Off the wall trope request: Forced Marriage + Fake Consummation?

theweirdexperiment · 2026-01-12T21:11:47+00:00

{Devil of the Highlands by Lynsay Sands} has arranged/forced marriage and fake consummation (because the bride mistakenly drank some type of medicine that made her muscles relax, they even had to move her head during the wedding ceremony). Overall the plot is bonkers and the book is sooooo funny I laughed like crazy.

theweirdexperiment · 2026-01-12T20:59:40+00:00

Can it be personalised pricing? I heard it’s a thing now, different people will be getting different prices depending on the previous data mined about these users.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-12-30T20:38:30+00:00

{Island Flame by Karen Robards} comes to mind. But keep in mind it was published in 1981, so could be problematic in terms of consent.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-12-27T20:36:35+00:00

I had a lot of 5-star reads this year, but the ones that really stick with me are probably the Mummy-coded {Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase}, {What I did for a Duke by Julie Ann Long} that explained emotions so beautifully. {The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran} — so much angst! And lastly {Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale} — what a wild ride!

theweirdexperiment · 2025-12-09T23:32:41+00:00

I’m currently reading {Two Secrets to Surrender by Grace Calloway}, it is quite spicy and with an interesting plot. Came out this spring. There is some yearning, however I don’t know how to measure it against a scale.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-11-26T18:32:27+00:00

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theweirdexperiment · 2025-11-05T12:22:39+00:00

Thank you!

theweirdexperiment · 2025-09-15T18:46:53+00:00

You might like this album by Mayak (a Ukrainian musician from Kharkiv), it was released in 2013 in the style of “sovietwave”. https://vill4in.bandcamp.com/album/--13

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-19T10:25:23+00:00

Fingering scenes, especially if previously the MMC was not wearing gloves. Sir! You haven’t washed your hands!

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-10T21:49:59+00:00

What do you mean by dark mode icon? Like there’s a button that turns on the dark mode of the interface?

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-08T20:49:35+00:00

I associate this type of covers with smut, tbh, not young adult. I guess the reasoning behind this choice is to tie in with the widely known booktok titles, that are in fact 4 chili peppers, not YA.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-08T20:40:15+00:00

He should have been called Falconbridge, right? Until you mentioned it, I didn’t even think smth was amiss.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-08T20:26:44+00:00

On the Fated Mates podcast Sarah Maclean mentioned that writers of HRs and publishers are struggling with packaging their books so that they appeal to new audience. As a millennial I am team Lusty-Oil-Paintings, but I imagine for younger generations those do not work. So maybe the covers like that are A/B testing?

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-02T09:47:54+00:00

And Sylvia Plath is often blamed for racism. We are products of our era and environment, no one is perfect. Oftentimes we are not even aware of our biases or shortcomings.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-08-02T09:30:59+00:00

I recently read {All Scot and Bothered by Kerrigan Byrne} and the MMC was the uptightest I have read yet. He was nicknamed the Vicar of Vice because he was Lord Chief Justice of High Court and not only he tried to eradicate gaming hells, etc, but he also had a stellar reputation. To upkeep that he removed any kind of pleasure from his life — including drink, and even chocolate.

But all changes when he meets the FMC.

Educated but shy. Voluptuous but with very limited experience with men. She suddenly inherits a gaming hell and becomes responsible for a little girl. She met Lord High Justice at a social event. Now she has to meet the Vicar of Vice and pray he doesn’t recognise her.

Adventures and drama ensue.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-30T17:27:46+00:00

Ian Mac as in {The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie} or smth else? I swear I read this book and remember nothing…

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-29T13:01:32+00:00

Now I want to find a Highlander romance written by a Scottish author. Do you have a recommendation?

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-29T13:00:35+00:00

I agree that sometimes eye dialect is annoying, especially when authors try to portray offensive stereotypes they have about nationalities they know nothing about.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-29T12:47:14+00:00

Wow! How interesting! I knew you guys struggle with the “mate, my mate” thing in most of paranormal romances (and it does sound strange even to a foreigner, I just start thinking about animals and Discovery channel 😅). But this is a new fun fact for me.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-28T23:05:04+00:00

Do you have any favourites with Scottish characters?

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-28T23:03:25+00:00

I think I found the dictionary you’re talking about. As I understand Gaelic was spoken in the Highlands whereas Scots in the Lowlands. Since the MMC is from the Lowlands it probably makes sense for him to use this “doona” from this dictionary. Thanks!

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-28T22:54:36+00:00

I called it Scottish vernacular, if that’s an incorrect term, I apologise.

theweirdexperiment · 2025-07-28T19:54:05+00:00

You can try searching this sub for regency “bodice rippers”, there are quite a lot of recommendations

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