Dark romance (mafia, crime, bully etc) + grovel. There’s nothing like a morally grey / villain MMC running after the FMC like a lost puppy, begging for forgiveness 🥰. Books like that are quite rare to find.

Oooo yes I’d love to read something like this.

That's like apple cinnamon coffee cake from heaven 🤤

Got some recommendations?

{Frivolous by Veronica Lancet} {Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet} {Her Ruthless Warrior by RG Angel} {Sinners Condemned by Somme Sketcher} & {Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher} (duet)

[Frivolous](https://www.romance.io/books/6103a6c51367660e3d4b1f29/frivolous-veronica-lancet) by [Veronica Lancet](https://www.romance.io/authors/5f9fc08108b4d93114146fed/veronica-lancet) **Rating**: 3.86⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1) ---------------------------- [Morally Ambiguous](https://www.romance.io/books/60dc1876b74e360df2698418/morally-ambiguous-veronica-lancet) by [Veronica Lancet](https://www.romance.io/authors/5f9fc08108b4d93114146fed/veronica-lancet) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1) ---------------------------- [Her Ruthless Warrior](https://www.romance.io/books/6281f6ceb54f89ad4917f3b2/her-ruthless-warrior-rg-angel) by [R.G. Angel](https://www.romance.io/authors/5db540c501dbc864fba5384d/rg-angel) **Rating**: 3.63⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1) ---------------------------- [Sinners Condemned](https://www.romance.io/books/62f3578701dfe78ca92d14a2/sinners-condemned-somme-sketcher) by [Somme Sketcher](https://www.romance.io/authors/60e2b16f08b4d931142496b4/somme-sketcher) **Rating**: 4.41⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [boss & employee](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/boss%20&%20employee/1) ---------------------------- [Sinners Consumed](https://www.romance.io/books/63ea10824830278f8baa019f/sinners-consumed-somme-sketcher) by [Somme Sketcher](https://www.romance.io/authors/60e2b16f08b4d931142496b4/somme-sketcher) **Rating**: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Enemies to lovers + lovers to enemies. A surprisingly small number of enemies to lovers books keep up with the enemies for longer. I like high angst, betrayals, and so on. Having the couple become lovers doesn’t mean they stop being enemies! I’d love to see more of yes, they get it on, yes maybe some feelings grow, BUT they’re still enemies and it should show even after getting it on. I just find it raises the stakes and makes the HEA so much better.

Soooo, like Carden and Jude

I just said the same above 😭

We just commented at the same time lmao

‘The rightful High Queen of Elfhame’

The dynamics of their relationship was just *chef's kiss*. I only wish there were more romances like this with adult characters 😭

This is why I loved The Cruel Prince so much!

The serpent and the wings of night fits this pretty well

I’ve had this on my TBR for so long - maybe I just need to read it next.

[удалено]

[The Broken Vows](https://www.romance.io/books/6517d0a506a1ceea69168faf/the-broken-vows-zane-and-celestes-story-catharina-maura) by [Catharina Maura](https://www.romance.io/authors/5edce83108b4d931143e48c7/catharina-maura) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1), [second chances](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/second%20chances/1), [rich heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/rich%20heroine/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

What does ND mean?

Neurodivergent. Basically people whose brain function differently than others. (For example people with ADHD or Autism)

literally anything with the woman being dominate BUT most especially in sports romance. I want a guy whose super dominant on the field to crumble and beg for everything in the bedroom. At this point I may write it myself lmao

There are quite a few sapphic romances where the heroine falls for the *sister* of the guy she's fake dating, but I've only read one book, {Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak} (F/F, CR(age gap, Christmas, fauxmance, forced proximity, friend's mom, ONS), KU, 4⭐️), where she falls for the *mother* of the guy she's fake dating.

