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Cox, Anthony Fisher, Maryanne (2009) The Texas Billionaire's Pregnant Bride: An Evolutionary Interpretation of Romance Fiction Titles Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology 3.4:386-401 DOI: 10.1037/h0099308 Topic evolutionary psychology Harlequin Mills & Boon work family social/economic class
Coward, Rosalind (1984) Female Desire: Women’s Sexuality Today London: Paladin Topic gender feminism psychology
Cordell, Sigrid (2013) Loving in Plain Sight: Amish Romance Novels as Evangelical Gothic Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 1.2:1-16 DOI: 10.18061/1811/57706 Topic Beverly Lewis Christian romance religion/spirituality gothic romance