Pearce, Lynne (2011) Romance and Repetition: Testing the Limits of Love Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1: Topic love psychology philosophy
Pearce, Lynne (2007) Romance Writing Cambridge: Polity Press Topic love Jane Rule LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Ann Bannon Margaret Mitchell Daphne du Maurier Jeanette Winterson
Pearce, Lynne (2004) "Popular Romance and Its Readers " A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary 521-538 Topic Jeanette Winterson food, drink settings psychology Violet Winspear readers sex/sexuality
Saunders, Corinne (2004) A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary Malden, MA: Blackwell
Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve Clare, Lindsay 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 Topic metaphor/symbolism erotic romance gender sex/sexuality linguistics Shirlee Busbee Julie Garwood Roberta Gellis Johanna Lindsey Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Bertrice Small Rachel Lee/Sue Civil-Brown Elizabeth Lowell Emma Merritt Fayrene Preston Kasey Stuart Linda Turner virginity food, drink war/armed forces rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse work
Parameswaran, Radhika (2002) Reading Fictions of Romance: Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism in Postcolonial India Journal of Communication 52.4:832-851 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2002.tb02576.x Topic India gender social/economic class national identity sex/sexuality readers Publishing paratext historical romance race/ethnicity marriage virginity family