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Haddad, Emily A., 2007. 
'Bound to Love: Captivity in Harlequin Sheikh Novels.' in Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels. ed. Sally Goade, (Newcastle, U.K.:Cambridge Scholars Pub.) pp. 42-64.
Hagemann, Susanne, 1996. 
"Gendering Places: Georgette Heyer's Cultural Topography." Scotland to Slovenia: European Identities and Transcultural Communication. Proceedings of the Fourth International Scottish Studies Symposium. Ed. Horst W. Drescher and Susanne Hagemann. Scottish Studies International 21. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1996. 187–199. [Reprinted in: Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective. Ed. Mary Fahnestock-Thomas. Saraland, AL: PrinnyWorld Press, 2001. 480–492.] **
Hague, Euan and David Stenhouse, 2007. 
"A very interesting place: representing Scotland in American romance novels, " in The Edinburgh companion to contemporary Scottish literature Ed. by Berthold Schoene-Harwood (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press): 354-361.
Hains, Maryellen, 1989. 
“Beauty and the Beast: 20th Century Romance?” Merveilles & contes 3: 75–83.** [The journal seems to go under the name Marvels & Tales now]
Hall, Glinda Fountain, 2008. 
"Inverting the Southern Belle: Romance Writers Redefine Gender Myths. " Journal of Popular Culture 41.1: 37-55.
Hall, Glinda F., 2010. 
The Creators of Women’s Popular Romance Fiction: The Authors Who Gave Women a Genre of Their Own. Edwin Mellen Press.
Hassencahl, Fran, 1980. 
"Persecutors, Victims and Rescuers in Harlequin Romances." Paper presented at the combined Annual Meeting of the Midwest Popular Culture Association and the Midwest American Culture Association (Kalamazoo, MI, October 23-25, 1980). 20 pgs. ERIC document ED207086.
Haynesworth, Leslie, 2008. 
'Janet Evanovich', Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3.[1]
Hazen, Helen, 1983. 
Endless Rapture; Rape, Romance, and the Female Imagination. New York:: Scribner's. (Chapter 1 - Romance Novels)
Heinecken, Dawn, 1999. 
'Changing Ideologies in Romance Fiction', in Romantic Conventions, see below, pp. 149-72.
Heller, Tamar, 1997. 
'Having It All: Consumption and Ideological Tension in an Innovative Romance Novel.' Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture 30.3:243-264. [The article focuses on Free Spirit by Fern Michael]
Hermes, Joke, 1992. 
‘Sexuality in Lesbian Romance Fiction’, Feminist Review, 42: 49-66. Excerpts
Hermes, Joke, 1992. 
'Entertainment or Enlightenment - Sexuality In Lesbian Romance Novels', Argument, 34.3:389-402.
Hey, Valerie, 1983. 
The Necessity of Romance, Women’s Studies Occasional Papers, 3 (Canterbury: University of Kent).
Hinnant, Charles H., 2003.
"Desire and the Marketplace: A Reading of Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower," in Doubled Plots: Romance and History, see above, pp. 147-164. Excerpt
Hollows, Joanne, 2000. 
Feminism, Femininity and Popular Culture (Manchester: Manchester University Press). [Chapter 4 is about "Reading Romantic Fiction."]
Holmes, Diana, 2003. 
'Decadent Love: Rachilde and the Popular Romance', Dix-Neuf: Journal of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes, 1: 16-28. pdf available here [Holmes argues that Rachilde's work, particularly Le Dessous (1904), 'performs the feat of providing simultaneously the pleasures of romance and a derisive critique of the genre']
Holmes, Diana, 2005. 
"The Return to Romance: Love Stories in Recent French Women's Writing." Esprit Créateur 45, no. 1: 97-109.
Holmes, Diana, 2006. 
Romance and Readership in Twentieth-Century France; Love Stories. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Description and pdf of the first chapter. Description and more excerpts.
Hubbard, Rita C., 1983. 
'The Changing-Unchanging Heroines and Heroes of Harlequin Romances, 1950-1979. in The Hero in Transition.,ed. Ray B. Browne and Marshall W. Fishwick, (Bowling Green, OH: Popular), pp. 171-179. Excerpt
Hubbard, Rita C., 1985. 
