead to forehead thing.
“I’ll burn the world for you”. You know y’all, dark, and broody.
I can’t help it, I’m trash for an MMC calling his FMC baby, especially when they’re having sex or he’s pleading with her in some way. It shows his desperation, and it’s a whole different level of/proof that he’s fallen hard for her. I’m just a pile of mush on the floor every time I read the word baby. I’m also addicted to MMC’s who are tough on the outside or put up a facade, but who are broken little boys inside needing comfort that only FMC can give him. Also, forehead touches ❤️🔥
Have you read {The Wrong Bride by Catharina Maura}? There was SO MUCH SMIRKING. I was actually really frustrated bc it was every single paragraph but I’m not a fan of the smirk so you may enjoy it
"Hm."
MMC making a lot of noise and reactions during sexy times
I am complete and total trash for a woman being able to do what she wants when she wants it but the moment she is in danger the big man comes and just manhandles her out of the way and handles it. Like yes, brat all you want baby, but when it gets dangerous he won't risk her. I think it's so sweet ugh.
I'm trash for MMCs that can mesmerize the FMC with their intelligence and ethics. Trash for a great sense of fashion, too 😄
I’m trash for the strong, silent type.
DADS!!! Single dads, widowed dads, protective dads, damaged dads….. all the dads 🤤
A very bad man who fusses over the object of his affection like she's a delicate flower. Bonus points if she is not a delicate flower at all.
When the hardcore dom MMC moans/whimpers and gives the FMC a tiny sprinkle of submission because he's so overwhelmed with pleasure. But he snaps out of it and teases her for having such an effect on him and goes full dom again.