§Personal Collection
Cinnamon Roll MMCs
Heroes who are soft, supportive, and emotionally available—golden retriever energy, minimal toxicity. Many of these are singled out in ‘cinnamon roll hero’ recommendation posts and megathreads.
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The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang · 2018
Michael is a patient, endlessly considerate escort hero whose primary kink is making sure the heroine feels safe and adored.
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell · 2001
Levi is textbook cinnamon roll: chatty, kind, and relentlessly supportive of an anxious, introverted fangirl.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston · 2017
Prince Henry is a shy, tender, poet-hearted royal who falls hard and proves that soft does not mean weak.
Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall · 2020
Oliver is the upright, gentle barrister whose patience and quiet care ground the chaotic disaster that is Luc.
The Charm Offensive
Alison Cochrun · 2021
Dev, the neurodivergent producer, is a self-described soft-hearted romantic who champions the anxious, closeted bachelor lead.
Spoiler Alert
Olivia Dade · 2020
Marcus is a secretly-fanfic-writing TV star who is sweetly besotted and determined to do better when he screws up.
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry · 2021
Alex is the buttoned-up but deeply soft best friend who quietly rearranges his life around the heroine for years.
In the Case of Heartbreak
Courtney Kae · 2023
Ben is literally described as a cinnamon-roll hero in industry coverage—a baker pining for his musician neighbor.
Fair as a Star
Mimi Matthews · 2020
Curate Mark Rivenhall is a gentle, self-sacrificing vicar type whose first instinct is always to comfort and protect.
The Rakess
Scarlett Peckham · 2020
Adam is a widower architect and quintessential ‘nice guy’ foil to a scandalous rakess heroine—very much a cinnamon roll in breeches.
§ About this list
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2001–2023
- Average rating
- 3.9 / 5 across 4,305 ratings
- Genres
- Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq, Young Adult
Most-rated on Cinnamon Roll MMCs
- 1Red, White & Royal Blue · Casey McQuiston
Prince Henry is a shy, tender, poet-hearted royal who falls hard and proves that soft does not mean weak.
- 2People We Meet on Vacation · Emily Henry
Alex is the buttoned-up but deeply soft best friend who quietly rearranges his life around the heroine for years.
- 3Fangirl · Rainbow Rowell
Levi is textbook cinnamon roll: chatty, kind, and relentlessly supportive of an anxious, introverted fangirl.
Common questions about Cinnamon Roll MMCs
- How many books are on Cinnamon Roll MMCs?
- Cinnamon Roll MMCs has 10 books, published between 2001 and 2023.
- Which book on Cinnamon Roll MMCs is the most popular?
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,289 ratings and a 4.0 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Cinnamon Roll MMCs?
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.1 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Cinnamon Roll MMCs?
- Start with Red, White & Royal Blue, People We Meet on Vacation and Fangirl: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Cinnamon Roll MMCs?
- The books on this list are tagged Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq and Young Adult.
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