'Relationship Styles in Popular Romance Novels, 1950-1983', Communication Quarterly, 33.2: 113-25.** Republished in Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth-Century Perspective, ed. Bernard L. Brock, Robert L. Scott and James W. Chesebro, Third Edition, Revised, 1990 (Detroit: Wayne State University Press), pp. 223-233. Excerpt
Hubbard, Rita C., 1992. 
'Magic and Transformation: Relationships in Popular Romance Novels, 1950 to the 1980s', in Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, ed. Kevin Lause & Jack Nachbar (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press), pp. 476-488. ** Excerpt Abstract. [In the excerpt it is stated that "A slightly different version of this essay appeared in Communication Quarterly 33 (Spring 1985)" (476). More precise bibliographical details for that item are given in the entry above this one.]
Hughes, Helen, 1993. 
The Historical Romance. (London:Routledge) Synopsis. Abstract and Excerpts
Huntwork, Mary M., 1990. 
"Why Girls Flock to Sweet Valley High." School Library Journal 36.3 : 137-140.
Hurst, Rochelle, 2009. 
“The Barrister’s Bedmate: Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Bridget Jones Debate” Australian Feminist Studies 24.62: 453-468. [Feminist critique of Harlequin Mills & Boons (especially a selection by Emma Darcy) and comparison with Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones novels. For a discussion of why many aspects of this essay's methodology are troubling, from an academic perspective, see this article by Jessica at Read React Review].

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Iesue, Renata. 1990. 
"Romance and Reality: Popular Writing by Nigerian Women." Commonwealth Essays and Studies 13, no. 1: 28-37.

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Jackson, Stevi, 1995. 
'Women and Heterosexual Love: Complicity, Resistance and Change', in Romance Revisited , ed. Jackie Stacey and Lynne Pearce (New York: New York UP), pp. 49-62.
Jarmakani, Amira, 2010. 
'“The Sheik Who Loved Me”: Romancing the War on Terror', Signs 35.4: 993-1017. Abstract
Jarvis, Christine, 1995. 
'Romancing the Curriculum: Empowerment through Popular Culture',Convergence, 28.3: 71-7. Abstract
Jarvis, Christine, 1999. 
'Love Changes Everything: The Transformative Potential of Popular Romantic Fiction', Studies in the Education of Adults, 31.2:109-122. Abstract
Jensen, Margaret Ann, 1984. 
Love's $weet Return: The Harlequin Story (Toronto: Women's Educational Press, 1984). [Excerpts (possibly from different publisher, as details on Google Books say it was published by the Popular Press)]
Johnson-Kurek, Rosemary E., 1999. 
' "I Am Not a Bimbo": Persona, Promotion, and the Fabulous Fabio', in Romantic Conventions, see below, pp. 35-50. Excerpt
Johnson-Kurek, Rosemary E., 1999. 
'Leading Us into Temptation: The Language of Sex and the Power of Love', in Romantic Conventions, see below, pp. 113-48. Excerpt
Johnson-Woods, Toni, 2004. 
Pulp: A Collector's Book of Australian Pulp Fiction Covers (Canberra: National Library of Australia). One chapter is on romance covers.
Johnson-Woods, T., 2005. 
'From Australia With Love: A History Of Modern Australian Popular Romance Novels,' Australian Literary Studies, 22.1:119-120. [This is a book review of Juliet Flesch's book, listed elsewhere in this bibliography]
Jones, Ann Rosalind, 1986. 
‘Mills & Boon Meets Feminism’, in The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction, ed. Jean Radford (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul), pp. 195-218.
Joshi, S. T. 2009. 
Junk fiction: America's obsession with bestsellers. [Rockville, MD]: Borgo Press. Chapter on "Queens of romance: Danielle Steele, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Nora Roberts." Excerpt
Juhasz, Suzanne, 1988. 
‘Texts to Grow On: Reading Women’s Romance Fiction’, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, 7:2: 239-259.
Juhasz, Suzanne, 1998. 
