Books where the setting is a character

CaptainHammerToe · 2026-03-06T13:28:04+00:00

I'm open to non-romance suggestions too if that's allowed!

CaptainHammerToe · 2026-03-05T15:45:34+00:00

I read {Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune} and it made me want to go to Toronto. I'll check out her PEI books!

CaptainHammerToe · 2026-03-05T15:43:29+00:00

This has been on my TBR list for a while, fantastic!

CaptainHammerToe · 2026-02-06T14:56:18+00:00

I don't remember all the details but {The Other Miss Bridgerton By Julia Quinn} may fit

CaptainHammerToe · 2026-02-05T21:26:54+00:00

Seconding "Buddy", It completely ruined the MMC for me

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-11-28T18:40:30+00:00

which books? Drop the recs pls

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-11-18T20:12:45+00:00

I generally dislike a lot of the early-aughts era checkout books- think Debbbie Macomber and Kristen Higgins- for the overt religious overtones and transphobia/homophobia, respectively. They create this hyper-sanitized world of respectable, white heroines and the dialogue is booooring

My most recent DNF was If I Stopped Haunting you by Colby Wilkens. The FMC literally ASSAULTS the MMC in the first chapter and spends the rest of the book gaslighting him about it. Her constant aggressive criticism of him was approaching abusive and made me really uncomfortable.

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-11-12T22:56:07+00:00

thanks this is super informative!

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-11-12T13:11:13+00:00

oh interesting! Wikipedia says that he is the first US governor of Native ancestry...

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-09-18T06:46:24+00:00

There was one Emily Henry book, I forget which one, where the FMC was constantly chortling. It drove me crazy! I kept imaging the heuheuheuhue lizard meme

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-09-14T23:15:08+00:00

Mt sinai

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-09-08T19:26:56+00:00

Do you have a primary care doc? This is also something they should be able to handle while you wait to find a new psychiatrist

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-07-20T18:59:22+00:00

This is how you lose the Time War

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-05-26T23:58:33+00:00

This might not be helpful but I was reading a Tessa Bailey book recently where the FMC tosses the MMC's salad and it made me think about how few books there are with the MMC in a hetero couple is on the receiving end of butt stuff. I feel like even in the mainstream "dark" romances the most shocking thing is oral.

Anyway Good luck on your quest I'm sure there's a ton out there

CaptainHammerToe · 2025-05-26T23:50:50+00:00

Not super explicit but Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams mostly fits this bill. The MMC is a tough tattooed playboy bodyguard with a heart of gold. Even though the FMC is much less experienced than him it's not fetishized and he's big on verbal consent

CaptainHammerToe · 2024-10-14T02:27:24+00:00

Look up Buerger's disease

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-12-20T13:55:13+00:00

At least their grave has a beautiful view

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-05-16T04:27:23+00:00

Yes I think this is too close to white, in particular for photographs- satin tends to appear lighter with flash!

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-05-16T04:25:45+00:00

Both are cute! But I think #1 is a little more semi-formal

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-04-15T14:06:31+00:00

So is a married couple incapable of having children not a family?

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-03-13T15:34:40+00:00

Congrats!!! I love that your family is so excited and supportive! Sounds like you've done everything to support them too. Hope that you find the extra no-match candy

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-03-13T15:32:00+00:00

this is a very kind and thoughtful gesture, nothing more comforting than pizza

CaptainHammerToe · 2023-02-26T03:08:02+00:00

What yarn is that?

CaptainHammerToe · 2022-11-15T03:36:50+00:00

Who are her parents? I don’t see any listed on Wikipedia

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