Welcome to The Spice Rack, where I’ll be putting my nearly two-decade love of smut to use by recommending must-read spicy romance novels to my fellow unabashed smut lovers. This month I’ve rounded up some of my favorite spicy romance novels featuring truly thigh-clenching dirty talk. The heroes (and heroines) in these books have some of the filthiest mouths in fiction.

Heat Index: Be sure to check out my rating system to see just how spicy these novels can get.
🔥 – sexual tension and one or two great sex scenes
🔥🔥 – lots of sexual tension and several great sex scenes
🔥🔥🔥 – lots of sex scenes & plenty of plot, maybe some lighter kink
🔥🔥🔥🔥 – lots & lots of sex with some plot, can get pretty kinky too
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 – most of the book is sex with just a bit of plot, more hardcode kinks

The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

Heat Index: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The plot of this spicy novel seems designed specifically for as much dirty talk as you can fit in 300+ pages, which definitely contributes to its spice rating. Cassie takes a job as a nanny, only to discover that the single dad she’s working for was her biggest fan on her OnlyFans account, and the reason she deleted it a year ago. Each chapter opens with flashbacks to a few of his progressively naughtier messages, which get downright filthy fast. I can’t wait for more from Lana Ferguson!

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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Heat Index: 🔥🔥🔥

Ana Huang is well known on BookTok for her fantastic spicy romances, and all of her books are highly recommended, but for this list of best dirty talkers, Rhys reigns supreme. The bodyguard and forbidden love tropes in Twisted Games draw out the sexual tension in the most delicious way.

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Getaway Girl by Tessa Bailey

Heat Index: 🔥🔥

Tessa Bailey has been called the Michelangelo of dirty talk, so basically all of her books belong on this list, especially her backlist. In Getaway Girl, Bailey gives us a filthy-mouthed heroine who rescues a groom when he gets jilted at the altar. The hero, a southern gentleman to the core and said groom, can hold his own when he forgets to be polite.

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Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

Heat Index: 🔥🔥🔥

The fanfiction that launched this writing duo’s career is a must-read for any dirty talk fans. Chloe Mills is nearly done with her MBA internship when she and her boss (the Beautiful Bastard) finally give in to the sexual tension and have hate sex (repeatedly, all over the office).

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The Master by Kresley Cole

Heat Index: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The second book in Kresley Cole’s Game Maker series, The Master just barely beat out the first in the series for this list of dirty talkers. When Cat is forced to become an escort, her very first (and last) client is the gorgeous and very kinky mafia boss Maksim.

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Knight by Kristen Ashley

Heat Index: 🔥🔥🔥

The first in another series that could all be on this list, this Kristen Ashley follows hard-working and sweet Anya as she meets a night-club-owning, control-freak anti-hero named Knight. He shows her just how sweet life can be when she lets him take control.

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