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 feminism gender readers metafiction Mary Balogh Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle sex/sexuality Sandra Brown Bertrice Small Diana Gabaldon Susan Johnson Alexis Harrington Candice Proctor rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse