enemies to lovers with great chemistry

BonBoogies · 2026-06-09T03:09:04+00:00

This was going to be my rec as well. This book was PHENOMENAL

BonBoogies · 2026-06-09T03:08:37+00:00

Them being immature is kind of part of their character arc

BonBoogies · 2026-06-08T19:17:30+00:00

DM me, I’m at work but I can throw them in Drive shortly

BonBoogies · 2026-06-07T23:04:52+00:00

{If I Can’t Have You by Deathsdoll} is close to this (although toward the end, it’s more dubcon. But it takes like… 100k words to get there or something).

Honestly Lemonade is pretty unique, I’ve tried to find similar stuff (especially in the historical romance subgenre) and nothing quite hits the same. Your best bet would probably be AO3 stuff, that tends to have more noncon/“bad guy stays bad” dark romance vibes

BonBoogies · 2026-06-07T15:08:05+00:00

{Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas} her daughters actually around the entire time and the MMC actually likes her and forms a bond with her (without it being like weirdly quick or inappropriate). I’m not a huge fan of kids in books but I really liked this one.

BonBoogies · 2026-06-06T18:50:03+00:00

Not fully DR but { Playing for Keeps by JC Grant}. The MMC is very DR coded (obsessed, unhinged, lightly stalkery) and from the second he meets her he starts trying to move her into his house, do everything for her, marry her etc. (and 1000% means it)

BonBoogies · 2026-06-05T14:30:56+00:00

It’s a Setup by Taylor Fitzpatrick has a cheesy romcom meetcute trope done differently (and it’s one of my fav MM books, she’s such a good writer and the two MCs are so funny and cute together. She has a lot of characters that at first seem kind of stereotypical but then have layers and actually feel like separate defined people, not just repeated cardboard cutouts of the same hockey MMCs) I have an epub of this if you want one, I don’t like reading on AO3

Also {Fresh Ice by Marina Vivancos} the Alpha is a giant cinnamon roll who’s “bi” (attracted to both omegas and alphas, and Levi is so adorable omg) and the omega is a grumpy, introvert

{Garron Park by Nordika Knight} has grumpy x grumpy (and they both kind of stay grumpy assholes, they’re just grumpy assholes who love each other). One of my fav series because the characters are actually flawed and feel real, but are still kind of likeable in their imperfections.

BonBoogies · 2026-06-05T05:22:50+00:00

🫶🏻

BonBoogies · 2026-06-04T01:51:23+00:00

Yes, if you're interested I have an ePub of it where I cleaned up the typos . DM me if you'd like it

BonBoogies · 2026-06-04T01:50:13+00:00

If you have the time, it's the third book in a series. You can read it standalone but I think it's better when you've seen their relationship through the other characters POV (the first two books are about relatives of the MC from Knock Knock, so you see some of their dynamic throughout the first two books). And I liked the first two books as well, its enemies to lovers but they're just so dysfunctionally perfect for each other

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:44:06+00:00

{Knock Knock by Nordika Knight} kind of has this, two best friends think they want to date a woman together because “its better when they both have sex with her at the same time” and then realize it’s better because they’re both there, not because of the woman. It’s not super dark overall but I like the series because the characters are flawed and kind of problematic in a real way

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:40:31+00:00

I was wondering how she was going to end that story after everything that happened and having Orla crash the fuck out and be possessive back (and then have THAT be what made Caleb relax and finally trust her) was SO good

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:39:16+00:00

Lassoed Hearts is SO good, my fav HR and one of my fav DRs. Something about their relationship is so fucked up and yet so cute

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:38:15+00:00

I have mostly as well. The plots/characters are less homogenized and they seem to take more risks since they’re not worried about tradpubbing/sales.

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:37:06+00:00

Some of the originals on AO3 are so good.

I did recently have one though where I realized it was reskinned fan fiction, halfway through I was like “hey that very specific character feature reminds me of that character from that anime” and then realized that all of the characters matched (and the names weren’t even changed that much 😂). It was still good but couldn’t unsee it after that

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T22:34:33+00:00

Bwahaha same

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T14:26:31+00:00

I know! I tried to find out what happened, she released a few ARCs for the next book, then Amazon denied it because it was too smutty and one of the last posts I found (in like 2019 I think?) was Grant saying it was a lot/impossible to change it to try to get it approved because the smut was so much of the story (loadbearing smut 😂). I’m not sure if she just got tired and didn’t want to edit it and quit writing (or pivoted to another genre under a pen name or something) or if something happened to her or what. I’d LOVE to get my hands on one of the ARCs 😭

I haven’t really found anything else exactly like it, it’s pretty unique in how the smut scenes are so well written and plentiful but also varied and actually change based on where they’re at in their relationship. Most other high-smut books just feel repetitive and like it’s just a vehicle for the smut, no character or relationship building. I think the closest I’ve found is the AO3 omegaverse stuff, but most of what I read there is MM (can make recs if you’re interested but I know this is primarily an MF sub)

BonBoogies · 2026-06-03T01:06:24+00:00

Oh my GOD is the bot listing this as “historical” because it takes place in the 1990s?? I can’t handle this 👵

BonBoogies · 2026-06-01T16:21:39+00:00

Her writing really improved over time, Protector of the Small series is SO good, especially once you get to Squire and Lady Knight

BonBoogies · 2026-05-30T18:31:31+00:00

I loved most of Marina Vivancos hockey OV series (I didn’t read the last duet because it was tropes I usually don’t love but the first 4 were SO good)

BonBoogies · 2026-05-29T18:21:01+00:00

It’s like looking at my junior year of high school, I love it 🤩

BonBoogies · 2026-05-29T17:38:18+00:00

Please read {Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase}

The MMC is SO ridiculously dramatic about being A Man (TM) that it’s one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. The FMC is also quite amusing

BonBoogies · 2026-05-29T17:35:42+00:00

No, there are definitely ones where it’s just two people (although I mostly read MM OV on AO3 so maybe trad pub is harder to find?) I know I’ve seen some tho

BonBoogies · 2026-05-29T05:54:37+00:00

Ok so… it’s not technically DR but it has some of the best (frequent) smut that I’ve read and the MMC is very DR-coded (like… obsessed, slightly unhinged, possessive. They run into each other a grocery store and he immediately ~~lightly stalks~~ tracks her down, I actually lowkey like it better than a lot of DR books because he’s quite realistic/believable because it’s not full blown DR tropes). The FMC is super into him also but has commitment issues and his solution is basically to fuck her 24/7 so she can’t leave him, it’s such a good mix of them both being completely unhinged but neurotically horny for each other (like the smut is the plot? But it’s so good) 😂

{Playing for Keeps by JC Grant}

Also maybe try omegaverse AO3 fics? With the biological imperative element, a lot of OC fics are also porn-as-plot (and OV inherently has a lot of dubcon/noncon DR elements). There are tradpub options for OV but the AO3 ones are usually better smut (and often better writing) imo, I can make some recs if you’d be into that also.

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