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    the ripped bodice

    Aug 01, 2021 2 minutes
    Words Kate Stanton

    The books lining the shelves of The Ripped Bodice bookstore in Culver City, Los Angeles, tell stories of characters as varied as time-travelling punk rockers, gay hockey players, aristocrats with autism, and even shape-shifting honey badgers. They have one thing in common, though: everyone gets a happily ever after. The ‘HEA’, as it’s known in romance parlance, is a non-negotiable tenet of

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