Burnett, Ann Beto, Rhea Reinhardt (2000) Reading Romance Novels: An Application of Parasocial Relationship Theory North Dakota Journal of Speech & Theatre 13:28-39 Topic readers psychology
Burley, Stephanie (2000) Shadows and Silhouettes: The Racial Politics of Category Romance Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 5.13-14:324-343 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon race/ethnicity B. J. James Scotland gender United States of America
Burge, Amy (2012) Desiring the east: a comparative study of Middle English romance and modern popular sheikh romance PhD, University of York Topic sheikh romance war/armed forces religion/spirituality race/ethnicity gender fashion/clothing
Burge, Amy (2014) ‘For you are a man and she is a maid’: Performing masculinity in Orientalist medieval and modern popular romance fiction Journal of European Popular Culture 5.2:89-103 DOI: 10.1386/jepc.5.2.89_1 Topic sheikh romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender Harlequin Mills & Boon settings fashion/clothing
Burge, Amy (2012) "Do Knights Still Rescue Damsels in Distress?: Reimagining the Medieval in the Mills & Boon Historical Romance " The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction 95-114 Topic history Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext social/economic class religion/spirituality food, drink fashion/clothing sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse war/armed forces gender
Cooper, Katherine Short, Emma (2012) The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan