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BitaTruble -> Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 12:29:39 PM)
I haven't read one for about 40 years but I have fond memories of Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. (If there is a better bodice ripper out there, I didn't run across it during my bodice ripper reading days). So, what's your favorite bodice ripper? ::this thread started in honor of Dusky Pearls whose education in the bodice ripping department has been sorely lacking for far too long!:: [:D]

SeekingTrinity -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 12:36:40 PM)
I am so sorry, but I have nothing useful to contribute in the bodice ripper department. Picked up some random book one time and it had me laughing too hard, which I'm sure is the exact opposite effect the author was looking for

poise -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 12:44:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BitaTruble Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. Ooooh! Steve and Ginny have always been my favorite bodice ripping characters! Did you know she has a few more books that continue their saga, each one as bodice ripping as before? Wicked Loving Lies - Dark Fires - Bound By Desire - Lost Love, Last Love - Savage Desire Thanks for reminding me of those books. I'm ordering them as soon as I hit the Ok button here.

BitaTruble -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 12:48:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: poise quote: ORIGINAL: BitaTruble Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. Ooooh! Steve and Ginny have always been my favorite bodice ripping characters! Did you know she has a few more books that continue their saga, each one as bodice ripping as before? Wicked Loving Lies - Dark Fires - Bound By Desire - Lost Love, Last Love - Savage Desire Thanks for reminding me of those books. I'm ordering them as soon as I hit the Ok button here. Wicked, Dark and Savage Desire I knew about (and read in the way back when).. I did not know about Bound by Desire or Lost Love, Last Love. Man.. I hadn't thought about those for years until I read Dusky's post on another thread. It would probably be a hoot to go read them again! Thanks for the two new finds. :)

calamitysandra -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:05:12 PM)
I can not remember the title, but there was one I borrowed from my mother during my teenage years that I remember happily. No I have to go and see what google brings.

Missokyst -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:19:45 PM)
I really don't recall any of the titles I read because I was very young when I indulged. I do recall several pirate themes, and a few oriental slave sagas. When I read them they were gulped down by series. I would search the bookstores for sets and spend my money on themes. I think I stopped reading them when crime became more newsworthy. People like the night stalker, and Ted Bundy were headlines and I became hooked on crime and psychology rather than being whisked away to exotic locales and ravished repeatedly. lol The crime stuff sort of made me irritated that the women were not fighting back as hard as I might have.

BitaTruble -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:25:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Missokyst I really don't recall any of the titles I read because I was very young when I indulged. I do recall several pirate themes, and a few oriental slave sagas. When I read them they were gulped down by series. I would search the bookstores for sets and spend my money on themes. I think I stopped reading them when crime became more newsworthy. People like the night stalker, and Ted Bundy were headlines and I became hooked on crime and psychology rather than being whisked away to exotic locales and ravished repeatedly. lol The crime stuff sort of made me irritated that the women were not fighting back as hard as I might have. I so get that! I went from Rosemary Rogers to Anne Rule and while the bodice rippers went away as a form of entertainment reading, I never did stop enjoying true crime books.

calamitysandra -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:34:20 PM)
Found (and bought) it. It was the German edition of A Fire in the Heart by Katherine Sutcliffe. I am looking forward to reading it once more and finding out how 20 years have changed my view on the book.

kiwisub12 -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:38:28 PM)
I have fond memories of reading books by Barbara Cartland. No virgins were harmed in the writing of her books - they all waited until after marriage to be deflowered - but there was a lot of bosom heaving before the marriage ceremony.

Duskypearls -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:42:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BitaTruble I haven't read one for about 40 years but I have fond memories of Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers. (If there is a better bodice ripper out there, I didn't run across it during my bodice ripper reading days). So, what's your favorite bodice ripper? ::this thread started in honor of Dusky Pearls whose education in the bodice ripping department has been sorely lacking for far too long!:: [:D] Too funny, and too true, Bita. I've missed out on a lot in more ways than you'd probably imagine. That was cute, tho' thanks!

BitaTruble -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:43:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kiwisub12 I have fond memories of reading books by Barbara Cartland. No virgins were harmed in the writing of her books - they all waited until after marriage to be deflowered - but there was a lot of bosom heaving before the marriage ceremony. Cartland to Rogers to BDSM.. no horrific leap there for me! lol Oh, and before Anne Rule was Nancy Drew! I see the progression so clearly now. [:)]

BitaTruble -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:45:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Duskypearls Too funny, and too true, Bita. I've missed out on a lot in more ways than you'd probably imagine. That was cute, tho' thanks! My pleasure! You brought me back some of my memories from childhood that didn't make me cringe so thank 'you' for that!

Duskypearls -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:46:11 PM)
Nancy Drew?! While you were reading that, I was reading Bomba the Jungle Boy... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba,_the_Jungle_Boy ...Mein Kampf and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

kiwisub12 -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 1:49:16 PM)
We didn't read Nancy Drew when I was a kid. It was Enid Blyton and the famous five books. Loved those books, though my dad who was a teacher hated them. He thought they were too simple and would discourage us from reading. Silly man - my kindle is my best friend.

calamitysandra -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 2:00:16 PM)
I had, and loved, all Famous Five (called Die fünf Freunde in German) stories on cassette. I would love to hear some of them again.

theshytype -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 2:24:32 PM)
Nancy Drew was my favorite! I have to admit, I had to google bodice rippers. I've never read any romance novel or erotica of any sort. Maybe I'm missing out.

hlen5 -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 2:32:05 PM)
Savage Thunder. I forget the author. The main thing I remember it is in return for escorting the hot patrician girl somewhere, he gets to have his way with her along the way. At one point they are sharing a horse. He tells her to turn around, "I want to ride you to the rhythm of my horse."

Rawni -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 4:14:19 PM)
Rosemary Rodgers was the queen of bodice rippers, but if I remember correctly, Johanna Lindsey... maybe Kathleen Woodiwiss did a few. I may have to add that to one of my stories now that you mention it. Hehe

Duskypearls -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/21/2013 4:44:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: hlen5 Savage Thunder. I forget the author. The main thing I remember it is in return for escorting the hot patrician girl somewhere, he gets to have his way with her along the way. At one point they are sharing a horse. He tells her to turn around, "I want to ride you to the rhythm of my horse." Hotcha!

hlen5 -> RE: Bodice Rippers (6/23/2013 12:21:28 AM)
Woodiwiss wrote The Flame and the Flower (Brandon and Heather!) and The Wolf and The Dove (Wulfgar and Aislynn!). Loved both of them. There was another book called Deep Summer wirtten by Judith ? that I loved too. ETA: Oops just googled Deep Summer and the main character's name is Judith. It was written by Gwen Barstow.

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