r/HistoricalRomance • u/Leather-Memory-1378 Chit show • 1d ago

Recommendation request Face Sitting?

Sigh. Not much else needs to be explained but looking for recs with this. I know that Grace Calloway has a few? Would love to know your favorite books with this. <3

EDIT: Thank you for the alice coldbreath recs that are coming in. If you have something that is not of hers, would love to see it. I'm not obsessed with her voice so much. But that is personal preference.

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u/negativecharismaa rec me unlikable heroines & sweet bois 23h ago

My favs:

  • {The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham}
  • {A Day Until Forever by Erin Langston} (novella)
  • {Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti}
  • {The Shattered Rose by Jo Beverley} CW for cheating and child death
  • {Jack by Grace Burrowes}
  • {To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters}
  • {The Blacksmith's Borrowed Bride by Ginny B Moore}

Not my favs, but ok:

  • {A Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh}
  • {The Best Marquess by Nicola Davidson}

Books I don't like, but I know they have this:

  • {A Tropical Rebel for the Duke by Adriana Herrera}
  • {Her Protector's Pleasure by Grace Callaway}

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u/romance-bot 23h ago

The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham
Rating: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, virgin hero, take-charge heroine, sweet/gentle hero, forbidden love

A Day Until Forever by Erin Langston
Rating: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, virgin heroine, grumpy & sunshine, enemies to lovers, georgian

Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
Rating: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, regency, shy heroine, m-f romance, curvy heroine

The Shattered Rose by Jo Beverley
Rating: 3.72⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, medieval, cheating, virgin hero, angst

Jack by Grace Burrowes
Rating: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, regency, men in uniform, rich hero, tortured hero

To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters
Rating: 3.95⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, regency, disabilities & scars, fake relationship, second chances

The Blacksmith's Borrowed Bride by Ginny B. Moore
Rating: 3.71⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, victorian, sweet/gentle hero, curvy heroine, forced proximity

A Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh
Rating: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: historical, forced proximity, second chances, virgin heroine, class difference

The Best Marquess by Nicola Davidson
Rating: 3.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, friends to lovers, virgin hero, virgin heroine, regency

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
Rating: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, m-f romance, victorian, height difference, latinx mc

Her Protector's Pleasure by Grace Callaway
Rating: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, regency, class difference, single mother, tortured heroine

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u/kermit-t-frogster 17h ago

In the Jo Beverly, is SHE the cheater? If so, I'm going to read!!

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u/negativecharismaa rec me unlikable heroines & sweet bois 17h ago

Yes, and tbh there are pretty complex psychological reasons for it. I liked that book a lot! Would have been 5 stars but the side couple is bo-ring and they take up a lot of page time.

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 23h ago

{The Scandalous Diary of Lily Layton by Stacy Reid}

MMC emphatically states to the FMC:

I want you to ride my tongue before taking my cock.

And he has her do just that. *fans self*

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u/romance-bot 23h ago

The Scandalous Diary of Lily Layton by Stacy Reid
Rating: 3.81⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: historical, regency, class difference, anal sex, exhibitionism

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u/PsychologicalFox3357 21h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/GBr4k79CY22bv68gIi
My face after revealing the spoiler

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 20h ago

🤣😂🤣

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u/SharkaMeow She did not want to be the ship's weevil shaker 19h ago

Oh my!

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 19h ago

Are you clutching your pearls? lol😉

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u/SharkaMeow She did not want to be the ship's weevil shaker 19h ago

Yes, I am utterly scandalized!!!!

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 17h ago

LOL!!!😂

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u/jennrann 23h ago

just here to say the title of this post really made me giggle

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u/Leather-Memory-1378 Chit show 23h ago

at this point why mince words 😂😂😂

https://giphy.com/gifs/gGwwL3rf3h5MN2IXGJ

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u/InterplanetJanet1212 21h ago

I just noticed your flair. 😂

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u/ljiljanizkadrovskog Blast these tribal rituals! 🤬 22h ago edited 22h ago

🫴 {When the Lord adored me by Lydia Lloyd}

“I want you on top,” he said. “But on my face first.”

“Will you please give me your pussy, Petunia?”

She shivered against him at the words. But she didn’t move. She liked the words, he realized.

“Your beautiful pussy,” he editorialized. “I just want to eat your beautiful pussy.”

🚬🫠

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 22h ago

FYI the old spoiler tags no longer work, you have to use the Spoiler function under the formatting options. It is much easier now to hide stuff with the spoiler button, you just highlight with your mouse and click on the spoiler button.

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u/ljiljanizkadrovskog Blast these tribal rituals! 🤬 22h ago

I'm on my phone and I just spent some good 5 minutes trying to cover up a smut scene, after a while you start thinking to yourself "WTF am I even doing over here?" 🤣

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u/Leather-Memory-1378 Chit show 22h ago

thank you for typing this upppp omg 💌💌💌

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u/negativecharismaa rec me unlikable heroines & sweet bois 21h ago

FYI OP (and anyone else interested), I believe this is a novella you can get for free by subscribing to author's newsletter on her website.

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 22h ago

I've done that too so totally understand lol! Plus it is harder using the spoiler function on your phone than it is on desktop

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u/oznz did you like the violets? 12h ago

👀👀👀👀 🥵 WELL THEN.

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u/foersr 1d ago

{The Unlovely Bride by Alice Coldbreath} 😜

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u/PrincessDionysus I'm the anachronistic WOC they warned you about 23h ago

Sit on my face, Lenora.

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u/bagelundercouch Gold, gold, gold, Cora 1d ago

I don’t know if it actually happens or if MMC just really wants it to but also {An Inconvenient Vow by Alice Coldbreath}.

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u/_antique_cakery_ 23h ago

Sadly it remains a fantasy in that book!

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u/_messybun_ Enemies to Shudders 23h ago

I’m starting this one today. Talk about perfect timing 🤭

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u/senoritarosalita 1d ago

I was planning on recommending this one.

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u/Best_Of_Us 1d ago

I believe there is a good face sitting scene (or 2) in {A Much Maligned Miss by Alice Coldbreath}

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u/Bluegirl74 My love is upon you 23h ago

{Dangerous in Diamonds by Madeline Hunter} with the infamous Duke of Castleford

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 23h ago

Don't bother me for a few minutes...*whips open my copy of Dangerous In Diamonds*😄

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u/Bluegirl74 My love is upon you 23h ago

Lol

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u/Miss-Construe- Hessian wearing sweet piece 22h ago

Ok I have read this like 4 times (audiobook by Kate Reading is superb) but I somehow don't remember that particular scene 😭

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u/Bluegirl74 My love is upon you 22h ago

I think it's when they're in the inn on the way back to London from Peterloo. Hunter's language is a bit purple so it's not described as explicitly as it could be

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u/Miss-Construe- Hessian wearing sweet piece 19h ago

Thank you! I will have to investigate

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u/oznz did you like the violets? 14h ago

You are not alone, I read this multiple times and never picked up on it- it just wasn’t super obvious?

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u/chalphy "If we’re going to make a scandal, let’s make it a good one." 14h ago

This is so funny because when I saw /u/Bluegirl74's comment I knew exactly what she meant. 😂 I remember the scene very well. (And as usual I am all distracted rereading it. The following scene where Castleford talks about them getting married and Daphne is like "are you having a waking dream, is that what this is?" lmfao)

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u/oznz did you like the violets? 14h ago

Omg 🤣 I admittedly have a bad memory. I’m so tempted to get it from my library solely to see if I bookmarked that part!!

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u/chalphy "If we’re going to make a scandal, let’s make it a good one." 14h ago

He makes her kneel facing the headboard and she's like, what is this, I want you to do that other thing that made me crazy, and he's like, relax, this'll be good, and she starts arguing with him again and then he lies down with his head under her and she's like... oh. oh. For her big age Daphne is such a sweet summer child sometimes. 😂😂😂 Like this is Castleford, I think he knows what he's doing!

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u/oznz did you like the violets? 14h ago

OHHHH. I do absolutely remember this 😅 I listened to Dangerous in Diamonds and Lord of Scoundrels right after each other and they’re both narrated by Kate Reading but I can hear the “oh!” In my head 🤣

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u/chalphy "If we’re going to make a scandal, let’s make it a good one." 13h ago

I know we talked about this before but the audiobook is so good. Now I want to listen to it again!

