The image of a man ripping a corset is easy to write off as overwrought sexuality for those that don’t care to read the text, but anyone that does recognises it for the act of violence it is. She understood her craft well enough not just to know how to break the mold, but when she should.īoth The Silver Devil and The Flesh and the Devi l are not just gothic romances, they’re also bodice rippers, which is a term that started as a pejorative and has evolved into a crucial genre identifier. They’re often serialised, with the publishing line emphasised over the author, focusing on a particular niche or tone that many authors can copy through the span of hundreds of books.īy day, Jacqui Bianchi edited books that thrived in formula, and by night she wrote genre-bending, hair-curling gothic romance novels. The appeal of category romance is brevity and comfort through brand recognition.
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