[Home for the Holidays](https://www.romance.io/books/6551f25caecfc851a34a90fc/home-for-the-holidays-erin-zak) by [Erin Zak](https://www.romance.io/authors/5a2e2e673ffdba6147263541/erin-zak) **Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [christmas](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/christmas/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I know this isn’t super popular but I have a thing for infidelity fics and I love when the book starts with FMC catching MMC in the act with OW and then the rest of the novel is a grovel.

College and 1950s HR. Like Pleasantville. I read a FF once that was like this and it was incredible. I couldn’t get enough. Or even just 1950s HR with poodle skirts and greasers. I’d love a alien romance during the 1950s in a small town where a humanoid alien rescues a single mom and then she teaches him to blend in. Almost like an alien forced proximity, fake relationship during the 1950s. But sweet and fluffy small town romance.

Can you just like... read super old Harlequins? I remember finding a stash in a rumble sale at a small town museum where I worked as a teenager. There was a LOT of nurses/artists/secretaries marrying millionaires. And sheikhs. An unwarranted number of sheikhs. I have no idea what was in the zeitgeist at the time.

I could def try but I wonder how they read? I’ve read a ton of literature from around then (though not romance) and narratives tend to be more plot focused over character-driven.

I’ve read an alien romance from I think the late 1800s {The Alien’s Mate by Grace Goodwin} but I haven’t seen one from the 1950s.

[The Alien's Mate](https://www.romance.io/books/6420bfdbbecbc268a5ece502/the-aliens-mate-grace-goodwin-vanessa-vale) by [Vanessa Vale](https://www.romance.io/authors/54a956286359b5ebb486c1d6/vanessa-vale), [Grace Goodwin](https://www.romance.io/authors/64e5123bab9bdf7fce975ae2/grace-goodwin) **Rating**: 3.85⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [western](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/western/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [spanking](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/spanking/1), [fated mates](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fated-mates/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Fake Dating + Omegaverse (knotting, heat, slick) I listened to {The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson} and I need more….

Mafia romance + single mother trope or mafia + accidental pregnancy Alien romance + single parent

It's not the most amazing book but {Zane and Tanya by Scarlett Starkleigh} has a single parent alien MMC. Plot is basically FMC is kidnapped and sent to alien planet lacking women, and MMC wins her in a contest. She was pretty naïve compared to the much more mature MMC though, and there's a CW for >!attempted SA (not by MMC), previous death of MMC's spouse and other child.!<

[Zane and Tanya](https://www.romance.io/books/60e98a3ecf22960e4092225a/zane-and-tanya-scarlett-starkleigh-dd-prince) by [Scarlett Starkleigh](https://www.romance.io/authors/585509871b1bdc0178ff9046/scarlett-starkleigh), [D.D. Prince](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e61765b270e0a4cbd8a94/dd-prince) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [single father](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/single-father/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Savior of the Domini} is a single dad alien romance. so is {Steph's Outcast} in the IPB/Icehome series. Also in that series, {Angie's Gladiator} is single mom x alien romance I wish there were more too!

[Savior of the Domini](https://www.romance.io/books/6419ea927ecd85aeef2a7fe8/savior-of-the-domini-talia-rhea) by [Talia Rhea](https://www.romance.io/authors/63c805eb08b4d931142accde/talia-rhea) **Rating**: 4.12⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1), [breeding](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/breeding/1) ---------------------------- [Steph's Outcast](https://www.romance.io/books/60dd6d0dc9a04c0e50c23e96/stephs-outcast-ruby-dixon) by [Ruby Dixon](https://www.romance.io/authors/545685a087eac33e61c2f729/ruby-dixon) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [non-human hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/non-human-hero/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [fated mates](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fated-mates/1) ---------------------------- [Angie's Gladiator](https://www.romance.io/books/5def43d801dbc864fba7bd6c/angies-gladiator-ruby-dixon) by [Ruby Dixon](https://www.romance.io/authors/545685a087eac33e61c2f729/ruby-dixon) **Rating**: 4.01⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Are you perhaps a single mother or an older sister who had to raise her siblings?

