not quite vestal virgins, virgin men in romance
Unsullied. Undefiled. Uninitiated. Untouched. Chaste. Pure. While the tired trope of virginal and inexperienced women abounds, particularly in historical romance but even in contemporary works, virginal men are much less common. With stories that can be refreshing and joyful, or not (lol), this list brings together heroes who’ve done little more than kiss. (Some of them haven’t even done that.) All romance sub-genres are included, except YA.
created by CatherineJ
last updated October, 2025
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If CatherineJ and burntsunflowers ever collaborate on a title and description for a smutty list. I fear I might swoon.
the people yearn for the collab and more smutty lists
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You crack me up! 🤣
Have you ever seen Farideh’s song, Smut Slut on YouTube? It’s on FB, too. Probably elsewhere. I watch it whenever I need a laugh. 😂
Loving the list name 😂😂😂😂
Should I include Twilight?
yay!!! more greats recs in this list :)
My bad. Should’ve followed my own advice to do a search first. I was too focused on the books themselves. And I check the lists all the time so I thought had it covered. Alas, no…
Thanks for sharing!
love that you are including a wide range of subgenres!!! idk why contemporary romance authors don’t write their men like this more. i feel it is more common irl than social media/movies/tv perceive it to be 🗣️ more virgin men please, i am 🧎 ♀️➡️begging🧎♀️
Recommendations welcome! 🤗
Unloved by Katy Regnery Also, .... I can't 100% remember but maybe Gone to Deep by Katie Ruggle. I can't remember if he was a virgin or just ✨shy✨
Definitely a virgin, heehee.
Thanks, I’ll add them! I’ll check out the second one before I do. Wouldn’t want to inadvertently mix shyness with virginity. 🤣
Lol. The virginity police would swoop in. 🚨🚨🚨
Could I infer about Archer’s Voice? I loved that book. Great choice.
But I wanted to ask if you think putting it on the list is a spoiler. As much as it isn’t the biggest plot of the story, it was kind of an important dynamic when it came to him and Bree.
If you don’t think so, then that is fine with me. It is your list and it’s awesome.
Since it is on the other list (see burntsunflowers’s comment below), I think it is okay to remove off mine. No need to have duplicates. ☺️
Oh I see. Okay. 👌🏼
Happy to remove it. :)
Oh no don’t if you don’t think it’s a spoiler. I wanted to get your opinion.
While I’ve read many of the books on my list, I actually haven’t read this one. It came by way of recommendation. Going to have to move it up to the top of my TBR list. NOT a hardship. 😄
Oh nice. 😊 I hope you like it. It’s definitely good for the list concept and I hope you enjoy the book. Archer is just 😩 a sad golden retriever.
Is a golden retriever the same as a cinnamon roll? 🙃
Hmm a cinnamon roll would be like a cute sweetheart. they would offer you the last cookie even though they want it. A golden retriever would wait by the door for you to get home and probably built you a birdhouse. 🤣
Good to know!!!
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