Bly, Mary (2012) "On Popular Romance, J. R. Ward, and the Limits of Genre Study " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 60-72 Topic J. R. Ward fashion/clothing gender United States of America war/armed forces sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Suzanne Brockmann
Dandridge, Rita B. (2003) "The Race, Gender, Romance Connection: A Black Feminist Reading of African American Women's Historical Romances " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 185-201 Topic historical romance African American romance feminism race/ethnicity gender Beverly Jenkins Shirley Hailstock Roberta Gayle history sex/sexuality United States of America
Westman, Karin E. (2003) "A Story of Her Weaving: The Self-Authoring Heroines of Georgette Heyer's Regency Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 165-184 Topic Georgette Heyer trash/literary and or intellectual quality historical romance
Hinnant, Charles H. (2003) "Desire and the Marketplace: A Reading of Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 147-164 Topic Kathleen Woodiwiss capitalism/business rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse fashion/clothing
Burley, Stephanie (2003) "What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Book like This?: Homoerotic Reading and Popular Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 127-146 Topic sex/sexuality readers Karen Robards Kristin Hannah virginity BDSM LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Blake, Susan L. (2003) "What "Race" is the Sheik?: Rereading a Desert Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 67-85 Topic E. M. Hull rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse race/ethnicity history marriage gender sheikh romance