Bertrice Small

Guiley, Rosemary

(1983) Love Lines: The Romance Reader's Guide to Printed Pleasures New York: Facts on File

Topic

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

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

United States of America

historical romance

Harlequin Mills & Boon

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Rosemary Rogers

LaVyrle Spencer

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Henderson, Lesley

Kirkpatrick, D. L.

(1990) Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (2nd edition) Chicago: St. James Press

Topic

historical romance

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi

Lucilla Andrews

Elizabeth Ashton

Florence Barclay

Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Barbara Cartland

Catherine Cookson

Barbara Delinsky

Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr

Daphne du Maurier

Charles Garvice

Georgette Heyer

Robert Hitchens

Grace Livingston Hill

Jane Aiken Hodge

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Elizabeth Hunter

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Laura Jean Libbey

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Johanna Lindsey

Elizabeth Lowell

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

Patricia Matthews

Colleen McCullough

Judith McNaught

Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz

Margaret Mitchell

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Margaret Pargeter

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Francine Rivers

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Rosemary Rogers

Rafael Sabatini

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Alexandra Sellers

Valerie Sherwood

LaVyrle Spencer

Rebecca Stratton

Patricia Veryan

Phyllis A. Whitney

Kathleen Winsor

Violet Winspear

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

Henderson, Lesley

Kirkpatrick, D. L.

(1990) Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (2nd edition) Chicago: St. James Press

Topic

historical romance

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi

Lucilla Andrews

Elizabeth Ashton

Florence Barclay

Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Barbara Cartland

Catherine Cookson

Barbara Delinsky

Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr

Daphne du Maurier

Charles Garvice

Georgette Heyer

Robert Hitchens

Grace Livingston Hill

Jane Aiken Hodge

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Elizabeth Hunter

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Laura Jean Libbey

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Johanna Lindsey

Elizabeth Lowell

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

Patricia Matthews

Colleen McCullough

Judith McNaught

Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz

Margaret Mitchell

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Margaret Pargeter

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Francine Rivers

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Rosemary Rogers

Rafael Sabatini

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Alexandra Sellers

Valerie Sherwood

LaVyrle Spencer

Rebecca Stratton

Patricia Veryan

Phyllis A. Whitney

Kathleen Winsor

Violet Winspear

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

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

Florence Barclay

Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Barbara Cartland

Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest

Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney

Barbara Delinsky

Charles Garvice

Georgette Heyer

Jane Aiken Hodge

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Johanna Lindsey

Elizabeth Lowell

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

Patricia Matthews

Lindsay McKenna

Judith McNaught

Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz

Linda Lael Miller

Margaret Mitchell

Carole Mortimer

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Margaret Pargeter

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Emilie Richards

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Francine Rivers

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Rosemary Rogers

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

LaVyrle Spencer

Rebecca Stratton

Karen van der Zee

Patricia Veryan

Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth

Phyllis A. Whitney

Violet Winspear

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

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

Florence Barclay

Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Barbara Cartland

Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest

Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney

Barbara Delinsky

Charles Garvice

Georgette Heyer

Jane Aiken Hodge

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Johanna Lindsey

Elizabeth Lowell

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

Patricia Matthews

Lindsay McKenna

Judith McNaught

Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz

Linda Lael Miller

Margaret Mitchell

Carole Mortimer

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Margaret Pargeter

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Emilie Richards

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Francine Rivers

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Rosemary Rogers

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

LaVyrle Spencer

Rebecca Stratton

Karen van der Zee

Patricia Veryan

Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth

Phyllis A. Whitney

Violet Winspear

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve

Youmans, Madeleine

(1996) Watery Passion: The Struggle between Hegemony and Sexual Liberation in Erotic Fiction for Women Discourse and Society 7.1:77-106 DOI: 10.1177/0957926596007001004

Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve

Youmans, Madeleine

(1996) Watery Passion: The Struggle between Hegemony and Sexual Liberation in Erotic Fiction for Women Discourse and Society 7.1:77-106 DOI: 10.1177/0957926596007001004

Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve

Youmans, Madeleine

(1996) Watery Passion: The Struggle between Hegemony and Sexual Liberation in Erotic Fiction for Women Discourse and Society 7.1:77-106 DOI: 10.1177/0957926596007001004

Frantz, Sarah S. G.

(2002) ""Expressing" Herself: The Romance Novel and the Feminine Will to Power " Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America 17-36

Topic

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Alexis Harrington

Candice Proctor

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Mosley, Shelley

(2007) Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers

Topic

Catherine Anderson

Elizabeth Bevarly

Rosanne Bittner

Elizabeth Boyle

Suzanne Brockmann

Connie Brockway

Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Susannah Carleton

Emily Carmichael

Jennifer Crusie

Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel

Elisabeth Fairchild

Colleen Faulkner

Jo Ann Ferguson

Christine Flynn

Barbara Freethy

Judith E. French

Patricia Gaffney

Elizabeth Grayson

Jennifer Greene/Jeanne Grant/Jessica Massey/Alison Hart

Leigh Greenwood

Shirley Hailstock

Robin Lee Hatcher

Kate Huntington

April Kihlstrom

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Jill Marie Landis

Merline Lovelace

Katie MacAlister

Debbie Macomber

Teresa Medeiros

Linda Lael Miller

Mary Alice Monroe

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Tara Taylor Quinn

Emilie Richards

Evelyn Richardson

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal

Vicki Lewis Thompson

Sherri WhiteFeather

Mosley, Shelley

(2007) Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers

Topic

Catherine Anderson

Elizabeth Bevarly

Rosanne Bittner

Elizabeth Boyle

Suzanne Brockmann

Connie Brockway

Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Susannah Carleton

Emily Carmichael

Jennifer Crusie

Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel

Elisabeth Fairchild

Colleen Faulkner

Jo Ann Ferguson

Christine Flynn

Barbara Freethy

Judith E. French

Patricia Gaffney

Elizabeth Grayson

Jennifer Greene/Jeanne Grant/Jessica Massey/Alison Hart

Leigh Greenwood

Shirley Hailstock

Robin Lee Hatcher

Kate Huntington

April Kihlstrom

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Jill Marie Landis

Merline Lovelace

Katie MacAlister

Debbie Macomber

Teresa Medeiros

Linda Lael Miller

Mary Alice Monroe

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Tara Taylor Quinn

Emilie Richards

Evelyn Richardson

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal

Vicki Lewis Thompson

Sherri WhiteFeather

(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

historical romance

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

historical romance

Patricia Gaffney

metaphor/symbolism

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Ramsdell, Kristin

(2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood

Topic

paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance

Christian romance

Charlotte Brontë

Barbara Cartland

Daphne du Maurier

science fiction/futuristic romance

Margaret Mitchell

Harlequin Mills & Boon

Georgette Heyer

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

historical romance

romance scholarship

LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors

libraries/librarians

romantic suspense

Samuel Richardson

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Patricia Veryan

Phyllis A. Whitney

Kathleen Winsor

Kathleen Woodiwiss