McAlister, Jodi (2021) "Erotic romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 212-228 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-9 Topic erotic romance genre definitions Fifty Shades sex/sexuality Sylvia Day happy ending Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) John Cleland Publishing fanfiction Alisha Rai Harlequin Mills & Boon
Selinger, Eric Murphy (2022) "Disenchantment and its discontents: “modern love” and irony in popular romance fiction " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-30 Topic love Jennifer Crusie science/technology religion/spirituality marriage Alisha Rai feminism emotions Alexis Hall metafiction Francine Rivers fairytales/folktales health/medical
Giovanni, Chiara (2023) Hetero Ever After? Romance Novels, Race, and the Limits of Social Dreaming Post45 : Topic race/ethnicity Jasmine Guillory Alisha Rai romance and, or as, activism feminism