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Stevens, Alyssa Roulstone, Sariah Baker, Matthew J. Bergeson, Susanna Housley, Yulin Wood, Taylor (2025) Book Descriptions Across Genres: A Content Analysis of “Contemporary Romance” and “Mystery and Thriller” Descriptions Publishing Research Quarterly 41:368–389 DOI: 10.1007/s12109-025-10047-3 Topic paratext Publishing
Stevenson, London (2025) Unbound Subgenres: Age Categorizations in Contemporary Romance and their Implications Masters thesis, University of Alabama in Huntsville Topic genre definitions sex/sexuality YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance
Stewart, Eowyn (2024) A Hero in Tears: How the Female Gaze Elicits Male Emotional Vulnerability in Romance Novels Honors Thesis, Abilene Christian University Topic gender emotions Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Diana Gabaldon Loretta Chase J.T. Geissinger RuNyx Danielle Lori
Stieg, Margaret F. (1985) Indian Romances: Tracts for the Times Journal of Popular Culture 18.4:2-15 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1985.00002.x Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) India settings race/ethnicity gender UK
Still, Julie (2005) Reading Between the Lines: Librarians as Authors of Fiction Libres: Library and Information Science Research e-journal 15.1: Topic libraries/librarians Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Stille Luse, Marcia L. (1991) Secondary educators' attitudes and professional assessment of the place for contemporary young adult series romance novels in the low-end and reluctant readers' curriculum Masters, Pacific University Topic YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance teaching romance
Stinson, Emmett Mannion, Aaron (2016) The Return of Print?: Contemporary Australian Publishing Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing
Stobaugh, Rebecca (2023) Halfway-Sexual: Exploring Demisexuality in American Literature PhD, Louisiana State University Topic sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Fifty Shades Jack Byrne
Stollenwerk, Katie Elisabeth (2020) “I’m a Nurse, Not a Woman”: The Historical Significance of the UWM Nurse Romance Novel Collection Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Topic libraries/librarians history health/medical United States of America work gender Publishing romance scholarship teaching romance paratext Marguerite Mooers Marshall Ethel Hamill/Jean Francis Webb war/armed forces Mary Stolz Dorothy Dowdell race/ethnicity Rose Dana/William Edward Daniel Ross Rubie Saunders
Stoneley, Peter (1999) "'Never Love a Cowboy': Romance Fiction and Fantasy Families " Writing and Fantasy 223-235 Topic United States of America Ann Major Lindsay McKenna Robin Morgan family gender
Stotesbury, John A. (1994) Language and Mindstyle in Anglophone Popular Romantic Fiction under Apartheid Logos 14:18-32 Topic Africa
Stotesbury, John A. (2004) "Genre and Islam in Recent Anglophone Romantic Fiction " Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film 69-82 DOI:10.1163/9789401208307_005 Topic Islam Leila Aboulela Rayda Jacobs religion/spirituality
Stout, Joann (2025) "Beyond the Bodice Ripper: Why Erotic Romance is Feminist Literature " Still Reading Romance: Identity and Engagement with Popular Romance Fiction 93-110 DOI:10.5040/9798881847616.ch-006 Topic feminism erotic romance
Stowers, Eva (2007) "City of Fantasy: Romance Novels in Las Vegas " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 198-205 Topic settings
Street, Amy (2021) "Georgette Heyer – guilty pleasures " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 240-249 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.18 Topic Georgette Heyer readers psychology race/ethnicity social/economic class feminism
Strehle, Susan Carden, Mary Paniccia (2003) Doubled Plots: Romance and History Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Strinati, Dominic Wagg, Stephen (1992) Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain London: Routledge
Struve, Laura (2011) Sisters of Sorts: Reading Romantic Fiction and the Bonds Among Female Readers Journal of Popular Culture 44.6:1289-1306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00901.x Topic readers paratext Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Suárez Coalla, Paquita Rivera Valdés, Sonia Íñigo, Ainoa (2018) Repercusión de la lectura y otras formas de arte en nuestra vida y nuestra obra: Memorias del VII coloquio de LART, Centro Español de Manhattan, Nueva York, 26-28 de octubre de 2016 West Hurley, NY: Editorial Campana
Sughi, Laura (1977) Evasione e conformismo nella narrativa rosa Messina-Firenze: D'Anna Topic Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Sujaya, I Made Suarka, I Nyoman Sudewa, I Ketut (2021) Representation of Balinese Exoticism: Analysis of Inter-ethnic Relations Novels in Pre-independence Period The International Journal of Language and Cultural 3.2:46–56 Topic Indonesia
Sukmaningsih, Putri Ayresti Haryanti, Rahayu Puji (2026) Marriage as a Mechanism of Power in Regency Era in Quinn’s Bridgerton the Duke and I IDEAS: Journal on Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature 14.1:1701-1713 DOI: 10.24256/ideas. v14i1. 10237 Topic Julia Quinn marriage
Sule, Sani (2019) Exploring the Benefit and Significance of Reading Hausa Popular Romance Genre: A Thematic Analysis International Journal of Management and Applied Science 5.9:165-168 Topic Nigeria readers
Suleiman, Michael W. Joseph, Suad Cainkar, Louise (2021) Arab American Women: Representation and Refusal : Syracuse University Press
Sullivan, Larry E. Schurman, Lydia Cushman (1996) Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks New York: Haworth Press
Sullivan, Ashleigh Taylor (2022) "From Darcy to Dickheads: Why Do Women Love the Bad Boy? " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 31-44 Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse readers gothic romance gender L. J. Shen sex/sexuality BDSM Penelope Douglas Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Fifty Shades Jade West dark romance
Sutherland, Kathryn (2021) "‘Where History says little, Fiction may say much’ (Anna Barbauld): the historical novel in women’s hands in the mid-twentieth century " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 17-35 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.7 Topic history Sir Walter Scott Jane Austen Georgette Heyer
Sutherland, John (2009) The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction (Second Edition) London: Routledge Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Florence Barclay Charles Garvice Ouida Rosa Praed Annie S. Swan
Sutton, Roger (1985) Librarians and the Paperback Romance: Trying to Do the Right Thing School Library Journal 32.3:25-29 Topic libraries/librarians YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance sex/sexuality trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Sutton, Denise Hardesty (2022) Marketing Love: Romance Publishers Mills & Boon and Harlequin Enterprises, 1930–1990 Enterprise & Society 23.3:680-710 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2020.76 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Publishing capitalism/business
Sutton, Denise H. (2022) L’expansion internationale de Harlequin Mills & Boon : de la « Bibliothèque coloniale » au marketing dédié au lectorat indien moderne Le Temps des Médias: Revue d’ histoire 39:247-264 DOI: 10.3917/tdm.039.0247 Topic Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon India
Sutton, Denise H. (2025) Romance Publishing for a New Generation: The Case of Harlequin and Mills & Boon In India Publishing History 89:7-27 Topic Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon India
