Wu, Huei-Hsia (2006) Gender, Romance Novels and Plastic Sexuality in the United States: A Focus on Female College Students Journal of International Women’s Studies 8.1:125-134 Topic sex/sexuality readers gender psychology
Woodruff, Juliette (1985) A spate of words, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing: or, How to read in Harlequin Journal of Popular Culture 19.2:25-32 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1985.00025.x Topic gothic romance Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance Barbara Cartland Georgette Heyer marriage
Wood, Christine V. (2014) Tender Heroes and Twilight Lovers: Re-Reading the Romance in Mass-Market Pulp Novels, 1950–1965 Journal of Lesbian Studies 18.4:372-392 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2014.901846 Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors gender United States of America Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Paula Christian Ann Bannon Randy Salem sex/sexuality
Hemmungs Wirtén, Eva (2000) Harlequin romances in Swedish: a case study in globalized publishing Logos 11.4:203-207 DOI: 10.2959/logo.2000.11.4.203 Topic translation Sweden Harlequin Mills & Boon Publishing
Hemmungs Wirtén, Eva (1998) "They Seek It Here, They Seek It There, They Seek It Everywhere": Looking for the "Global" Book Canadian Journal of Communication 23.2: Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon translation Sweden Sandra Canfield Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth Janice Kaiser sex/sexuality national identity
Wintle, Sarah (1996) The Sheik: What Can be Made of a Daydream Women: A Cultural Review 7.3:291-302 DOI: 10.1080/09574049608578285 Topic E. M. Hull film/movies sex/sexuality gender race/ethnicity Robert Hitchens animals