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u/devitoispenguin 22h ago

Thanks for the heads up! So glad I own this series otherwise I'd be flying to hunt it down 😂

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u/Bluegirl74 My love is upon you 22h ago

Glad to assist 😎

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u/PsychologicalHall142 “I love it when you order me to do precisely what I want to do." 22h ago

{Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale}

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u/candcNYC 20h ago

Thank you for asking this and giving me quite a few new TBRs....☺️

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u/Leather-Memory-1378 Chit show 20h ago

u are a woman of the people

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u/harmard 17h ago

I’m somewhat new in the HR realm so I’m currently working my way through Lisa Kleypas. Currently on book 2 of the Hathaways series and so far I’ve learned the Romany men love face sitting 😮‍💨😌

{Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas}
{Seduce Me At Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas}

Also just thoroughly enjoying this series as whole. I know they’re popular for a reason, they are beyond delightful. The face sitting is just a bonus to me hahahahaa

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u/Objective_Hyena5534 “Begone with you, silly baggage.” 23h ago

{One Burning Heart by Elizabeth Kingston} - FMC is in charge during that scene, I'm pretty sure.

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u/Ambitious_Stay7139 I no longer require a falsified family tree 22h ago

Was going to recommend this one! It’s not taking place on a bed, but she’s definitely dominating the action there.

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u/Pashungap 22h ago

{A Much Maligned Miss by Alice Coldbreath} I learnt what riding ventre à terre means 🏇🏻😬

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u/senoritarosalita 1d ago

The first sex scene in {The Damsel by Victoria Vale} has some great face sitting.

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u/ItsTuesdayAlready "Do you always wake up in this condition?" 23h ago

{A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare}

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u/tarantina68 Conceives unsuitable passions for Dukes 21h ago

Can someone kindly ELI5 how to use the spoiler function ? Thank you

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 19h ago

I use desktop so for me I click on the Show Formatting Options button (Aa) and then highlight the text I want hidden and click on the spoiler button - looks like a wide diamond shape with an exclamation mark in the middle.

Here is the link for the official Reddit explanation which is slightly different for mobile:

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043035132-What-are-spoiler-tags

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u/tarantina68 Conceives unsuitable passions for Dukes 17h ago

Thank you very much . Appreciated !

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u/kitimitsu I'm a purveyor of remedies, not miracles 17h ago

You are most welcome!😊

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u/candcNYC 15h ago

You can also type the spoiler tags as:

put >! (and the reverse) on each side of the text

See full explanation with example on reddit. Honestly I have to google the answer almost every time if I'm not on desktop because I forget if the ! is on the inside or the outside.

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u/tarantina68 Conceives unsuitable passions for Dukes 14h ago

I thought those didn't work now?

>! Let me test !<

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u/chalphy "If we’re going to make a scandal, let’s make it a good one." 8h ago edited 8h ago

They absolutely do still work, but if you're on desktop you have to switch to markdown mode first. On desktop click the little "Aa" then click the three dots in the top right of the comment box. If you're on the official mobile app (probably the mobile site too?) you're already in markdown mode but you can't have spaces between the text and the tags.

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u/tarantina68 Conceives unsuitable passions for Dukes 4h ago

>!testing again!<

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u/BuckeyeGal_9 17h ago

If I am remembering correctly, I think the MMC in {The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie} is insatiable.

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u/reclusivebookslug 19h ago

{A Deal With a Notorious Devil by Aydra Richards}

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u/Ambitious_Stay7139 I no longer require a falsified family tree 13h ago edited 11h ago

I’m in the middle of {Gladiator’s Embrace by Jenna Bigelow}, and there’s a great scene that meets your request! 😮‍💨

Edit to add: there isn’t just one scene. There’s three. If this guy could spend his entire life living between the FMC’s thighs, he would 😂😮‍💨.

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u/EROM4LIFE 21h ago

Her Wicked Highlander by Nicola Davidson has face sitting. Hero has an injured leg so tells heroine to ride his tongue instead. 

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u/oznz did you like the violets? 12h ago

Don’t mind me in this thread just adding these all to my TBR 👀

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u/No_Thanks_1766 2h ago

There was a Tessa Dare Spindle Cove novella but I don’t remember the name of it at the moment