Suwanban, Rapeeporn Pauline (2025) Popular Romance & Orientalist Fantasy 1721-1930 PhD, Birkbeck, University of London Topic sheikh romance race/ethnicity E. M. Hull
Suwanban, Pauline (2018) From Exhalation to Transformation: The Female Body in the Orientalist Romance Dandelion: Postgraduate Arts Journal & Research Network 9.1: DOI: 10.16995/ddl.686 Topic E. M. Hull gender sex/sexuality race/ethnicity
Suwanban, Pauline (2020) The Oriental Beast: The Sheik and Fairy Tales Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/KTGJ5542 Topic E. M. Hull race/ethnicity fairytales/folktales animals gender
Swaffield, Audrey-Claire (1981) Paperbacks Promoting Passion! What Is Harlequin Really Presenting? Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 3.2:4-6 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Swaminathan, Srividhya (2016) "J. D. Robb’s Police Procedurals and the Critique of Modernity " New Perspectives on Detective Fiction: Mystery Magnified 141-156 Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb romantic suspense science fiction/futuristic romance police officers/police forces
Swanson, Alexandra (2025) "“Bluebeard’s Castle”: Reconsidering Romance and Revenge in Netflix’s You " #MeToo TV: Essays on Streaming Rape Culture 101-110 Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Sweet, Matthew (2026) The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland : Hachette Topic Barbara Cartland
Søndberg Spaabæk, Anne Sofie (2022) The “Infernal” Value of the Gothic: A Reading of Gothicness and Romanceness in Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices Masters, Aalborg University Topic gothic romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Cassandra Clare genre definitions
Taddeo, Julie Anne (2013) "Corsets of Steel: Steampunk's Reimagining of Victorian Femininity " Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology 43-63 Topic fashion/clothing steampunk feminism gender history
Taddeo, Julie Anne Miller, Cynthia J. (2013) Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press
Tahreem, Umay, Fatima (2025) Love Across Time: A Comparative Study of Romantic Expression in 19th-Century and Contemporary Fiction Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL 8.4:1370-1378 Topic Ali Hazelwood love
Talbot, Mary M. (1995) Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction London and New York: Longman Topic readers Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality gender Kate Walker fashion/clothing linguistics metafiction social/economic class romances in magazines and newspapers YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance feminism
Talbot, Mary M. (1997) "‘An Explosion Deep inside Her’: Women’s Desire and Popular Romance Fiction " Language and Desire: Encoding Sex, Romance, and Intimacy 106-122 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality gender Robyn Donald Diana Hamilton linguistics
Tandon, Lasya (2026) (Dis)Honourable Escapes: Reassessing Sexuality in Georgette Heyer’s Historical Romances Journal of Popular Romance Studies 15.1: DOI: 10.70138/NHLZ8463 Topic sex/sexuality Georgette Heyer social/economic class family
Tang, Yang (2014) Between Fantasy and Reality: Time-Travel Romance and Media Fandom in Chinese Cyberspace MA thesis, Simon Fraser University Topic China paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
Tang, Ning (2022) Reading Online Romance Novels Is Related To Chinese Readers' View of Love Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Science 5.2:32-45 DOI: 10.25236/AJHSS.2022.050206 Topic China readers love
Tanner, David (2016) "Literary Success and Popular Romantic Fiction: Ethel M. Dell, a Case Study " The Book World: Selling and Distributing British Literature, 1900-1940 83-94 DOI:10.1163/9789004315884_006 Topic Ethel M. Dell trash/literary and or intellectual quality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Publishing romances in magazines and newspapers India settings
Tanner, David (2024) Riding The Tosh Horse: Ethel M. Dell, A Written Life : Brown Dog Books Topic Ethel M. Dell Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Tapper, Olivia (2014) Romance and Innovation in Twenty-First Century Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly 30.2:249-59 DOI: 10.1007/s12109-014-9363-6 Topic Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon
Tarancón Gimeno, Jorge (2001) "Catálogo de la novela popular " La novela popular en España (2) 307−359 Topic Spain
Tarulli, Laurel (2017) Readers' Advisory: Bad Boy Romances: Biker Boys and Mobster Royalty Reference & User Services Quarterly 56.4:245–248 DOI: 10.5860/rusq.56.4.245 Topic libraries/librarians
Tatlock, Lynne (2012) German Writing, American Reading: Women and the Import of Fiction, 1866-1917 Columbus: Ohio State University Press Topic Germany United States of America translation gender work marriage fairytales/folktales family Publishing E. Marlitt/Eugenie John Wilhelmine Heimburg/Bertha Behrens Fanny Lewald Wilhelmine von Hillern Claire von Glümer Ursula Zöge von Manteuffel E. Werner/Elisabeth Bürstenbinder religion/spirituality Nataly von Eschstruth metafiction social/economic class Charlotte Brontë E. Juncker Moritz von Reichenbach/Valeska von Reiswitz, Gräfin von Bethusy-Huc Golo Raimund/Bertha [Heyn] Frederich history national identity war/armed forces race/ethnicity Louisa May Alcott
Tatlock, Kristen Doris (1986) Raised on romance: a cultural study of romance fiction MA thesis, University of Virginia
Tatum, James (1994) The Search for the Ancient Novel Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Tatum, Charles (1980) Lágrimas, risas y amor: Mexico's Most Popular Romance Comic Book Journal of Popular Culture 14.3:413-423 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1980.1403_413.x Topic comics/manga Mexico
Tavallaie, Marjan (2024) ”It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”: The representation of domestic violence in popular romance novel It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover Masters thesis, Karlstad University Topic Colleen Hoover rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Taylor, Jessica Anne (2013) Write the Book of Your Heart: Career, Passion and Publishing in the Romance Writing Community PhD, University of Toronto Topic authors Publishing race/ethnicity social/economic class gender love work
Taylor, Jessica (2007) And You Can Be My Sheikh: Gender, Race, and Orientalism in Contemporary Romance Novels Journal of Popular Culture 40.6:1032-1051 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00484.x Topic gender race/ethnicity sheikh romance settings paratext
Taylor, Jessica (2014) Romance and the Female Gaze Obscuring Gendered Violence in The Twilight Saga Feminist Media Studies 14.3:388-402 DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2012.740493 Topic gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Twilight
Taylor, Jessica (2016) "Love the Market: Discourses of Passion and Professionalism in Romance Writing Communities " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 273-295 Topic authors work emotions Publishing
Taylor, Jessica (2018) Animating Creative Selves: Pen Names as Property in the Careers of Canadian and American Romance Writers American Ethnologist 45.1:112-123 DOI: 10.1111/amet.12603 Topic authors Publishing
Taylor, Jessica (2018) "Flexible Nations: Canadian Romance Writers, American Romance, and the Romance of Canada " Reading between the Borderlines: Cultural Production and Consumption across the 49th Parallel 199-221 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv941x2b.12 Topic Canada authors national identity Kate Bridges settings Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon race/ethnicity historical romance history
Taylor, Jessica (2020) Garçon Manqué: A Queer Rereading (of) The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/VBEX3804 Topic E. M. Hull Radclyffe Hall gender LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors sex/sexuality readers fashion/clothing race/ethnicity
