Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway

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
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
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
Rampure, Archana
(2005) Doctors in the Darkness: Reading Race, Gender, and History in the Popular Medical Romance PhD, University of Toronto
Topic
medical romance
race/ethnicity
UK
Olivia Gates
war/armed forces
national identity
Harlequin Mills & Boon
United States of America
feminism
work
Juliet Shore/Anne Vinton
Debbie Macomber
health/medical
history
Lucy Agnes Hancock
Louise Gerard
Helen Dore Boylston
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Charlotte Lamb
Africa
war/armed forces
McAlister, Jodi
(2020) The Consummate Virgin: Female Virginity Loss and Love in Anglophone Popular Literatures Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
Topic
sex/sexuality
love
virginity
history
romance scholarship
historical romance
rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Harlequin Mills & Boon
Twilight
Fifty Shades
race/ethnicity
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Catherine Coulter
Loretta Chase
Teresa Medeiros
Julia Quinn
Lisa Kleypas
Stephanie Laurens
Courtney Milan
Johanna Lindsey
Denise Robins
Sophie Cole
Louise Gerard
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
national identity
UK
readers
Romney, Rebecca
(2021) The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769-1999 : Type Punch Matrix
Topic
Publishing
Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
work
Harlequin Mills & Boon
historical romance
Christian romance
gothic romance
romantic suspense
paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance
African American romance
LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Frances Brooke
Canada
Elizabeth Inchbald
Frances Burney
Sydney Owenson
national identity
Ireland
Ouida
May Agnes Fleming
Laura Jean Libbey
Emma Wolf
religion/spirituality
Judaism
Pauline Hopkins
Onoto Watanna/Winnifred Eaton
Japan
Elinor Glyn
Louise Gerard
Barbara Cartland
Laura Lou Brookman
Kathleen Thompson Norris
romances in magazines and newspapers
Elizabeth Carfrae
Frances Shelley Wees
Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway
Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie
Alice Lent Covert
Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr
Australia
Faith Baldwin
Mary Renault
medical romance
Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook
Juliet Shore/Anne Vinton
Della Field, pseudonym of Fanny Howe
Janet Dailey
Lydia Maria Child
Charlotte M. Yonge
Mary Johnston
Susa Young Gates
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Rosemary Rogers
June Lund Shiplett
paratext
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
science fiction/futuristic romance
Valerie Belgrave
Caribbean
Beverly Jenkins
Jane Austen
Susan Ferrier
Georgette Heyer
Amii Lorin
Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Marisa de Zavala/Ana Lisa de Leon/Rachel Scott/Celina Rios Mullan
Sandra Kitt
Maureen Wartski
Augusta Jane Evans
Florence Barclay
Ethel M. Dell
Janette Oke
Beverly Lewis
Charlotte Brontë
Harriet Lewis
Virginia Coffman
Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Phyllis A. Whitney
Mary Stewart
Daoma Winston
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rita Clay Estrada
Lori Herter
Jean Webster
Robin McKinley
Tracy West/Joyce McGill/Chassie West
Marie G. Lee
race/ethnicity
Paula Christian
Isabel Miller
Gordon Merrick
Ann Allen Shockley
Vincent Virga
Nancy Garden
Katherine V. Forrest
Loretta Chase
Brenda Jackson