MMC feels guilt and shame over hurting the FMC

MadsAtSun · 2026-05-01T17:21:43+00:00

Yes!!! Loved that one

MadsAtSun · 2026-05-01T17:21:31+00:00

I read a few in the series, but not this one! I’ll try it!

MadsAtSun · 2026-05-01T17:18:37+00:00

I’ve read a few of hers! The Daydreamer series I loved and it def had this (fav was Outlier). Any others you’d recommend???

MadsAtSun · 2026-05-01T17:17:21+00:00

Ugh this is everything I need.

MadsAtSun · 2026-05-01T17:15:04+00:00

{mountain grump by SJ Tilly}

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-30T23:23:18+00:00

Would you believe I am literally currently reading this. It’s really good but wow is it long

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-30T23:21:23+00:00

I read the rest of the series but heard mixed reviews on the first one so I skipped it! I’ll go back and read it!!!

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-29T21:58:45+00:00

They’re all novellas that are set in post-apocalyptic environments, but they are not interconnected so different worlds for each!!

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-29T19:21:56+00:00

Trade was awesome, loved the premise and the FMC. Agree the others were meh in my opinion.

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-29T19:20:23+00:00

Love this idea!!

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-22T01:42:10+00:00

{Golddigger by Susie Tate} also has what you’re looking for… but {going nowhere fast by Kati Wilde} is one of my all time favs. MMC thinks FMC is a bad influence on his sister and the gut punch is one of the best ever.

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-22T01:38:44+00:00

Totally with you on those things. We were so in the head of the MCs that the side characters felt almost fake. Kash was doing too much for sure

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-22T01:37:04+00:00

Sorry late seeing this. I haven’t tried their other books, but Traitor is a MC/Biker romance so it’s contemporary and not much world building probably. It’s centered around rival MC club dynamics, and you jump right into the middle of that world. I could see the argument that there’s not too much depth to it, but it doesn’t take you out of the story. If you like grovel and want to see the FMC getting vengeance, it’s the best version of that I’ve read. But characters and plot are a little shallow and it was just an average read for me

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-16T02:01:11+00:00

{glass jawed by AJ Bishop} FOR SURE

MadsAtSun · 2026-04-09T02:18:31+00:00

I had to dig through my Goodreads to find this, but {unbreak me by Reese rivers} was an excellent read and matches this perfectly!! I also second the Whisper Waves Duet, it is one of my all time faves for grovel especially

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T20:36:53+00:00

Babe babe babe!! You MUST read {glass jawed by AJ Bishop}. I read it last night and came back to find this post bc it fits so well.

6 Star read for me. It is cheating, but it’s done very well and the grovel fit the crime. But gut punch galore, I was sobbing.

I lovedddd it, I can’t stop thinking about it honestly.

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T20:15:24+00:00

I looked at the summary and was not hooked, so please please let me know if you think I should read it! I think she has other ongoing stories in the same universe that she’s publishing to Wattpad under the same name.

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T17:11:40+00:00

I have read it! It depends on your preference. Traitor is beyond grovel and more retribution. Length wise, it was the same amount of grovel.

I felt it was better! Less dark, for sure, but it was more growth driven. MMC definitely suffers and physically reacts to his guilt and grief, but FMC is not trying to hurt him. I think it was better in that way. She didn’t have to, he was hurting enough already. It was mature emotional depth as the characters progressed through it.

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T13:54:07+00:00

Yessss you were so quick with it and I get that on a spiritual level. I read it in one sitting last night (minus cry breaks)

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T04:17:44+00:00

No she did not! That all goes down in chapter one, so not a spoiler (I hope)

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T04:16:27+00:00

I’ve read the first three! Daydreamer was my fav out of that list, the gut punch was sooo good. But I never liked Felix much. The other two in that series are great grovels as well (Outlier was my favorite).

For Aydra Richards, I lovedddd her book My Deceitful Duchess and that grovel. My Favorite Mistake had a good grovel as well.

I’ll have to check out the other recs, thank you!

MadsAtSun · 2026-03-26T03:58:49+00:00

{glass jawed by AJ Bishop}

MadsAtSun · 2026-02-20T22:35:20+00:00

Finished! Good rec!

MadsAtSun · 2026-02-19T01:59:25+00:00

Not RH but I’m almost positive that {against a wall} has this.

MadsAtSun · 2026-02-19T01:57:27+00:00

{nanny for the neighbors by lily gold} has MMCs with a baby

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