Taylor, Helen (1989) "Romantic Readers " From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World 58-77 Topic readers gender race/ethnicity Barbara Taylor Bradford LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors lesbian romance Margaret Mitchell social/economic class
Taylor, Helen (2019) Why Women Read Fiction: The Stories of Our Lives Oxford: Oxford University Press Topic readers Harlequin Mills & Boon Fifty Shades
Taylor, Anthea (2012) ‘The urge towards love is an urge towards (un)death’: Romance, masochistic desire and postfeminism in the Twilight novels International Journal of Cultural Studies 15.1:31-46 DOI: 10.1177/1367877911399204 Topic YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance Twilight death BDSM gender sex/sexuality paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance family
Teague, Anna Sophia Wester (2015) “If my hubby ever did half the stuff my book boyfriends did… I’d put him six ft in the ground” : narratives of interpersonal and gendered violence as discussed in romance novel review websites Honors thesis, Whitman College Topic readers rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse psychology pornography gender sex/sexuality
Tebaldi, Catherine (2025) "Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Sex and Romance in Christian Nationalism " On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives 168-183 DOI:10.4324/9781003497578-11 Topic Christian romance United States of America Liberty Adams family marriage sex/sexuality fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Tegan, Mary Beth (2007) "Becoming Both Poet and Poem: Feminists Repossess the Romance " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 231-263 Topic feminism Mary Stewart Jennifer Crusie Vicki Lewis Thompson Georgette Heyer
Tennenhouse, Tracy Shana (1996) Female Fantasies in Women's Popular Fiction PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender lesbian romance erotic romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (1999) Shanghaied By Sheiks: Orientalism and hybridity in women's romance writing Olive Pink Society Bulletin 11.1:12–21 Topic sheikh romance race/ethnicity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2003) "The Romance of White Nations: Imperialism, Popular Culture and National Histories " After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation 279-292 DOI:10.1215/9780822384397-018 Topic national identity race/ethnicity UK history Africa gender Mary Gaunt, with John Ridgwell Essex E. M. Hull sheikh romance Harlequin Mills & Boon United States of America Native American romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2004) Romancing the Raj: Interracial Relations in Anglo-Indian Romance Novels History of Intellectual Culture 4.1: Topic India UK social/economic class history race/ethnicity gender Flora Annie Steel Mrs F. E. Penny Alice Perrin Maud Diver Alice Eustace Juliet Armstrong Harlequin Mills & Boon national identity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2007) "Orientalism and Mass Market Romance Novels in the Twentieth Century " Edward Said: The Legacy of a Public Intellectual 241-262 Topic sheikh romance gender race/ethnicity sex/sexuality history E. M. Hull UK United States of America work feminism family
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2010) Historicizing The Sheik: Comparisons of the British Novel and the American Film Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.1: Topic E. M. Hull film/movies UK United States of America race/ethnicity history gender sex/sexuality war/armed forces rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2012) ""Bertrice teaches you about history, and you don't even mind!": History and Revisionist Historiography in Bertrice Small's The Kadin " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 21-32 Topic history historical romance Bertrice Small gender feminism readers
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2012) Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press Topic history sheikh romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) race/ethnicity E. M. Hull United States of America historical romance gender Islam sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2014) “We have to learn to love imperially”: Love in Late Colonial and Federation Australian Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2: Topic Australia Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) love gender marriage national identity Mary Bradford Whiting UK race/ethnicity family sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Broda Reynolds Mabel Forrest Marie Bjelke Petersen Alice Grant Rosman Rosa Praed rural romance settings work Ada Cambridge
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "Imperial Affairs: The British Empire and the Romantic Novel, 1890-1939 " New Directions in Popular Fiction: Genre, Distribution, Reproduction 87-110 DOI:10.1057/978-1-137-52346-4_5 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) UK history national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon Australia Canada New Zealand Africa India E. M. Hull race/ethnicity gender sheikh romance Nora K. Strange settings Rosa Praed Mary Gaunt Gertrude Page Florence Riddell Flora Annie Steel Ouida Marie Corelli Kathlyn Rhodes Joan Conquest Mrs F. E. Penny Maud Diver Alice Perrin Alice Eustace rural romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "Orientalism, Freedom, and Feminism in Popular Culture " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 181-203 Topic United States of America Islam history E. M. Hull historical romance sheikh romance sex/sexuality gender feminism work race/ethnicity Barbara Faith Elizabeth Mayne Dana Marton romantic suspense war/armed forces national identity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "The Romance Novel " Gender: Love 255-270 Topic genre definitions love Jane Austen Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) E. M. Hull Harlequin Mills & Boon Barbara Cartland Georgette Heyer historical romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality gender wealth/prosperity capitalism/business
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2017) The Popular Culture of Romantic Love in Australia North Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2018) "The Contemporary Anglophone Romance Genre " Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.415 Topic gender sex/sexuality Publishing race/ethnicity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2020) Cultural Authenticity, the Family, and East Asian American Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/RVXO4126 Topic race/ethnicity Asia China authors Publishing United States of America family Jade Lee Jeannie Lin Onoto Watanna/Winnifred Eaton Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) historical romance history love Elizabeth Lowell Marie Donovan Dorien Kelly Vicki Essex Camy Tang Christian romance Ruby Lang Jennifer Lewis Helen Hoang Courtney Milan
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2021) "Love and romance novels " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 454-484 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-21 Topic love sex/sexuality history sociology feminism Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Samuel Richardson Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë religion/spirituality E. M. Hull Kathlyn Rhodes Barbara Cartland Georgette Heyer Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance Jennifer Crusie wealth/prosperity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2022) "Transported for life, transported by love: love and the Australian convict romance novel " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-15 Topic Australia historical romance history gender love Tea Cooper Lena Dowling Joanna Lloyd Candice Proctor
