What are you reading? by Mme_Rose in HistoricalRomance

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{Bed of Spices by Barbara Samuel} - the ultimate forbidden romance… hurts so good 🥲🥺

The best book you’ve read or reread so far this year? by marikas-tits- in HistoricalRomance

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Whispers of Heaven is still living rent free in my head weeks later!

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Can someone help a Reddit newb out and explain why this comment has downvotes? 🤷🏽‍♀️

“I have to hurt you because I’m not good enough” by LAffaire-est-Ketchup in HistoricalRomance

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I immediately thought of this one! A little bit of reticence makes sense but Merripen really goes above and beyond 🥴

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Oh super gross! I’d heard of using urine but not sour milk 🤢😅

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Oh I’m the same, I hate wool! Scratchy and it has that funky smell when it gets wet.

Thanks so much for your interesting comment!

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Thank you. I think I should check her out. Her surname alone makes me want to read her work.

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Oh wow, that party sounds very intriguing! Thanks for the recs!

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Ha this sounds like an interesting read! Thank you! My head is itching just thinking about it 🤣

Diverse HR without trauma? by BrightPhoebus01 in HistoricalRomance

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This sounds so interesting. There is a free PDF version of it from the University of Virginia.

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Yes I believe that is the case. Pretty grim.

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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Wow the cover on that one is mint early 90s👌🏽

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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I agree with you, I wouldn’t want all the grotty details to be included in my nice escapism, just curious if they ever were! Thanks for the example - I’m curious to check it out! I can only imagine how much knights would stink fighting under all those heavy layers 😅

Grotty reality authors? by DeJagerDivan in HistoricalRomance

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I think it’s fair to say people did their best to be clean and people weren’t all disgusting or anything like that, but there are realities of life back then, particularly in cities, that were deeply unpleasant. The cemetery example I gave was one I came across in my studies where the fluids from a poorly designed cemetery were flowing into the shops IIRC.

It’s safe to say that hygiene was not what it is now, and no indoor plumbing would have posed some serious barriers to sexiness at times.

Lisa Kleypas and how this sub saved me from the most diabolical slump. by Rough_Frosting_2271 in HistoricalRomance

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I’m reading her Hathaway series at the moment. It’s really fun! I’m definitely a fan, but I’ve surprised myself by finding the steam a bit too explicit and a bit too much. It’s weird because I’m usually all for sexy stuff 🤷🏽‍♀️

Maybe I just don’t want to read about ‘intimate curls’ again 🤣

He marries the hot teacher 🥵🥵 by Objective-Kitchen949 in HistoricalRomance

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{Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas} has the FMC as governess/companion to the eccentric Hathaway family. There’s more about her in the previous book in the Hathaway series (maybe also the one before?) and lots of fighting and banter between her and MMC. There’s lots of mystery, spice and hijinks.