bodice rippers
Passionate historical fiction
Bodice rippers are romance novels featuring passionate, often historically set love stories with explicit sexual content.
The name comes from cover art and scenes depicting heroes tearing open heroines' clothing in moments of desire.
The term is sometimes dismissive, sometimes affectionate: She spent the summer reading bodice rippers by the pool.
Also called bodice-ripper novels.
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- romanceLove and its excitement
- rompsBoisterous playful activity
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
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- romantic escapismfairy tales, love stories, romance novels, chick flicks, rom-coms
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- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
bodice rippersliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
the classics · classics · experimental fiction · modernist literature · modernist novels
bodice rippersclean romance
Love story sans intimacy
Christian fiction · children's literature · sweet romance · young adult fiction
bodice rippershard science fiction
Speculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
police procedurals · techno-thrillers · spy novels · war novels · courtroom dramas
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