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2023) "Love Is Not Enough: Australian Romantic Fiction from the Mid-Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century " The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 97-113 DOI:10.1017/9781009090049.007 Topic Australia Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Rosa Praed Marie Bjelke Petersen marriage love work
Teo, Hsu-Ming Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2024) Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History New York: Routledge
Teo, Hsu-Ming Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2024) "Introduction: Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History " Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History 1-25 DOI:10.4324/9781003493792-1 Topic historical romance history
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2024) "The Australian Convict Prostitute Romance: Narrating Social and Sexual Justice for “Damned Whores” " Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History DOI:10.4324/9781003493792-2 Topic Lena Dowling Australia historical romance history gender
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2024) "When a Jew Loves a Nazi: Problems with Repurposing the Holocaust for Reparative Romance " Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History DOI:10.4324/9781003493792-9 Topic Kate Breslin Christian romance history
Teo, Hsu-Ming Schwegler-Castañer, Astrid (2025) "Post/Colonial Nostalgia and Melancholia in Dinah Jefferies' The Tea Planter's Wife and Before the Rains * " Travel and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Exotic Journeys, Reparative Histories? DOI:10.4324/9781003495840-8 Topic India Sri Lanka history historical romance race/ethnicity Dinah Jefferies
Therrien, Kathleen M. (1997) Trembling at Her Own Response: Resistance and Reconciliation in Mass-Market Romance Novels PhD, University of Delaware Topic Julie Garwood Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Wiggs gender national identity
Therrien, Kathleen M. (2015) ""One Would Die Rather Than Speak ... about Such Subjects": Exploring Class, Gender, and Hegemony in Anya Seton's Dragonwyck " Teaching Tainted Lit: Popular American Fiction in Today's Classroom 51-76 Topic teaching romance Anya Seton gothic romance social/economic class gender sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Therrien, Kathleen (2012) "Straight to the Edges: Gay and Lesbian Characters and Cultural Conflict in Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 164-177 Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Diana Gabaldon Julie Garwood rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Wiggs Emma Holly social/economic class gender BDSM
Thiel, Christian (1991) Liebe, Sex, Karriere: die Modernisierung des trivialen Liebesromans Hamburg: Argument Topic Germany
Thierauf, Doreen (2016) Forever After: Desire in the 21st-Century Romance Blockbuster Journal of Popular Culture 49.3:604-26 DOI: 10.1111/jpcu.12423 Topic Jane Austen sex/sexuality marriage gender feminism readers psychology Twilight Fifty Shades rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse BDSM
Thirard, Marie-Agnès (2004) "Les romans "Adoras" ou les nouveaux contes de fées à l’africaine " Les métamorphoses du conte 255-270 Topic Africa fairytales/folktales paratext
Thomas, Patrick Takayoshi, Pamela (2016) Literacy in Practice: Writing in Private, Public and Working Lives New York: Routledge
Thomas, Glen James, Bridie (2006) "The Romance Industry: A Study of Reading and Writing Romance " The Reinvention of Everyday Life: Culture in the twenty-first century 164-174 Topic authors readers
Thomas, Glen (2007) "Romance: The Perfect Creative Industry? A Case Study of Harlequin-Mills and Boon Australia " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 20-29 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Publishing Australia readers authors
Thomas, Glen (2007) "The Best Australian Romance Novelist: Emma Darcy " Beautiful Things in Popular Culture 64–78 Topic Emma Darcy Helen Bianchin settings Australia sex/sexuality family metafiction
Thomas, Glen (2008) "And I Deliver": An Interview with Emma Darcy Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 22.1:113-126 DOI: 10.1080/10304310701732757 Topic Emma Darcy Harlequin Mills & Boon authors Australia sex/sexuality settings emotions Publishing
Thomas, Glen (2012) "Happy Readers or Sad Ones? Romance Fiction and the Problems of the Media Effects Model " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 206-217 Topic readers psychology Anna Campbell rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Thomas, Audrey (1986) A Fine Romance, My Dear, This Is Canadian Literature 108:5-12 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon readers pornography rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Charlotte Lamb work
Thompson, Marcella Koski, Patricia Holyfield, Lori (1997) Romance and agency: An argument revisited Sociological Spectrum 17.4:437-451 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1997.9982177 Topic romance scholarship readers feminism
Thompson, Jennifer K. (2010) Romance in the Stacks: The Prevalence of Romance Fiction in Academic Libraries M.S. in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Topic libraries/librarians
Thompson, Anne B. (2005) Rereading Fifties Teen Romance: Reflections on Janet Lambert The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3:373-396 DOI: 10.1353/uni.2005.0047 Topic Janet Lambert YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance family war/armed forces
Thuillas, Olivier (2025) Des pixels à l’eau de rose : vendre la romance à l’ère numérique Communication & langages 221:97-113 DOI: 10.3917/comla1.221.0097 Topic France Publishing
Thurlow, Michelle (2010) “A Whisper of Satin”: The Infant Dress Leitmotif The Journal of Mennonite Writing (CMW) 2.4: Topic Christian romance Beverly Lewis religion/spirituality gender fashion/clothing music
Thurston, Carol M. (1985) Popular Historical Romances: Agent for Social Change? An Exploration of Methodologies Journal of Popular Culture 19.1:35-45 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1985.00035.x Topic historical romance sex/sexuality gender
Thurston, Carol (1987) The Romance Revolution: Erotic Novels for Women and the Quest for a New Sexual Identity Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press Topic erotic romance United States of America readers historical romance sex/sexuality Publishing feminism work Harlequin Mills & Boon gender pornography rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Rosemary Rogers virginity gothic romance Bertrice Small LaVyrle Spencer Kathleen Woodiwiss
Tidwell, Christy (2016) "“A Little Wildness”: Negotiating Relationships between Human and Nonhuman in Historical Romance " Creatural Fictions: Human-Animal Relationships in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature 151-171 DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-51811-8_8 Topic animals paratext historical romance Bertrice Small Patricia Gaffney metaphor/symbolism gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse family sex/sexuality happy ending
Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia (2025) The Hebrew Bible in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
Tienkamp, Aaf (2016) New Adult Romance: An Emerging Genre Masters, University of Groningen Topic NA romance sex/sexuality genre definitions
