• They’re cold? What about the poor coachman on top of the carriage?
• Nervous heroes always rub the back of their neck. Nervous heroines always bite their lips.
• I wish I could do that sardonic raised eyebrow thing. People in these books always can.
• Should I be hearing this with an English accent?
• How do they kiss with that height difference?
• Aren’t they freezing?
• Just how big is this bed?
• Yes, I’m sure the servants just love them.
• That’s a lot of tongue.
• There are more soldiers in Regency romances with PTSD than served in the Napoleonic Wars.
• Does that bonnet come with a shepherd’s crook?
• It doesn’t come with any peripheral vision, that’s certain.
• It only takes a couple of pins to hold up waist length hair?
• That’s not really feasible in the bathtub you just described.
• Oh! Gloves. They’re probably wearing gloves. Mental note: Gloves.
• That’s not how prostitution works.
• He/she has been unconscious for days. I wouldn’t kiss someone with that breath.
• Wouldn’t her hair be stuck to them with sweat? Doesn’t her hair get caught underneath them?
• Didn’t you have to provide your own sheets in hotels back then?
• Historically speaking, shouldn’t this guy have some truly ridiculous facial hair?
• This castle should have a lot more minions.
• She certainly got over her shyness quickly.
• Aren’t nineteenth century settees too narrow for that sort of thing?
• “Prinny”? I’m out.
• You do not get to use “Lud” and “demme” AND “co*k” and “@ss”. Pick a lane.
• You cannot make a gown by hand in 6 hours.
• Shouldn’t she be wearing a corset?
• That wouldn’t rip so easily.
• The shift would rip. I’ll give you that.
• He’s sardonic and just called her “Sweetheart”? I am so in.
• Their hips brushed while dancing? You just said he’s a foot taller than her!
• Could she sit in his lap while wearing a bustle?
• I do so love a marriage of convenience plot.
• Seriously? He just licked the roof of her mouth?
• This whole House of Lords thing is quite a racket.
• What is with the dress on the cover?
• Unclean, UNCLEAN! (Specific to anything set before 1800)
• Why do all romance novel children, no matter their age, act 5?
• Shouldn’t they have more luggage?
• And a second conveyance for luggage and servants?
• Yes, I’m sure all of the “house wenches” are happy and safe.
• I didn’t realise PTSD could be so selective in its outbursts.
• That is not a pet that can be house-trained.
• Her corset would slice her in half, if she bent over like that.
• Bait and switch infertility, a romance author’s best friend.
• Someone would have walked in on them.
• Of course, the hero/heroine is the ONLY ONE with the necessary medical knowledge.
• Another audition for a practically perfect prospective step-parent passed.

I also have a list of things that occur to me while reading contemporary romance novels.

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