Day 27 of #RomanceAwarenessMonth and today's post is dedicated to @lenoreo as she mentioned #CinnamonRoll MMCs in a recent reply. My fave Cinnamon Roll Hero is probably Martin in Olivia Dade's "Teach Me": he's been hurt in a previous relationship; he's a doting dad; he is sweet and gentle with the FMC Rose, until he becomes a dirty talking sexy lover (after seeking her consent for talking dirty, of course).
Please share your cinnamon roll recs! @romancelandia @romancebooks
@Anthro_CLH@lenoreo@Diva007@romancelandia@romancebooks Now this is the kind of question that helps me understand the classification. @OliviaWrites has a lot of cinnamon roll characters, but Alex has a snarky, slightly bitter sense of humor that doesn't quite fit. Is he on the border? His buddy Marcus is equally capable of being sweet, but built his withdrawn and chilly side for self-protection. (Loving this discussion.)
As his partner puts it, "He has a way of making you want to take care of him, doesn't he?"
He's blisteringly competent one minute, then he can barely feed himself. There's a whole covert team at the office to keep him humming along efficiently.
@Diva007@lenoreo@romancelandia@romancebooks He is a former old-order Mennonite paired up with a NYC teenage runaway turned spy/sex worker, let's say they have slightly different life experiences.
They work, somehow. One is extremely complicated and the other rarely asks questions. It catches him off-guard in a good way how his BF takes charge when they're alone.
From the same world, but easily read as a stand alone, I recommend Honey and Pepper; Nikias is absolutely a cinnamon roll hero who takes charge in the bedroom.
@Diva007@lenoreo@romancelandia@romancebooks That @OliviaWrites book was what motivated me to look up what a "cinnamon roll" was in the first place. Still not sure I can identify it without someone else pointing it out for me.
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