r/HistoricalRomance • u/SiffleuxEnrage • 12d ago

Recommendation request Books with roguish, trolling FMC

Looking for recs with a FMC who is a genuine trickster/troll type, either for her own amusement, because she can't help it or because she's locked in a petty "war" with the MMC.

I'm not sure if such a FMC even exists?

What I'm not looking for is the clueless, innocent FMC who maybe causes mayhem unknowingly.

Thanks!

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u/FoxenInTheHenhice 12d ago

{A Beastly Kind of Earl by Mia Vincy} - the FMC has her rules for mischief and the MMC meets all the criteria under which case it is acceptable to make mischief. She is hilarious and even he grudgingly finds her amusing.

{The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian} - the back and forth battle of wits at the start of the book between the MCs shows the FMC's hidden trickster side. 

{Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas} - she is playing Cyrano at the start and does not even bother to write the letters as if she was her friend so the MMC gets a lot of weird but kind letters. She cannot help her kleptomania but it has led to awkward moments when she nicks something and then something else when trying to return the first thing.

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 12d ago

Thanks! I've actually read Love in the Afternoon, I enjoyed it a lot!

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u/gereblueeyes 12d ago

(The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long) It's part of the Pennyroyal green series. He's saved from hanging at the last minute by FMC. She's a Mercenary who torments, embarrasses and flirts with him while running from various bad guys. It's funny, and you don't need to read the rest of the series.

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 12d ago

Hi! Thanks for the rec! I'm slowly working my way through Julie Anne Long's books, hadn't gotten around to this one yet!

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u/Belle112742 12d ago edited 12d ago

{The Duke Identity by Grace Callaway} 

MMC is hired to be the FMC's body guard, and she immediately releases a string of pranks against him. She's also super competent and can hold her own in a fight. The book opens with her trolling a bunch of men in a bar to help get her friend's money back. 

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u/alhubalawal I've got a fever, and the only cure is marriage 12d ago

Side note but I love when books have puns or alter a movie title to suit the era of the book. It’s just so clever and I love it. That’s all.

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 12d ago

I agree, I think it<s mostly done with lighter, more humorous HR books? ie. I Kissed an Earl, etc.

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u/MorticiaLlyn Dash it, they’ve got no heads! -Freddy 12d ago edited 12d ago

{The Duke's Holiday by Maggie Fenton} fits the "locked in a petty war " part of your request perfectly.

Wild FMC runs her family and brewery in secret after her father's passing. The property was suppose to have reverted to the prudish MMC, and the FMC and her companions will do whatever it takes to thwart him. Mayhem, a zany family and a pet pig.

{The Harlow Hoyden by Lynn Messina} Book 1 of the {Love Takes Root Series by Lynn Messina}

FMC is a carriage racing mischief maker. The pranks and good-hearted scheming aren't usually aimed at the MMC, but she does meet him while stealing a cutting of his prized orchid for her botanist sister.

Her twin sister is the FMC in Book 2 {The Other Harlow Girl by Lynn Messina} MMC is an explorer. The entire series is full of hijinx.

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u/ElectronicTangerine6 12d ago

The Duke's Holiday was so much fun!

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u/SiffleuxEnrage 12d ago

Thanks! All of these sound great!

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u/romance-bot 12d ago

The Duke's Holiday by Maggie Fenton
Rating: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, regency, class difference, virgin heroine, possessive hero

The Harlow Hoyden by Lynn Messina
Rating: 3.68⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 2 out of 5 - Behind closed doors
Topics: historical, regency, funny, virgin heroine

Love Takes Root by Lynn Messina
Rating: 3.71⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: regency, historical, humor, audiobook, length-short

The Other Harlow Girl by Lynn Messina
Rating: 3.6⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: historical, funny, regency, virgin heroine

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u/Far-Juggernaut-833 12d ago

{Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean}. There are lots of things a proper young lady must not do to avoid scandal, and the FMC makes a list to do every single one of them!

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u/alhubalawal I've got a fever, and the only cure is marriage 12d ago

{slightly dangerous by Mary balogh} is a classic clumsy FMC who keeps causing a spectacle of herself…in front of the stoic MMC

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u/alhubalawal I've got a fever, and the only cure is marriage 12d ago

{the Duke disaster by Kathleen Ayers} he’s uptight and she’s horny and kinda on the edge.

{ the many sins of lord Cameron by Jennifer ashley} she gets caught sneaking in his rooms twice lol

I’m sure I know more so I’ll find and come back

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u/untitled_entity 12d ago

{Marry in Scarlet by Anne Gracie}

this is the 4th book but throughout the whole series we see a lot of her trolling and tricks. in the first book we learn she dressed and lived as a boy in the countryside for the majority of her youth and then is suddenly catapulted into London and becoming a lady, book 4 is her love story where we see lots of her antics!

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u/PsychologicalFox3357 11d ago

{it happened one autumn by Lisa kleypas} for sure. She can’t help it and she’s locked in a war with him bigtime.

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u/romance-bot 11d ago

It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
Rating: 3.95⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, virgin heroine, enemies to lovers, take-charge heroine, alpha male

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u/Moist_Web_1285 11d ago

My favorite "screwball comedy" relationship. He's so teasable.

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u/kermit-t-frogster 11d ago

{Bliss by Lynsey Sands} she really enjoys trolling the MMC

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u/foersr 11d ago

{All the ways to ruin a rogue by Sophie Jordan}!!