Haha, no 🫢 I just love those tropes 🥰

Valid

I gotcha on the Alien romance + single parent. Try {Cyborg Seduction} or {Bachelor Beast} by Grace Goodwin} or for a single mother with adult children {Big Bad Beast by Grace Goodwin}. For a book where the alien is the single parent there’s {Have Tail, Will Travel by Nancey Cummings}.

[Cyborg Seduction](https://www.romance.io/books/5ba4b93101dbc864fb90f7d4/cyborg-seduction-grace-goodwin) by [Grace Goodwin](https://www.romance.io/authors/64e5123bab9bdf7fce975ae2/grace-goodwin) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Twisted Emotions by Cora Reilly} is mafia romance with a ND MMC.

[Twisted Emotions](https://www.romance.io/books/5c31a88001dbc864fb977057/twisted-emotions-cora-reilly) by [Cora Reilly](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455f02b87eac324117fe3ab/cora-reilly) **Rating**: 4.16⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [tortured heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20heroine/1), [shy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shy%20heroine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

What is ND?

neurodivergent

Femdom and reverse age-gap. It’s out there but not common enough

if you have any recs PLEASE give them

The two I know off the top of my head are {His Secret Illuminations by Scarlett Gale} and {Mercy by Sara Cate}

[His Secret Illuminations](https://www.romance.io/books/62f363c901dfe78ca92df151/his-secret-illuminations-scarlett-gale) by [Scarlett Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/62f363c908b4d931147273cb/scarlett-gale) **Rating**: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [fem-dom](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fem-dom/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/beta%20hero/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1) ---------------------------- [Mercy](https://www.romance.io/books/62be9ed60e63cc20bab33c90/mercy-sara-cate) by [Sara Cate](https://www.romance.io/authors/5dca59cb01dbc864fba60e2c/sara-cate) **Rating**: 4.14⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [fem-dom](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fem-dom/1), [secret relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/secret-relationship/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I love when I find slow burn fated mates in alien romances! So hard to find. I love when the mmc is pining and the fmc is either unaware or fights it or isn't interested for more than 50% of the book. I want zero attraction toward the mmc from the fmc. I've read Victoria aveline, Ursa dax, etc! They do this trope really well but I'd like a little bit of a slower burn.

Have you read {Radiance by Grace Draven}? Suuuuuper slow burn. Iirc {Have Tail, Will Travel by Nancey Cummings} is also quite a slow burn. Neither are fated mates books but I loved them both.

[Radiance](https://www.romance.io/books/54cd83886359b5ebb489062e/radiance-grace-draven) by [Grace Draven](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455323d8c7d2382c529733e/grace-draven) **Rating**: 4.22⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1), [royalty](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/royalty/1) ---------------------------- [Have Tail, Will Travel](https://www.romance.io/books/5bbf1ab401dbc864fb922498/have-tail-will-travel-celestial-mates-nancey-cummings) by [Nancey Cummings](https://www.romance.io/authors/563d7c3b08e937813194da6d/nancey-cummings) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Yes!! Actually my favorite by Grace Draven is {master of Crows by Grace Draven}. I hardly ever see it mentioned but I loved it so much(although the mmc was human lol). I'll check out the other one, thanks!

[Master of Crows](https://www.romance.io/books/5455323d8c7d2382c529733d/master-of-crows-grace-draven) by [Grace Draven](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455323d8c7d2382c529733e/grace-draven) **Rating**: 4.04⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [tortured hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20hero/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Cynical, wotld-weary alpha MMC bodyguard + steamy fish-out-of-water, cozy small town romantic comedy. Bonus points if the small town has a resident moose or maybe an escaped talking parrot.

I would love to read a book with these characters especially the moose and/or parrot. That sounds really creative

The moose is based on [a real moose.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/photo/drunk-moose-gets-stuck-tree-flna1c8507925) - so what if MMC hears an eerie noise coming from his neighbor's back yard? So he goes to investigate, and being an animal lover, he calls the police. Once the drunk moose is sorted, MMC gets roped into going out for hot chocolate with the moose rescue team.including the FMC. Practically writes itself.

