Roach, David (2023) A Very British Affair – The Best of Classic Romance Comics Oxford: Rebellion Topic comics/manga UK
Belk, Jaime (2022) Save Our Love Creative Writing Masters Thesis, Liberty University Topic African American romance Christian romance Harlequin Mills & Boon happy ending
Hernandez, Carmen E. (2022) Romance and Revolution Master of Arts, Texas State University Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Samuel Richardson wealth/prosperity Jane Austen Fifty Shades social/economic class Sylvain Reynard Erika Wilde Carly Phillips rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse virginity Eliza Haywood
Fekete, Maleah (2022) Confluent Love and the Evolution of Ideal Intimacy: Romance Reading in 1980 and 2016 Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: DOI: 10.70138/OCWW4702 Topic readers sex/sexuality gender sociology love emotions
O'Brien, Lee (2022) Telling Gaps and Domestic Tyranny: Georgette Heyer’s Regency Romances Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: DOI: 10.70138/QSNM1860 Topic Georgette Heyer happy ending family history health/medical sex/sexuality gender social/economic class rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse marriage