3.69 avg rating — 1,392 ratings

"One of my favorite books ever written, this is a historical fiction/ripper hybrid. Dark, gloomy, & elegantly un-PC."

3.32 avg rating — 40 ratings

"Another of my favorite books ever -- plenty of WTFery & torrid adventure, plus a touch of gothic. Love the hero. <3"

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings

"A whirlwind of surreal WTFery, creeptastic sex, & bizarre violence. Easily one of my all-time favorite rippers. :D"

3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings

"Tons o' rape & violence in the Crusades + one of my favorite asshole ripper heroes. <3"

3.74 avg rating — 35 ratings

"Young heroine suffers rape, violence, & the clash of Romany vs aristocracy -- very intense with an unusual historical backdrop. "

3.27 avg rating — 26 ratings

"Pay no attention to the hideous cover -- this is a hidden gem of ripperdom set in Victorian-era India."

3.26 avg rating — 39 ratings

"Mesmerizing story of a brutal hero & survivor heroine in medieval England - rape, witchcraft, rape, politics, violence, & even more rape. "

3.56 avg rating — 1,891 ratings

"The quintessential ripper -- it's got everything that makes squeamish readers shy away from the genre. :D"

3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings

"Rapes, threesomes, torrid globetrotting adventures, graphic violence, a highly sensual heroine, & The Long Separation -- this one has it all. :D"

3.66 avg rating — 3,625 ratings

"Beautifully written & very dark, even for the classic ripper style."

3.50 avg rating — 111 ratings

"Another hybrid. This is a medieval soap opera, but it does have rippery elements & plenty of WTF."

3.27 avg rating — 45 ratings

3.61 avg rating — 56 ratings

"Rape, sex-kitten heroine, WTFery, violence, & harem adventures. The male authorship is rather blatant, with very little 'romance' per se."

3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings

"Copious rape & colorful adventure featuring a spitfire heroine & jerky alpha -- this one surprised me in a good way. "

3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings

"A doorstopper of pure crazypants -- this one has everything & then some. Brutal & engrossing beneath that bland Pinnacle cover. :D "

3.27 avg rating — 1,811 ratings

"The original bodice ripper -- and beautifully written, to boot."

3.61 avg rating — 2,234 ratings

"Part gothic, part ripper -- one of the few books that blends equal shares of both."

2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings

"Bizarre WTFery in the era of Marco Polo -- lolzy, OTT, & utterly engrossing despite the sloppy style."

3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings

"Packed with action & utterly unapologetic in its sloppy WTFery -- definitely not for pearl-clutchers. :D"

4.07 avg rating — 1,994 ratings

"An infamous touchstone in the ripper pantheon. :D"

4.03 avg rating — 262 ratings

3.42 avg rating — 64 ratings

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2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings

"Brutal WTFery in the Old South - not for the easily offended, but somewhat lacking in character development. "

3.91 avg rating — 771 ratings

"Dark & brutal story of lust, rape, & power; love the Spanish setting & beautiful prose."

3.28 avg rating — 50 ratings

"Awesomely OTT villain & resilient heroine on a gorgeously icy Russian backdrop. Be warned the hero is a nonexistent presence."

3.33 avg rating — 36 ratings

"Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition! Except in bodice-shredding romances. ;) Not all of Osborne's books are rippers, but her older stuff is great."

3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings

"Crusade rippers are one of my favorite tropes. I can't get enough of them."

3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings

"Another sprawling, brutal novel about Inquisition Spain. This one is seriously dark & violent...not for the squeamish."

3.30 avg rating — 217 ratings

"Dark, gloomy ripper with a slight gothic tinge."

3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings

"An ultra-rare Conquistador ripper -- violent & gory, full of rapes & bloodspray with weird, dreamy prose."

4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings

"Awesomely unusual setting + brutal violence; this one features a tenacious heroine & whackadoodle villainess."

3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings

"Excellently un-PC ripper about spies in the Civil War."

3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings

"Yet another Crusades ripper. Because yes, I love them."

3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings

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3.78 avg rating — 341 ratings

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3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings

3.90 avg rating — 896 ratings