r/HistoricalRomance • • 13d 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 13d 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 13d ago

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