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25 August 2007

As I was unpacking one of the myriad boxes of discount used books to stock the dozen or so clearance carts (that's my job, among a few other duties), I discovered this tome. I guess some bodice-buster hack is also a Zevon fan. Did I buy it? Do you have to ask?

post by: jonmc at: 19:06 | 13 comments

Not likely a Zevon fan, more likely an unrepentant plagiarist.

posted by wendell 25 August | 19:38

Eh, all my years working in bookstores have made me suspect that all those bodice-buster auteurs are actually guys named 'Mack,' cranking out softcore lit-porn at a page a minute with a beer on the desk and most likely classic rock radio on in the background. Maybe the Zevon was playing and the author said 'Hey..'

posted by jonmc 25 August | 19:42

Only thing is... now that you've bought it, you have to read it. And do a book report. And post it here.

posted by miss lynnster 25 August | 20:06

There's not enough porn, soft-core or otherwise, in a Harlequin Romance to bother with.
Not that I've ever read one. Nuh uh, not me, no way!

posted by deborah 25 August | 21:02

This one was actually a 'Silhouette Romance,' for what it's worth. I wonder if a whole genre of Zevon Romances could be produced: Carmelita? I'll Sleep When I'm Dead? Excitable Boy?

It has potential.

posted by jonmc 25 August | 21:10

Werewolves of London . . .

posted by jason's_planet 25 August | 21:24

I don't the romance market is ready for lycanthrophilia, sir.

posted by jonmc 25 August | 21:39

Ya never know.

Ah-oooooooooooooooh . . . .

posted by jason's_planet 25 August | 23:28

Pedantic point possibly, but bodice rippers are one genre, bodice busters quite another. You appear to have bought a bodice ripper, jonmc.

posted by paulsc 25 August | 23:57

I don't the romance market is ready for lycanthrophilia, sir.

Dude, the occult romance/erotica subgenre is huge at the moment. It's mostly vampires, but I'm pretty darn sure I've seen more than a handful of "oh my savage werewolf love" books.

posted by Lentrohamsanin 26 August | 06:15

I saw one titled Mitch Takes a Wife the other day, which I felt took all the fun out of it. Although the cover appeared to depict a hunky chef and his buxom new assistant, with him dipping his finger into some whipped cream, which leads me to believe the book contained at least a little food play. Those peaks were mighty stiff, let me tell you.

posted by me3dia 26 August | 13:35

Jon, I'm sure you'll be sending it along to me after you're done.

I'll send my copy of Cherry Ames, Dude Ranch Nurse.

posted by danf 26 August | 16:45

Bitch plugged an Emma Holly book a while ago...and a well-known poet's daughter writes them too. Full disclosure--I used to read that line of Silhouttes in middle school (and there are a few romance authors I still follow); they're called Intimate Moments for a reason.

posted by brujita 26 August | 22:38

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