The list for September 3, 1997
The Top 15 Bad Romance Novel Opening Lines
(Part II)
(Part II)
- “Hers was a dark and stormy loin.”
- “The T. Rex stopped to stare at the female, its tawny pecs rippling in the dappled light.”
- “Her eyes were a beautiful bright blue. Her lips full and sensual. And her legs strong and firm, all four of them.”
- “Nick Adams held the corset in his hand. It was a good corset. It would rip when he ripped it. Nick liked that.”
- “Her habit clung to her body like leather to a bible.”
- “Her voice quivered like a plate of Jell-O on a fault line, and her body was soon to follow.”
- “Flinging her abusive husband’s genitalia out the car window, Lorena felt a long overdue sense of freedom.”
- “Long auburn hair flowing out behind her, dress billowing in the breeze, Cassandra had given in to gravity’s pull and hit the pavement like a bag of fresh phlegm.”
- “I couldn’t take my eyes off of his rippling physique, his dark leonine mane, his sensual lips and his skim, no foam, double cappuccino, half-caf, half-decaf eyes.”
- “The very sight of him made me forget Paris and long for New Jersey.”
- “With great trepidation, Richard Jewell walked the six flights of stairs to the apartment he shared with his mother.”
- “Her bosom was heaving uncontrollably; she doubted she’d make it to the toilet on time.”
- “I blushed as the captain strode toward me in his manly way, took me in his arms and whispered, ‘Make it so, Number One! Engage!'”
- “The man-probe dug in deep while NASA engineers gawked in lecherous pleasure.”
And the Number 1 Bad Romance Novel Opening Line…
- “Marv strutted into the Ritz with a twinkle in his eye and a gleam in his incisors.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 104 submissions from 41 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Fred Hesby, Portland, OR — 1 (2nd #1)
- Matt Alford, Portland, OR — 2
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 3, 12
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 4
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC — 5
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 6
- Gene/Cynthia Markins-Dieden, New Haven, CT — 7
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 8
- Matt Diamond, Holland, PA — 9
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 10
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 11
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 13
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 14, Topic
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 15
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — Banner Tag
- The Romantics, somewhere on tour — Ambience
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