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Jilly Cooper receives CBE #bonkbuster #bodiceripper #Rutshire (at England)

Four for #coverlustfriday. A Victor Gadino, Elaine Duillo, Elaine Gignilliat, and a Walter Popp. I'm new to this, so hope I'm doing this right.🤔 #bookstagram #bodiceripper #bodicerippers #gothicromance #romancenovels #romancestagram #victorgadino #elaineduillo #elainegignilliat #walterpopp #oldskoolromance #sweetsavageflame https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjU-i-NMno/?utm_medium=tumblr

The first romance author I ever read was Johanna Lindsey. The book was called "Savage Thunder" and it was during the time of bodice ripper covers featuring Fabio. Who was your first romance author?

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T.g.i. #coverlustfruday! For today I chose two #romancenovels that are set in the desert and feature the word sand in the title. I haven't read either of these #books, but I so was taken by the #coverart I had to show them off. Fire and Sand by Sarah Edwards was published in 1989 by Saint Martin's press. Unfortunately I don't know who the cover artist is but I will file this in the TBD folder. It takes place in North Africa where the heroine finds herself abducted and sent to a harem. She meets an American who helps her escape and they begin a swashbuckling adventure of star-crossed love. That's according to the blurb, anyway. The other book is called Daughter of the Sand by Pamela South. It was published in 1979 by Playboy Press. The cover artist is Jordi Bosch Penalver, better known as Jordi Penalva, a well-established pulp and comic artist. This one sounds like a crazy #bodiceripper, set in the 1920s, where the heroine continent hops from England to Arabia to Austria to America. She gets kidnapped by a desert Sheik becomes an associate of American mobster, and finds love with a handsome doctor. Sigmund Freud makes an appearance as her psychiatrist. Both these books have fairly low ratings on Goodreads, but that never stopped me from reading an #oldschoolromance, especially when the #covers are so pretty. Plus I must admit to having bad taste and a low bar for being entertained. If a book grabbed my attention, it merits a positive review. How rigid are you in judging the books you read? Do you value quality writing over plot? Or are they both equally important? #bookish #bookishromance #bookstagram #historicalromances #historicalromance #desertsetting #desertromance #romancestagram #sweetsavageflame #vintageromance #1980sromance #1970sromance #retroromance #retroreads #bodicerippers #coverlust #coverslut https://www.instagram.com/p/CaIrEeMro3f/?utm_medium=tumblr

The Savage Noble - Chapter One: Sin Made Flesh (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1045181408-the-savage-noble-chapter-one-sin-made-flesh?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=JacquelineDiaz023&wp_originator=yq3DGuvC8bNDZdETexbqYpViP5wxgX6%2FHy9zwmHuNlSl1HWWgsXocRIzFF%2F%2Fb%2F3gZU7qc3iIYHb10qaGStbSCHI3KDzX4njO9btu8IAyVbOaLWG1%2BR2ig5yxeDEv76EN A thrilling Regency-era romance about Lord Justin Tollemache, a cruel and vain Earl who thought he could have everything or everyone he desired, and Miss Linnet Talbot, the one woman who would deny him at every turn... Until he devised a ruthless scheme to ensnare her into his clutches, only to find they were both caught in a trap from which neither would escape.

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