Calhoun-French, Diane M. (2000) Of Love and Death: Murder and Mayhem Meet the Romance Clues: A Journal of Detection 21.1:1-16 Topic romantic suspense
Calhoun-French, Diane M. (1987) ""New" Women in Old Stories: Silhouette "Intimate Moments" " Heroines of Popular Culture 114-119 Topic work
Browne, Pat (1987) Heroines of Popular Culture Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press
Cadogan, Mary (1994) And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present London: Macmillan Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Mary Stewart M. M. Kaye Charlotte M. Yonge Augusta Jane Evans Rhoda Broughton Marie Corelli Florence Barclay Annie S. Swan Barbara Cartland Judith McNaught Mary Webb Ouida Rita, pen name of Mrs. Eliza Margaret Humphreys Elinor Glyn Ethel M. Dell romances in magazines and newspapers Charlotte Brontë war/armed forces disability Daphne du Maurier Colleen McCullough E. M. Hull Violet Winspear Flora Annie Steel Berta Ruck Georgette Heyer Jane Aiken Hodge Sylvia Andrews Anthony Hope Baroness Orczy Margaret Mitchell Mabel Barnes Grundy Ruby M. Ayres Denise Robins Maysie Greig Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Radclyffe Hall Janet Dailey Lucilla Andrews Jane Arbor Caroline Anderson
Ménard, A. Dana Cabrera, Christine (2011) ‘Whatever the Approach, Tab B Still Fits into Slot A’: Twenty Years of Sex Scripts in Romance Novels Sexuality & Culture 15.3:240–255 DOI: 10.1007/s12119-011-9092-3 Topic sex/sexuality psychology
Cabrera, Christine Ménard, Amy Dana (2013) 'She Exploded into a Million Pieces': A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Orgasms in Contemporary Romance Novels Sexuality & Culture 17.2:193-212 DOI: 10.1007/s12119-012-9147-0 Topic sex/sexuality psychology