I still use bodice -
ripper when referring to my romances - works for me.
Not exact matches
When one looks at the popular genre of «bonnet -
ripper» Amish romances, or the «tiny house» fad, it's easy to detect a certain nostalgia for a minimalist life.
Neither guilty pleasure nor bodice -
ripper, it's a wallow, a traipse through high heather that only hides the wet suck of the moors, and damned if it doesn't,
when all's said and done, project something like a masculine gaze in its positioning of brooding, demonic Heathcliff at its centre.
When it turns out the novel is nothing more than a pedestrian romance, a cheap bodice
ripper that exploits the pain and suffering of those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Danlin pens a scathing review.
San Juan Del Sur is home to many local
rippers as well as busloads of wannabe surfers so expect to share the line - up
when you are here.