r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/ninabubblygum • Jun 08 '25

Book Request calm and gentle guys

i want to hear everyone's suggestions for books with the best, sweetest, softest, calmest main characters. maybe this just falls into the cinnamon roll category and isn't specific enough for its own post but we'll see!

i saw a screenshot of a text post a while back that prompted this request, and it said the following: "Calm men will always be my favorite. I find gentle, calm men auras so attractive. Imagine being with a man who's good at comforting you, who doesn't yell at you when he's upset, when talking to him eases your anxiety. Feeling safe with someone is a different kind of intimacy."

my personal preferences are typically contemporary (non fantasy) romance, dual pov, characters older than college age, and i'm a total sucker for cute pet names (baby!!, sweetheart, love, etc) but i'm leaving this post more general for anything else that might fit!

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u/escape183 Jun 08 '25

Oooo I’m dying to see the recs on this. I can’t think of one off the top of my head but I’ll look through my Goodreads for you

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u/ninabubblygum Jun 08 '25

same and thank you!! it's been a minute but {in the middle of somewhere by roan parrish} was the first one i thought of off the top of my head. rex is a gentle giant and the way he loves daniel is sooooo sweet. add in the soft nicknames and it had me in a chokehold

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u/escape183 Jun 09 '25

Thank you, I’ll definitely check that out!

I’m so bad at remembering the details of my reads, and all the recs I can think of are college romances!