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Wijanarka, Hirmawan (2022) Cinderella Formula: The Romance Begins Journal of Language and Literature 22.2:481-489 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v22i2.5121 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon genre definitions
Henderson, Aneeka Ayanna (2020) Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture : University of North Carolina Press Topic African American romance Sandra Kitt race/ethnicity marriage
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