Timlin, Carrie (2024) In Search of Utopia: Sylvia Pankhurst, Ethel Mannin, Nancy Cunard, and International Socialist Woman Authors in Interwar Britain PhD, University of the Witwatersrand Topic Ethel Mannin socialism and/or communism history sex/sexuality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Timlin, Carrie (2024) “The Workers Must Strive if the Butterflies Must Live”: Ethel Mannin’s Love’s Winnowing , the Socialist Romance Novel, and British Working-Class Women Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 43.2:197-217 DOI: 10.1353/tsw.2024.a952300 Topic socialism and/or communism Ethel Mannin social/economic class romance and, or as, activism history Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Timson, Beth S. (1983) The Drug Store Novel: Popular Romantic Fiction and the Mainstream Tradition Studies in Popular Culture 6:88-96 Topic gothic romance Jane Austen Martha Finley United States of America gender
Tindall, Natalie T. J. (2022) Black Romance Authors and Community Cultural Wealth: A Case Study of Brenda Jackson’s Career Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: DOI: 10.70138/GXOD8265 Topic Brenda Jackson race/ethnicity Publishing authors readers community African American romance
Tirkkonen-Condit, Sonja Condit, Stephen (1989) Empirical Studies in Translation and Linguistics Savonlinna: University of Joensuu, Faculty of Arts
Tobin-McClain, Lee (2000) Paranormal Romance: Secrets of the Female Fantastic Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 11.3 (43):294-306 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance authors Susan Carroll Kathleen Kane Catherine Mulvany Susan Plunkett Emilie Richards genre definitions gender readers
Tokley, Anne-Marie (2008) Where is my Happy Ending and Why am I Looking for it? The Romance Myth in Contemporary Popular Australian Women’s Fiction PhD, Griffith University Topic Australia love feminism gender romances in magazines and newspapers national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon chick lit Marion Lennox
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Tomlinson, Alan (1990) Consumption, Identity, and Style: Marketing, Meanings, and the Packaging of Pleasure London and New York: Routledge
Toscano, Angela (2012) A Parody of Love: the Narrative Uses of Rape in Popular Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Kathleen Woodiwiss Carolyn Jewel Anna Campbell Catherine Coulter Anne Stuart Patricia Gaffney love
Toscano, Angela (2019) "The Idolatry of the Real: Form, Formula, and Happy Endings in Romance Literature " Iconoclasm: The Breaking and Making of Images 173-192 DOI:10.2307/j.ctvnb7s6p.13 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions readers Jennifer Crusie happy ending
Toscano, Angela (2021) "Gothic romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 99-117 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-4 Topic gothic romance Mary Stewart
Toth, Emily (1984) Who'll Take Romance? The Women's Review of Books 1.5:12-13 DOI: 10.2307/4019377 Topic feminism rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Emily Toth
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Travis, Melissa E. (2013) Assume the Position: Exploring Discipline Relationships PhD, Georgia State University Topic BDSM
Treacher, Amal (1988) "What is Life Without My Love?: Desire and Romantic Fiction " Sweet Dreams: Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction 73-90 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon psychology readers emotions feminism love Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth sex/sexuality
Trevenen, Claire (2014) Fifty Shades of “Mommy Porn”: A Post-GFC Renegotiation of Paternal Law Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.1: Topic Fifty Shades gender family sex/sexuality BDSM capitalism/business race/ethnicity
Tristanty, Anggie Ayu Isra Khusyairi, Johny Alfian (2025) Mass-produced romance: BookTok society and the homogenisation of literary culture Jurnal Studi Komunikasi 9.1:249-260 DOI: 10.25139/jsk.v9i1.9576 Topic readers Publishing
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Turkstra, Cassie (2024) The Virtual Book Club: An Analysis of Popular Romance and Participatory Culture MA in Communication and New Media, McMaster University Topic readers Colleen Hoover rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse genre definitions
Turnbull, Sue (2002) 'Nice Dress, Take It Off': Crime, Romance and the Pleasure of the Text International Journal of Cultural Studies 5.1:67-82 DOI: 10.1177/13678779020050010501 Topic Janet Evanovich readers
Turner, Natasha (2015) Contemporary Erotic Romance: Cunning Linguists or Fifty Shades of Feminist Dismay? BA (Hons), University of Birmingham Topic feminism sex/sexuality Portia Da Costa Sylvia Day
Turner, Katherine (2017) Daphne Du Maurier's Mary Anne: Rewriting the Regency Romance as Feminist History University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities 86.4:54-77 Topic history Daphne du Maurier Georgette Heyer
Turner, Ellen (2011) E.M. Hull and the Valentino cult: gender reversal after The sheik Journal of Gender Studies 20.2:171–182 DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2011.565197 Topic E. M. Hull gender
Turner, Ellen (2014) "The Sheik Returns: Imitations and Parodies of the Desert Romance " Hype: Bestsellers and Literary Cultures 185-202 Topic E. M. Hull sheikh romance trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality Harlequin Mills & Boon rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Turner, Ellen (2015) E. M. Hull's Camping in the Sahara: desert romance meets desert reality Studies in Travel Writing 19.2:127-146 DOI: 10.1080/13645145.2015.1046236 Topic E. M. Hull
Turner, Ellen (2020) The Sheik and Modernism Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/EYMW7710 Topic E. M. Hull trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Turner, Ellen Wadsö Lecaros, Cecilia (2022) The desert-governess romance: Regency England meets exotic Arabia Lund Journal of English Studies 4:1-24 DOI: 10.48148/ljes.v4i.24863 Topic sheikh romance historical romance settings Marguerite Kaye Laura Martin Lynne Graham Kate Hewitt E. M. Hull work genre definitions Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext
Ty, Eleanor (1994) " Desire and Temptation: Dialogism and the Carnivalesque in Category Romances " A Dialogue of Voices: Feminist Literary Theory and Bakhtin 97-113 Topic readers metafiction Harlequin Mills & Boon gender metaphor/symbolism sex/sexuality fashion/clothing disability
Ty, Eleanor (1995) "Amour, sexe et carnaval: le plaisir du texte Harlequin " Armes, larmes, charmes: sérialité et paralittérature 23-48 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon gender sex/sexuality
Uddin-Khan, Evelyn Angelina (1995) Gender, Ethnicity and the Romance Novel Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University Topic readers gender race/ethnicity
Ujma, Alicja (2019) One Author, Two Pen Names. A Stylometric Analysis of Novels by Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb Masters thesis, Jagiellonian University Topic linguistics Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb translation
Uparkar, Shilpa (2014) Desi love stories: Harlequin Mills & Boon’s Indian enterprise Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:321-333 DOI: 10.1386/ajpc.3.3.321_1 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon India languages
Uszkurat, Carol Ann (1993) "Mid Twentieth Century Lesbian Romance: Reception and Redress " Outwrite: Lesbianism and Popular Culture 26-47 Topic lesbian romance Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) history feminism psychology gender sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vaile, Dezi (2026) They Write Themselves: Romancing the Vampire of Lighthouse Landing Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Liberty University Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance Christian romance
