bonnet ripper

Meaning

Noun

• A work in a genre of romantic fiction and Christian fiction that presents chaste representations of romantic love, where the most intimate action may be the removal of a bonnet or other similarly chaste actions. The genre is aimed at conservative devout Christian women, and frequently feature protagonists who are Amish, Mennonite, Quaker, Shaker, Puritan, or similar.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Amish romance

Broader meaning words

• Christian fiction
• Christian romance / Christian romantic fiction
• romance / romantic fiction
• fiction

Origin

• . From being a genre of romance having women wearing bonnets, and frequently shown on the covers wearing such; whose characters harken back to the historical settings of bodice rippers.