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- noun slang a
popular novel involvingfrequent explicit sexual encounters , normally in acontemporary setting
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Examples
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So it was surprising to hear the Sky News presenter had taken critical brickbats about her debut bonkbuster, First Ladies, to heart.
Media Monkey's Diary 2011
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These texts, written in the style of 1980s bonkbuster novels but with the content of newsy autobiography, could change the face of publishing.
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This one reminded me of Louise Bagshawe or one of the other British bonkbuster authors - quite European though it's set in LA and New York as well as France and revenge-oriented rather than Phillips' usual football-player types being thrust into situations with quirky heroines.
Archive 2009-04-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2009
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This one reminded me of Louise Bagshawe or one of the other British bonkbuster authors - quite European though it's set in LA and New York as well as France and revenge-oriented rather than Phillips' usual football-player types being thrust into situations with quirky heroines.
Review: Glitter Baby tinylittlelibrarian 2009
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And I've just finished a bonkbuster- that's what in England we call a big beach read of a book with lots of sex, shopping and intrigue – it's called DIVAS and it comes out in the UK in August under the name Rebecca Chance.
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And I've just finished a bonkbuster- that's what in England we call a big beach read of a book with lots of sex, shopping and intrigue – it's called DIVAS and it comes out in the UK in August under the name Rebecca Chance.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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I gave up about halfway through Gladiatrix: it was too much of a bonkbuster for blokes to appeal to me.
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One paper heralded the film as “Vivaldi, the sex-obsessed rock star”, giving some idea of the tone of this likely bonkbuster.
Vivaldi de Brantigny........................ 2008
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One paper heralded the film as “Vivaldi, the sex-obsessed rock star”, giving some idea of the tone of this likely bonkbuster.
Archive 2008-03-02 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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I'm not honestly sure that I'd go as far as to call it a bonkbuster, but I can understand that the book isn't for everyone.
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