Valeo, Christina A. (2012) Crusie and the Con Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic Jennifer Crusie metafiction happy ending readers
Valeo, Christina A. (2012) "The Power of Three: Nora Roberts and Serial Magic " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 229-239 Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance religion/spirituality community family love Paganism/Wicca
Valovirta, Elina (2019) "No Ordinary Love: The Romantic Formula of Stepsibling Erotica " Thinking with the Familiar in Contemporary Literature and Culture 'Out of the Ordinary' 161–180 DOI:10.1163/9789004406742_010 Topic NA romance erotic romance family
Valovirta, Elina (2021) "Repeated Pleasure: Reading the Threesome Ménage Romance as Digital Literature " Powerful Prose: How Textual Features Impact Readers 45-61 Topic sex/sexuality readers NA romance Marie Carnay Charlotte Stein Sierra Sparks Juliana Conners
Valovirta, Elina (2021) "The Stuff of Which Fairy Tales Are Made: Royal Romance, Ordinariness, and Affectivity in the Literary Market " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 75-94 Topic Publishing social/economic class feminism
Valovirta, Elina (2024) "Love and Loss: Corals and Cultural Sustainability in Caribbean Popular Romance Novels " Arrivals and Departures: The Human Relationship with Changing Biodiversity 109-126 DOI:10.1515/9783111215273-006 Topic settings ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change Caribbean Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Terry McMillan Shelby Black Leigh Morano
Valovirta, Elina (2025) Romancing the Caribbean Sea: Size, Mobility and Sustainability in Cruise Ship Romance Fiction Anglia 143.2:382-397 DOI: 10.1515/ang-2025-0026 Topic settings ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change Caribbean Fern Michaels Rachel Hawthorne Cami Checketts
Valverde, Mariana (1985) Sex, Power and Pleasure Toronto: The Women's Press Topic pornography sex/sexuality gender BDSM wealth/prosperity lesbian romance Jane Rule marriage LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
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Van Den Heuvel, Bailey (2023) Sexual Warfare? Clinch Covers, Stepbacks, and Historical Romance Novels in the Wake of the Golden Age of Pornography Master of Letters in English Literature, University of Glasgow Topic historical romance paratext pornography sex/sexuality
van der Putten, Jan Arnez, Monika Wieringa, Edwin P. Graf, Arndt (2017) Traditions Redirecting Contemporary Indonesian Cultural Productions Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars
van Halteren, Hans (2022) "Automatic Authorship Investigation " Language as Evidence: Doing Forensic Linguistics 219-255 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-84330-4_8 Topic linguistics Harlequin Mills & Boon Stephanie Howard
van Hattum, Fatima Y. (2023) Orientalist Public Pedagogy: Visual Representation of Muslims in Pop Culture and Desert Romance Novels PhD, University of New Mexico Topic sheikh romance paratext Islam race/ethnicity
van Lent, Peter (1996) "“Her Beautiful Savage”: The Current Sexual Image of the Native American Male " Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture 211-227 Topic Native American romance race/ethnicity sex/sexuality gender United States of America
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Vani, Christina (2018) Immortal Words: The Language and Style of the Contemporary Italian Undead-Romance Novel PhD, University of Toronto Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Italy
Vany, Romain (2013) Les mauvais genres en bibliothèques publiques: quelle place pour le roman sentimental paralittéraire? Masters, Enssib, Université de Lyon Topic libraries/librarians
Vargová, Veronika (2025) Evolving Portrayals: From Freak Shows to Autism Representation in Contemporary Romance Novels Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST DOI: 10.3828/jlcds.2025.52 Topic disability Chloe Liese Helen Hoang neurodiversity
Vargová, Veronika (2025) Happily Ever After, Differently: Reimagining Autism and Intimacy in Popular Romance Novels PhD, Masaryk University Topic Helen Hoang Chloe Liese neurodiversity disability romance and, or as, activism family community genre definitions Publishing sex/sexuality fashion/clothing food, drink LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vargová, Veronika (2025) ‘What will you do with yourself when you grasp that your mind is only different, not deranged?’: Madness and Neurodivergent Heroes in Historical Romance Novels The Journal of Historical Fictions 6.1:45-66 Topic Jennifer Ashley Cat Sebastian historical romance disability neurodiversity LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Varughese, E. Dawson (2026) The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Indian Fiction in English London: Routledge
Vasudevan, Aruna Henderson, Lesley (1994) Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (3rd edition) London: St. James Press Topic Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi Lucilla Andrews Ruby M. Ayres Faith Baldwin Mary Balogh Florence Barclay Sandra Brown Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Shirlee Busbee Barbara Cartland Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest Marie Corelli Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney Janet Dailey Emma Darcy Barbara Delinsky Ethel M. Dell Jude Deveraux Robyn Donald Jeffrey Farnol Charles Garvice Roberta Gellis Elinor Glyn Maysie Greig Radclyffe Hall Anne Hampson Georgette Heyer Jane Aiken Hodge Linda Howard Elizabeth Hoy Iris Johansen Susan Johnson M. M. Kaye Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Charlotte Lamb Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Johanna Lindsey Elizabeth Lowell Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie Anne Mather Patricia Matthews Lindsay McKenna Judith McNaught Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz Fern Michaels Linda Lael Miller Margaret Mitchell Carole Mortimer Netta Muskett Susan Napier Betty Neels Kathleen Thompson Norris Kate Norway/Olive Norton Baroness Orczy Diana Palmer Margaret Pargeter Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Mary Renault Emilie Richards Mary Roberts Rinehart Francine Rivers Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Denise Robins Rosemary Rogers Berta Ruck Kathleen Gilles Seidel Bertrice Small LaVyrle Spencer Mary Stewart Rebecca Stratton Essie Summers Annie S. Swan Kay Thorpe Sylvia Thorpe Karen van der Zee Patricia Veryan Lucy Walker Sheila Walsh Margaret Way Anne Weale Jean Webster Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth Phyllis A. Whitney Violet Winspear Sara Wood Kathleen Woodiwiss Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Veibæk, Eva (1983) Gift dig og bliv lykkelig: romantikkens kærlighedsmyte og triviallitteraturen Århus: Arkona
Velasquez, Diane L. Campbell-Meier, Jennifer (2024) Romance Genre and Collection Management in Australia and New Zealand Public Libraries Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association 73.3:336–361 DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2024.2365475 Topic libraries/librarians Australia New Zealand
Veldman-Genz, Carole (2012) "The More the Merrier? Transformations of the Love Triangle Across the Romance " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 108-120 Topic love Lisa Kleypas Christina Dodd Linda Howard Catherine George Isabelle Holland Jude Deveraux Amanda Scott Catherine Coulter Maggie Osborne/Margaret St. George Karen Ranney Sandra Brown Nicole Jordan LaVyrle Spencer Penelope Williamson Susan Elizabeth Phillips feminism erotic romance Emma Holly Rachel Bo marriage Mardi Ballou Ellora's Cave Samantha Kane LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Veldman-Genz, Carole (2015) "Selling Gay Sex to Women: The Romance of M/M and M/M/F Romantica " Women and Erotic Fiction: Critical Essays on Genres, Markets & Readers 133-149 Topic sex/sexuality erotic romance m/m romance Ellora's Cave gender BDSM LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2018) Cultural symbols, myth and identity in four 20th-century English popular romance fiction novels set in Tenerife Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos 64:1-16 Topic Spain Harlequin Mills & Boon settings family
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2020) "“And they Drive on the Wrong Side of the Road”: The Anglo-centric Vision of the Canary Islands in Mills & Boon Romance Novels (1955–1987) " Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other 25-39 DOI:10.5040/9781666997798.ch-2 Topic UK Spain Harlequin Mills & Boon settings national identity history gender fascism/right-wing authoritarianism family marriage religion/spirituality
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2022) "Canarian culture and identity and their representation in the novels of the FFI2014-53962-P corpus " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 275-296 Topic national identity Spain UK metaphor/symbolism
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2022) "La cultura y la identidad canarias y su representación en las novelas del corpus FFI2014-53962-P " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 85-107 Topic national identity Spain UK metaphor/symbolism
Vermeer, Lina (2023) The Affective Power of Intimacy: A Case Study of a Men’s Hockey Real Person Fan Fiction’s Literary and Social Contexts Master of Arts, Trent University Topic fanfiction genre definitions LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors emotions love pornography readers Canada sport
Veros, Vassiliki (2012) Scholarship-In-Practice: The Romance Reader and the Public Library Australian Library Journal 61.4:298-306 DOI: 10.1080/00049670.2012.10739063 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers Australia
Veros, Vassiliki (2015) A Matter of Meta: Category Romance Fiction and the Interplay of Paratext and Library Metadata Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1: Topic libraries/librarians Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext
Veros, Vassiliki (2017) Keepers: Marking the Value of the Books on my Shelves Proceedings from the Document Academy 4.1: DOI: 10.35492/docam/4/1/4 Topic readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Veros, Vassiliki (2019) Metatextual Conversations: The Exclusion/Inclusion of Genre Fiction in Public Libraries and Social Media Book Groups Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association 68.3:254-267 DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2019.1654741 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers
Veros, Vassiliki (2020) The selective tradition, the role of romance fiction donations, and public library practices in New South Wales, Australia Information Research 25.2: Topic Australia libraries/librarians
Veros, Vassiliki (2020) What the Librarians Did: The Marginalisation of Romance Fiction Through the Practices of Public Librarianship PhD, University of Technology, Sydney Topic libraries/librarians Australia
Veros, Vassiliki (2023) Nobody Puts Romance Fiction in the Corner: Public Librarians in New South Wales and Their Dalliance with Romance Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 12: DOI: 10.70138/VTOU1871 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality Australia Harlequin Mills & Boon
Vidotto, Ilaria Goossens, Vannina (2020) "D’une fenêtre à l’autre. Étude d’un motif spécifique à la littérature blanche et au roman sentimental " Phraséologie et stylistique de la langue littéraire/Phraseology and Stylistics of Literary Language; Approches interdisciplinaires/Interdisciplinary Approaches 49-70 DOI:10.3726/b17628 Topic linguistics
Viklund, Julia (2025) Romantiska städer och spöken: Genreanvändning i samtida romance med magiska inslag Bachelor’s thesis, Umeå University Topic Abby Jimenez Ashley Poston paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
Villalba Álvarez, Marina (2000) Mujeres novelistas en el panorama literario del siglo XX: I Congreso de narrativa española (en lengua castellana). Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Villar-Argáiz, Pilar (2018) Ireland and the Popular Genre of Historical Romance: The Novels of Karen Robards ABEI: Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies 20.2:97-109 DOI: 10.37389/abei.v20i2.3204 Topic Ireland historical romance Karen Robards UK race/ethnicity gender cross-dressing settings rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality
Vinson, James Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1982) Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company Topic Jane Aiken Hodge Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi Lucilla Andrews Jane Arbor Elizabeth Ashton Ruby M. Ayres Faith Baldwin Florence Barclay Betty Beaty Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Barbara Cartland Catherine Cookson Marie Corelli Janet Dailey Iris Danbury Ethel M. Dell Viña Delmar Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr Maud Diver Daphne du Maurier Dorothy Eden Eleanor Farnes Jeffrey Farnol Charles Garvice Roberta Gellis Elinor Glyn Maysie Greig Anne Hampson Georgette Heyer Grace Livingston Hill Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Elizabeth Hoy E. M. Hull Charlotte Lamb Roumelia Lane Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie Anne Mather Patricia Matthews Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz Margaret Mitchell Netta Muskett Betty Neels Kathleen Thompson Norris Kate Norway/Olive Norton Baroness Orczy Margaret Pargeter Mary Roberts Rinehart Denise Robins Rosemary Rogers Margaret Rome Berta Ruck Rafael Sabatini Sara Seale Danielle Steel Mary Stewart Rebecca Stratton Essie Summers Annie S. Swan Kay Thorpe Patricia Veryan Lucy Walker Margaret Way Phyllis A. Whitney Kathleen Winsor Violet Winspear Kathleen Woodiwiss Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Violi, Patrizia (2020) Breve storia della letteratura rosa Perugia: Graphe.it Edizioni Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Carolina Invernizio Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon romances in magazines and newspapers Fifty Shades fanfiction
Vişan, Nadina (2024) Untranslatability in Regency Romances: Explicitation or Implicitation? British and American Studies 30:233-241 DOI: 10.35923/BAS.30.21 Topic translation Julia Quinn Romania sex/sexuality
Vitackova, Martina (2018) Representation of racial and sexual ‘others’ in Afrikaans popular romantic fiction by Sophia Kapp Tydskrif vir letterkunde 55.1:122-133 DOI: 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.3480 Topic Sophia Kapp race/ethnicity sex/sexuality Africa South Africa
Vivanco, Laura Kramer, Kyra (2010) There Are Six Bodies in This Relationship: An Anthropological Approach to the Romance Genre Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.1: Topic gender Harlequin Mills & Boon Christian romance family sex/sexuality lesbian romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vivanco, Laura (2011) For Love and Money: The Literary Art of the Harlequin Mills & Boon Romance Tirril, Penrith: Humanities-Ebooks Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon trash/literary and or intellectual quality metafiction Shakespeare Jane Austen fairytales/folktales myth metaphor/symbolism Louise Allen Caroline Anderson Elizabeth Ashton Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Julie Cohen Sophie Cole Jennifer Crusie Carola Dunn Liz Fielding Polly Forrester Kate Hardy Linda Harrel Jessica Hart Madeline Ker Marcia King-Gamble Charlotte Lamb Marion Lennox Margaret Malcolm Paula Marshall Sandra Marton Hilary Neal Betty Neels Diana Palmer Emilie Richards Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston Sara Seale Deborah Simmons Anne Stuart Michelle Styles Jane Sullivan Hope Tarr Claire Thornton Anne Weale Sophie Weston ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change
Vivanco, Laura (2012) Feminism and Early Twenty-First Century Harlequin Mills & Boon Romances Journal of Popular Culture 45.5:1060–1089 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2012.00973.x Topic feminism Harlequin Mills & Boon
Vivanco, Laura (2012) Jennifer Crusie's Literary Lingerie Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic Jennifer Crusie sex/sexuality fashion/clothing metaphor/symbolism
Vivanco, Laura (2012) "One Ring to Bind Them: Ring Symbolism in Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 99-107 Topic fashion/clothing marriage Lisa Kleypas Jennifer Crusie Loretta Chase Melissa McClone Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Jessica Hart Dorie Graham Roslyn Hardy Holcomb Margot Early Laura Abbot sex/sexuality metaphor/symbolism
Vivanco, Laura (2013) Georgette Heyer: The Nonesuch of Regency Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.2: DOI: 10.17613/4nan-1375 Topic social/economic class race/ethnicity Georgette Heyer history historical romance
Vivanco, Laura (2016) Pursuing Happiness: Reading American Romance as Political Fiction Tirril, Penrith: Humanities-Ebooks Topic United States of America gender disability race/ethnicity history national identity Linnea Sinclair Pamela Morsi Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Sharon Shinn LaVyrle Spencer Beverly Jenkins Karin Kallmaker work community historical romance Sharon Brondos Mary Burton Ruth Jean Dale Joan Johnston Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal Joan Wolf LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vivanco, Laura (2017) "A Place “We All Dream About”: Greece in Mills & Boon Romances " Greece in British Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913-2013 81-98 Topic Greece race/ethnicity Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality science/technology myth
Vivanco, Laura (2020) "Changing Attitudes to Others: Meljean Brook’s Riveted (2012) and its Context " Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other 113-126 DOI:10.5040/9781666997798.ch-8 Topic Meljean Brook Publishing authors readers race/ethnicity disability gender steampunk LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Zoë Archer war/armed forces
Vivanco, Laura (2020) Faith, Love, Hope and Popular Romance Fiction Online: Topic religion/spirituality love death authors readers romance and, or as, activism Lindsay Evans health/medical psychology Piper Huguley race/ethnicity Publishing romance scholarship Rose Lerner Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Alyssa Cole wealth/prosperity emotions metaphor/symbolism Carola Dunn Georgette Heyer Lisa Kleypas Meljean Brook Elizabeth Hoyt Justine Davis/Justine Dare Suleikha Snyder Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse community happy ending
Vivanco, Laura (2020) Let’s Not Get Carried Away by The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/MSZX3922 Topic E. M. Hull Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Berta Ruck gender LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors marriage
Vivanco, Laura (2022) Historical Accuracy, Racism, Courtney Milan, and The Duke Who Didn’t Conform to Genre Norms Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: DOI: 10.70138/VVGT3522 Topic race/ethnicity historical romance authors Courtney Milan history United States of America UK humour
Vivanco, Laura (2024) Feeling Judged: Reflections on Pornography and Romance from a Minotaur Milking Farm Journal of Popular Romance Studies 13: DOI: 10.70138/DZWB7360 Topic pornography trash/literary and or intellectual quality paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance sex/sexuality race/ethnicity emotions C. M. Nascosta metafiction family
Voaden, Rosalynn (1995) "The Language of Love: Medieval Erotic Vision and Modern Romance Fiction " Romance Revisited 78-88 Topic gender religion/spirituality
Wagner, Wendy (2008) Jennifer Crusie Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-16 Topic Jennifer Crusie fairytales/folktales romantic suspense rom-com romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Wagner, Wendy (2022) "The “Grandly and Inhospitably Strange” World of Autistic Heroines in Romance Fiction " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 150-164 Topic health/medical disability Helen Hoang Sherry Thomas Talia Hibbert gender community neurodiversity
Waldschmidt, Anne Berressem, Hanjo Ingwersen, Moritz (2017) Culture - Theory – Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies Bielefeld, Germany: transcript
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Wallace, Jennifer (2022) "Army trenches and school benches: the Philippine-American War in the Sugar Sun series " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-17 Topic Jennifer Hallock war/armed forces Philippines United States of America
Wallace, Doris B. (2005) Education, Arts, and Morality: Creative Journeys New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Waller, Philip (2006) Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 Oxford: Oxford University Press Topic Charles Garvice Florence Barclay Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) authors
Wallin Lämsä, Camilla (2025) Yearning Hours: Desire, Darcymania, and Readerly Attachments in the Digital Jane Austen Fandom Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors readers Jane Austen
Wardrop, Stephanie (1995) The Heroine is Being Beaten: Freud, Sadomasochism, and Reading the Romance Style: A Quarterly Journal of Aesthetics, Poetics, Stylistics, and Literary Criticism 29.3:459-473 Topic Kathleen Woodiwiss rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse psychology BDSM Linda Howard gender family virginity readers
Wardrop, Stephanie (1997) Last of the Red Hot Mohicans: Miscegenation in the Popular American Romance MELUS 22.2:61-74 DOI: 10.2307/468135 Topic United States of America Native American romance race/ethnicity religion/spirituality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Colleen Faulkner gender Genell Dellin
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Weaver-Zercher, Valerie (2013) Thrill of the Chaste: the Allure of Amish Romance Novels Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press Topic Christian romance United States of America religion/spirituality paratext Publishing Beverly Lewis Wanda Brunstetter Cindy Woodsmall sex/sexuality virginity readers gender Helen Reimensnyder Martin Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Clara Bernice Miller Cora Gottschalk Welty rural romance Ruth Lininger Dobson Joseph W. Yoder Janette Oke settings happy ending marriage family Linda Byler race/ethnicity
Weibel, Kathryn (1977) Mirror Mirror: Images of Women Reflected in Popular Culture Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon gothic romance
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Weis, Lois Fine, Michelle (1993) Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools Albany: State University of New York Press
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Weisser, Susan Ostrov Fleischner, Jennifer (1994) Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problem of Sisterhood New York and London: New York University Press
Weisser, Susan Ostrov (1994) "The Wonderful-Terrible Bitch Figure in Harlequin Novels " Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problem of Sisterhood 269-282 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon gender Anne Hampson sex/sexuality Charlotte Lamb