Birthisel, Jessica (2020) "The Good, the Bad, and the Kinky: Erotic Romance Writing in a Post-Fifty Shades of Grey Landscape " Communication in Kink: Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon 53-76 Topic erotic romance Fifty Shades authors sex/sexuality Publishing BDSM
Kratzer, Jessica M. W. (2020) Communication in Kink: Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon Lanham, Maryland: Lexington
Rollins, Shannon Marie (2019) Crafting women’s narratives: the material impact of twenty-first century romance fiction on contemporary steampunk dress PhD, University of Edinburgh Topic steampunk fashion/clothing gender Gail Carriger feminism race/ethnicity Adrienne Kress
Patai, Daphne Ingram, Angela (1993) "Fantasy and Identity: The Double Life of a Victorian Sexual Radical " Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers 1889-1939 265-302 Topic gender paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Irene Clyde Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors