Betty Neels

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
Ruby M. Ayres
Faith Baldwin
Florence Barclay
Betty Beaty
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Sandra Brown
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Barbara Cartland
Catherine Cookson
Marie Corelli
Janet Dailey
Iris Danbury
Barbara Delinsky
Ethel M. Dell
Viña Delmar
Jude Deveraux
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Maud Diver
Jane Donnelly
Daphne du Maurier
Dorothy Eden
Eleanor Farnes
Jeffrey Farnol
Charles Garvice
Roberta Gellis
Elinor Glyn
Maysie Greig
Anne Hampson
Georgette Heyer
Robert Hitchens
Grace Livingston Hill
Margery Hilton
Jane Aiken Hodge
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Linda Howard
Susan Howatch
Elizabeth Hoy
E. M. Hull
Elizabeth Hunter
Iris Johansen
Susan Johnson
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Charlotte Lamb
Roumelia Lane
Laura Jean Libbey
Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay
Johanna Lindsey
Elizabeth Lowell
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Anne Mather
Patricia Matthews
Anne Maybury
Colleen McCullough
Judith McNaught
Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz
Fern Michaels
Margaret Mitchell
Netta Muskett
Betty Neels
Kathleen Thompson Norris
Kate Norway/Olive Norton
Baroness Orczy
Diana Palmer
Margaret Pargeter
Mary Renault
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Francine Rivers
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Denise Robins
Rosemary Rogers
Margaret Rome
Berta Ruck
Rafael Sabatini
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Alexandra Sellers
Anya Seton
Valerie Sherwood
Bertrice Small
LaVyrle Spencer
Danielle Steel
Mary Stewart
Rebecca Stratton
Essie Summers
Annie S. Swan
Kay Thorpe
Patricia Veryan
Lucy Walker
Margaret Way
Anne Weale
Jean Webster
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
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
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
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
Ruby M. Ayres
Faith Baldwin
Florence Barclay
Betty Beaty
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Sandra Brown
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Barbara Cartland
Catherine Cookson
Marie Corelli
Janet Dailey
Iris Danbury
Barbara Delinsky
Ethel M. Dell
Viña Delmar
Jude Deveraux
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Maud Diver
Jane Donnelly
Daphne du Maurier
Dorothy Eden
Eleanor Farnes
Jeffrey Farnol
Charles Garvice
Roberta Gellis
Elinor Glyn
Maysie Greig
Anne Hampson
Georgette Heyer
Robert Hitchens
Grace Livingston Hill
Margery Hilton
Jane Aiken Hodge
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Linda Howard
Susan Howatch
Elizabeth Hoy
E. M. Hull
Elizabeth Hunter
Iris Johansen
Susan Johnson
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Charlotte Lamb
Roumelia Lane
Laura Jean Libbey
Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay
Johanna Lindsey
Elizabeth Lowell
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Anne Mather
Patricia Matthews
Anne Maybury
Colleen McCullough
Judith McNaught
Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz
Fern Michaels
Margaret Mitchell
Netta Muskett
Betty Neels
Kathleen Thompson Norris
Kate Norway/Olive Norton
Baroness Orczy
Diana Palmer
Margaret Pargeter
Mary Renault
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Francine Rivers
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Denise Robins
Rosemary Rogers
Margaret Rome
Berta Ruck
Rafael Sabatini
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Alexandra Sellers
Anya Seton
Valerie Sherwood
Bertrice Small
LaVyrle Spencer
Danielle Steel
Mary Stewart
Rebecca Stratton
Essie Summers
Annie S. Swan
Kay Thorpe
Patricia Veryan
Lucy Walker
Margaret Way
Anne Weale
Jean Webster
Phyllis A. Whitney
Kathleen Winsor
Violet Winspear
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
McAleer, Joseph (1999) Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon Oxford: Oxford University Press
Topic
Harlequin Mills & Boon
Publishing
UK
Betty Beaty
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Elizabeth Carfrae
Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest
Sophie Cole
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Iris Danbury
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Constance M. Evans
Eleanor Farnes
Louise Gerard
Elizabeth Gilzean
romances in magazines and newspapers
Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay
libraries/librarians
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Phyllis Matthewman
medical romance
sex/sexuality
work
marriage
race/ethnicity
happy ending
family
religion/spirituality
readers
Marjorie Moore
Betty Neels
Valerie K. Nelson
Kate Norway/Olive Norton
Denise Robins
Sara Seale
Juliet Shore/Anne Vinton
gender
Alex Stuart
Essie Summers
Joan Sutherland
Anne Weale
Hilary Wilde
Violet Winspear
Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Ireland
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
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
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