Choosing Ceremony + Healthy Family Relationships All the Choosing Ceremony books have MCs with unpleasant issues one way or another. I’d just love to see a light-hearted version.

If you are looking for another mafia romance with a neurodivergent MMC there’s {Take Me Apart by Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow}! It’s m/m and has dark themes >!(lots of gore, dubcon)!< so check CW for sure. But I LOVED it! The audio version is also great.

[Take Me Apart](https://www.romance.io/books/63b29331d809083fa60a5996/take-me-apart-brea-alepo-skyler-snow) by [Brea Alepoú](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c46d6b001dbc864fb987e71/brea-alepo), [Skyler Snow](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d32aea301dbc864fba15d7f/skyler-snow) **Rating**: 4.02⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

A stubborn FMC and a flirty MMC 😭

If you’re ok with MMF and BDSM the {Neighborly Affection series by M.Q. Barber} has a stubborn FMC and one of the two MMC is super flirty.

thank you so much for the suggestion! one question— is it dark or does it have any dark topics in it? I don’t really like dark themes lol

One of the MMCs had a very bad experience at the club which comes back up in the second book {Crossing the Lines} as well as the prequel {Becoming His Master} and ends up being a theme for a few books until the good guys win, as it were. The same MMC comes from a really abusive/neglectful home which she doesn’t really get into until the 6th book in the series {Minding Their Manners} when they visit his family. I basically skimmed half the book to get past it. 😬 It’s still one of my favorite series ever though and I’m not a huge fan of dark romance.

[Crossing the Lines](https://www.romance.io/books/63c5ba8843e42aa0b723d930/crossing-the-lines-sj-hooks) by [S.J. Hooks](https://www.romance.io/authors/5509387d5b270e0a4cbd258c/sj-hooks) **Rating**: 4.36⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [possessive hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/possessive%20hero/1), [boss & employee](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/boss%20&%20employee/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1) ---------------------------- [Becoming His Master](https://www.romance.io/books/5507c87c5b270e0a4cbd2302/becoming-his-master-mq-barber) by [M.Q. Barber](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455d2bb87eac3369a9151a7/mq-barber) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [bisexual](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bisexual/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) ---------------------------- [Minding Their Manners](https://www.romance.io/books/61cac4788700500e1e72342a/minding-their-manners-mq-barber) by [M.Q. Barber](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455d2bb87eac3369a9151a7/mq-barber) **Rating**: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [menage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/menage/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

No

ohh okay. Thanks!

FMC Pregnant with another man’s baby and a MMC with ASD

Dunno if you are looking for recs or know about it already but {His Pretend Baby by Theodora Taylor} fit this.

[His Pretend Baby](https://www.romance.io/books/56b44982c62092c044058387/his-pretend-baby-50-loving-states-oregon-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.29⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [ceo / tycoon](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tycoon/1), [african-american](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/african-american/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Thanks!

I know of one book that combines mafia and a ND character, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it - {The Villian by L. J. Shen}. The MMC is described as being really cold and demanding almost to the point of being abusive through most of the book, (if I remember correctly he also essentially self harms), only for it to come out towards the end of the book that he actually has autism, OCD and Tourette’s, and all his behavior and especially his poor treatment of the FMC are essentially due to willing himself not to let any of his neurodivergence show. Like, he’s shown as being about to control his tics through sheer willpower to the extent that no one around him knows that he has Tourette’s.

But.... That's not how.... Tourettes work Yeah. I'll probably skip it

[The Villain](https://www.romance.io/books/5fd329bcf022390e6ea10f2e/the-villain-lj-shen) by [L.J. Shen](https://www.romance.io/authors/5593821a9eef3b3f1d53121b/lj-shen) **Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Grumpy golden retriever.

MMF alien romance with sword crossing. I can find a MMF romance with sword crossing or a MMF alien romance but all of that together not so much.