Tender Torment in Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous

Jan 31, 2011 Twiggy added it

Shelves: spoilers, historical-romance, bodice-ripper, rape-by-hero, heroine-tstl, heroine-raped, not-a-keeper, guilty-pleasures, wtf

Well - I am not sure what to say - this is pretty much car crash territory but yet strangely readable and has actually made me guffaw more than once!

So far the heroine's guardian was murdered by her relatives and then, within minutes, her illegitimate cousin rapes her.

However neither grief nor trauma can keep her down!

She runs away and books passage on a schooner. The captain and crew get totally plastered and try to gang rape her. She falls overboard with a wooden oar in the middle of a raging ...more

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Aug 30, 2010 SmittenKitten rated it liked it

Shelves: bodice-rippers, historical-romance, rape-by-others, vindictive-mistress, campy, victorian, my-reviews, favorite-cover-art, ridiculous-but-entertaining-as-hell, read-2010

Setting: Victorian era (post Civil War) – locations: New York, Caribbean, New Orleans, Texas, then back to New York

Heroine: Alexandra Clarke – red hair and green eyes, 20yr old heiress to a shipping firm

Hero: Jake Jarmon – sun-bleached blonde hair and blue eyes, tanned skin, tall, captain of The Flying J

Villain: About every male character (who all attempt to rape the heroine – a few succeed) and all the scorned women in the hero’s past

Plot:Alexandra must flee New York to escape her relatives’ pl ...more

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May 01, 2023 Jena marked it as maybe

self note doesnt get crazier than this..

"Jake, I'm not a whore. I was raped. My cousin raped me."
"Oh no, please don't tell me!"
"Yes, you need to here this. And then, I was raped by a ship captain and his crew."
"Oh god, please no more!"
"I was attacked by a group of sailors, and they raped me. But they paid me. Then, the bouncer raped me."
"No more please!"
"And then your brother drugged me and raped me."
"Oh god!" ...more

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