![]() Her mother was French and brought them back to France after feeling abandoned by her husband but then dies, leaving Ginny in the care of her uncle. We also learn that her father is a US senator of California and when the US Civil War is over, he promises to send for her. We get ground work on Ginny learning to flirt and control men with her looks, which are so beautiful that lust abounds around her. ![]() This starts us off in 1862, first in France with 16yr old Virginia Brandon where her coming into womanhood has her cousin getting afflicted with guilty confused dick syndrome. I also rushed to read this in two days, so if I sound a wee bit punchy in the review, please excuse. ![]() I can't say when this exactly was put on there but I'd say I've been meaning to read it for over 20yrs.Īs I've called this a bodice ripper, I'm not sure it needs to be said but trigger warnings abound (racism, rape), especially sexual assault trauma. ![]() This is not an area for some to enter but my first entry to romance was rippers and I maintain a complicated relationship with them today, and still they remain on my tbr. For this month's #TBRChallenge, the prompt was Old School, which to me, means bodice rippers. ![]()
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