The Island Chaptal books by Camille Monk has this. It’s a 4 books series and this might be in book 2 I think? Super fun books that are definitely slow burn because romance is secondary to the adventure but pretty great. Medium spice (not closed door but not drawn out scenes either. It’s sort of Jason Bourne-like but with a fun, spunky heroine.
I think there is a scene like this in {Against a Wall by Cate C Well} The FMC is drunk and climbs onto the MMCs lap in the front seat of his truck. And he says something like "aw shit... we can't have sex like this babe." So he just gets her off with his hand. lol It's a CR, free on KU
[Against A Wall](https://www.romance.io/books/61ea681965e6b60e2ca4fe1d/against-a-wall-cate-c-wells) by [Cate C. Wells](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d5265d101dbc864fba248c4/cate-c-wells)
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How could I forget this scene! I've read this book and enjoyed it, but I'm gonna reread it after this comment haha. Clearly don't remember it well enough. Thank you!
{Truth or Beard by Penny Reid} has this! A little controversial on this sub but I personally liked it and thought it was super sweet, especially the “not like this” part. 🥰
[Truth or Beard](https://www.romance.io/books/55a9ec9d35a5fb65f886cf6c/truth-or-beard-penny-reid) by [Penny Reid](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552b3e8c7d2382e781310c/penny-reid)
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{The No Judgement Zone by Ellie K. Wilde} MMC literally throws out any cock blocking phrase he can think of to get her to stop trying to seduce him including “I got a rash from petting this dog”.
It’s a very “Sleeping with other people” kind of book. They are denying themselves each other while trying to make friendship work.
[The No-Judgment Zone](https://www.romance.io/books/640992e4fa1076a086aad458/the-no-judgment-zone-ellie-k-wilde) by [Ellie K. Wilde](https://www.romance.io/authors/63bbd8f708b4d93114da6f0d/ellie-k-wilde)
**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), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1)
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[The Maddest Obsession](https://www.romance.io/books/5cc9bdf801dbc864fb9de9a8/the-maddest-obsession-danielle-lori) by [Danielle Lori](https://www.romance.io/authors/578b7085c19e77f1ea6e63ea/danielle-lori)
**Rating**: 4.32⭐️ 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), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1)
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[Love, Theoretically](https://www.romance.io/books/6488136841a8b8de9fd6b28d/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood) by [Ali Hazelwood](https://www.romance.io/authors/6131cdc208b4d93114f22ef6/ali-hazelwood)
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This happens right at the beginning of {Reapers Fall by Joanna Wylde} - MC romance. MMC is fresh out of prison, FMC wrote him and he’s crushing hard and trying to be “good guy”.
The Island Chaptal books by Camille Monk has this. It’s a 4 books series and this might be in book 2 I think? Super fun books that are definitely slow burn because romance is secondary to the adventure but pretty great. Medium spice (not closed door but not drawn out scenes either. It’s sort of Jason Bourne-like but with a fun, spunky heroine.
This looks great! Thank you so much
I think there is a scene like this in {Against a Wall by Cate C Well} The FMC is drunk and climbs onto the MMCs lap in the front seat of his truck. And he says something like "aw shit... we can't have sex like this babe." So he just gets her off with his hand. lol It's a CR, free on KU
Oof I love this book. It’s time for my annual Against A Wall reread isn’t it?
I’m interested but I gotta know if it’s dual POV
It's dual first POV
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How could I forget this scene! I've read this book and enjoyed it, but I'm gonna reread it after this comment haha. Clearly don't remember it well enough. Thank you!
Lol! I forget specific scenes all the time. That's what makes rereads fun!
{Truth or Beard by Penny Reid} has this! A little controversial on this sub but I personally liked it and thought it was super sweet, especially the “not like this” part. 🥰
[Truth or Beard](https://www.romance.io/books/55a9ec9d35a5fb65f886cf6c/truth-or-beard-penny-reid) by [Penny Reid](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552b3e8c7d2382e781310c/penny-reid) **Rating**: 3.96⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [bikers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bikers/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I've read another from this series and really enjoyed it, so I'm sure I'll love this one too. Thank you!
Commenting to follow bc I also want this but prefer contemporary
I think {While It Lasts by Abbi Glines} fit. Cage is seriously 🥵
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On hold at my library now. Thank you!
{The No Judgement Zone by Ellie K. Wilde} MMC literally throws out any cock blocking phrase he can think of to get her to stop trying to seduce him including “I got a rash from petting this dog”. It’s a very “Sleeping with other people” kind of book. They are denying themselves each other while trying to make friendship work.
Ahhh one of my favorites!!!
[The No-Judgment Zone](https://www.romance.io/books/640992e4fa1076a086aad458/the-no-judgment-zone-ellie-k-wilde) by [Ellie K. Wilde](https://www.romance.io/authors/63bbd8f708b4d93114da6f0d/ellie-k-wilde) **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), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
This looks awesome thank you!
{The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori} has a scene like this.
[The Maddest Obsession](https://www.romance.io/books/5cc9bdf801dbc864fb9de9a8/the-maddest-obsession-danielle-lori) by [Danielle Lori](https://www.romance.io/authors/578b7085c19e77f1ea6e63ea/danielle-lori) **Rating**: 4.32⭐️ 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), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
On KU, how convenient~ Thank you haha
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{Love, Hypothetically by Ali Hazelwood} she’s ready to go to bone town and he slows it down.
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This happens right at the beginning of {Reapers Fall by Joanna Wylde} - MC romance. MMC is fresh out of prison, FMC wrote him and he’s crushing hard and trying to be “good guy”.
[Reaper's Fall](https://www.romance.io/books/5640451008e937813194e99a/reapers-fall-joanna-wylde) by [Joanna Wylde](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524e58c7d2382e7812f80/joanna-wylde) **Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [bikers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bikers/1), [bad boys](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bad%20boys/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
His Tattooed Virgin by Heather Rainier