bodice ripper
๐ Definitions
noun
A type of historical romance, such as a novel or film, featuring passionate and often explicit romantic encounters and forced seduction.
๐ฌ Usage Examples
โKavanaugh was a protege of the former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, and a principal author of the Starr Report, the investigative bodice ripper that transfixed the reading public in the autumn of 1998. As a prosecutor, Kavanaugh set a bracing literary standard (โOn all nine of those occasions, the President fondled and kissed her bare brฮตasts ...โ).โ Jeffrey Toobin; Holding Court; The New Yorker; Mar 26, 2012.