bodice-ripper (1978), bodice-ripping (1979)

[Christopher Philippo]

Perhaps the Romance Writers of America http://www.rwa.org or Romantic Novelists Association http://www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org could help with the question and/or access to backissues of Romantic Times Magazine.

Christopher K. Philippo

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