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who did this to you | who hurt you

by burntsunflowers

tortured/traumatised MCs where the love interest endeavours to eliminate the root cause of their trauma by any means necessary (some may eventuate in death) ⚔️ protective mode, activated ⚔️

⚠️ CHECK YOUR TRIGGERS

Wait For It

Binding 13

Against a Wall

Nocticadia

Wait For It

Binding 13

I Can Fix Him, No Really I Can

Rakes & Rogues in Historical Romance

Dreaming of You

A Week to be Wicked

Devil in Winter

The Redemption of Philip Thane (The Penhallow Dynasty, #6)

Dreaming of You

A Week to be Wicked

Georgian Gents of Historical Romance

Historical romances set during the Georgian period

My Last Duchess (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #0)

Wilde Child (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #6)

Say Yes to the Duke (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #5)

Say No to the Duke (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #4)

My Last Duchess (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #0)

Wilde Child (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #6)

10 Thing I Hate About You - Historical Edition

Historical romances with enemies to lovers

Pride and Prejudice

When Beauty Tamed the Beast

The Taming of the Duke (Essex Sisters, #3)

Three Weeks With Lady X (Desperate Duchesses, #7; Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers, #1)

Pride and Prejudice

When Beauty Tamed the Beast

romance novels with legit villainous heroes

by difficultwomanreads

We all love a bad boy.... except? What is a bad boy? My definition is "commits crimes", "causes mayhem", "perhaps attempts to kill the hero from the previous book". Let's be SERIOUS about this.

Lothaire

Mafia Madman (The Kings of Italy, #3)

Salt in the Wound (Lyonesse, #.5)

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

Lothaire

Mafia Madman (The Kings of Italy, #3)

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