Laura Kinsale

(2019) Is Fanfiction Better than Published Romance Novels? Magnificat :126-135

Topic

Suzanne Brockmann

Heinecken, Dawn

(1999) "Changing Ideologies in Romance Fiction " Romantic Conventions 149-172

Topic

historical romance

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Krentz, Jayne Ann

(1992) Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Topic

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

metaphor/symbolism

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Elizabeth Lowell

war/armed forces

Doreen Owens Malek

Penelope Williamson

trash/literary and or intellectual quality

Suzanne Simmons Guntrum

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

(2001) Love's Labors Won: Romance Fiction and the Politics of Love New Orleans Review 27.1:171-183

Topic

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Selinger, Eric Murphy

(2012) "How to Read a Romance Novel (and Fall in Love with Popular Romance) " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 33-46

Topic

trash/literary and or intellectual quality

religion/spirituality