Gruner, Elisabeth Rose (2019) Constructing the Adolescent Reader in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction London: Palgrave Macmillan Topic YA/teenage romance
Farooqui, Javaria Ashraf, Rabia (2019) Reconnaissance of ‘Difference’ in Cognitive Maps: Authenticating Happily Ever After in Julia Quinn’s To Sir Philip with Love Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 22.2:71-82 Topic psychology Julia Quinn historical romance
Allan, Jonathan A. (2020) Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Topic gender sex/sexuality m/m romance pornography LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors virginity Marie Sexton health/medical
Mussell, Kay (1984) Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women’s Romance Fiction Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press Topic Mary Stewart Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Phyllis A. Whitney Roberta Gellis Anya Seton Georgette Heyer Barbara Cartland feminism romantic suspense historical romance gender sex/sexuality marriage Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) erotic romance readers romance scholarship Harlequin Mills & Boon gothic romance Jane Austen history settings social/economic class UK United States of America fairytales/folktales family Charlotte Brontë psychology