Al Thobaiti, Fatmah (2019) Afterlife of the Romance Hero: Readers’ Reproduction of Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 8: Topic readers gender fanfiction Twilight
Taylor, Helen (2019) Why Women Read Fiction: The Stories of Our Lives Oxford: Oxford University Press Topic readers Harlequin Mills & Boon Fifty Shades
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
Lawrence, E. E. (2020) On the problem of oppressive tastes in the public library Journal of Documentation 76.5:1091-1107 DOI: 10.1108/JD-01-2020-0002 Topic libraries/librarians race/ethnicity philosophy
Nikbakht, H. (2019) Female Agency in the Harlequin Romance Formula: developments within the timeframe of second wave feminism Bachelor’s thesis, Utrecht University Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism family work sex/sexuality gender Carole Mortimer Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay virginity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse health/medical marriage
Hubbard, Rita C. (1992) "Magic and Transformation: Relationships in Popular Romance Novels, 1950 to the 1980s " Popular Culture: An Introductory Text 476-488 Topic Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway gender Roumelia Lane Elizabeth Hunter Elaine Raco Chase Harlequin Mills & Boon