'Lesbian Romance Fiction and the Plotting of Desire: Narrative Theory, Lesbian Identity, and Reading Practice', Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, 17.1: 65-82. [Rptd. in Ostrov Weisser, Women and Romance, pp. 276-291. **]

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Kaler, Anne K., 2000. 
"Dysfunctional Detectives and Romantic P. I.s: Impediments to the Happy Marriage of Mystery and Romance." Clues: A Journal of Detection, 21.1: 61-72.
Kaler, Anne K., 1999. 
'Conventions of Captivity in Romance Novels', in Romantic Conventions, see below, pp. 86-99. Excerpt
Kaler, Anne K., 1999. 
' Hero, Heroine, or HERA: A New Name for an Old Problem', in Romantic Conventions, see below, pp. 187-92. Excerpt
Kamble, Jayashree, 2007. 
'Female Enfranchisement and the Popular Romance: Employing an Indian Perspective.' in Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels. ed. Sally Goade, (Newcastle, U.K.:Cambridge Scholars Pub.) pp. 148-173.
Kapell, Matthew, and Suzanne Becker., 2005. 
'Patriarchy, the Christian Romance Novel, and the 'Ecosystem of Sex'.' Popular Culture Review 16.1:147-155.
Kelso, Sylvia, 1997. 
'Stitching Time: Feminism(s) and Thirty Years of Gothic Romance,' Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2: 164-179.
Kemppinen, Anne, 1989. 
“Translation for Popular Literature with Special Reference to Harlequin Books and their Finnish Translation”, in Empirical Studies in Translation and Linguistics, Studies in Languages, nº 17, ed. Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit & Stephen Condit (Savonlinna: University of Joensuu, Faculty of Arts), pp. 25-36.**
Killing, Peter, 1978. 
Harlequin Enterprises Limited: Case Material of the Western School of Business Administration (London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario). **
Kloester, Jennifer V., 2004. 
"Images of England: Georgette Heyer's Regency World in the Dominions," in Exploring the British World: Identity, Cultural Production, Institutions, Ed. Kate Darian-Smith, Patricia Grimshaw, Kiera Lindsey, and Stuart Mcintyre (Melbourne: RMIT Publishing): 598-608.[2]
Kloester, Jennifer, 2006. 
"Georgette Heyer and the Great Jane," Sensibilities 32: 101-117. Excerpt
Koski, Patricia, Lori Holyfield, and Marcella Thompson, 1997. 
"Romance Novels as Women's Myths." Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2: 219-232.
Kramer, Daniela & Moore, Michael, 2001. 
‘Gender Roles, Romantic Fiction and Family Therapy’, Psycoloquy 12,#24 [3]
Kramer, Daniela & Moore, Michael, 2001. 
'Family Myths in Romantic Fiction', Psychological Reports, 88.1:29-41.
Kray, Susan. 1987. 
"Deconstructive Laughter: Romance Author as Subject, The Pleasure of Writing the Text." Journal of Communication Inquiry 11.2: 26-46.
Krentz, Jayne Ann, Ed. 
Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992). Contents and Excerpts via Google Books
Kress, Gunther, 1988. 
“Textual Matters: The Social Effectiveness of Style.” Functions of Style. Ed. David Birch and Michael O’Toole. London: Pinter Publishers. 126-141. [Kress exploration of style is "organized around (excerpts from) two texts: the first is part of an advertising brochure for medical practitioners, describing the drug Fluphenazine; the second is from a Mills and Boon novel, a doctor-nurse romance entitled A Candle In The Dark" (127). More details are not given about this novel, but it seems likely that it is the one listed here as Doctor Nurse Romance #137 - A Candle In The Dark - Grace Read, November 1982.]
Kundin, Susan G., 1985. 
"Romance versus Reality: A Look at YA Romantic Fiction." Top of the News 41.4: 361-368.
Kutzer, M. Daphne, 1986. 
""I Won't Grow up"—Yet: Teen Formula Romance." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 11.2: 90-95. Abstract
Kuznets, Lois and Eve Zarin, 1982. 
"Sweet Dreams for Sleeping Beauties: Pre-Teen Romances." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 7.1: 28-32. Abstract

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Labanyi, Jo, 2004. 
'Romancing the Early Franco Regime: the Novelas Románticas of Concha Linares-Becerra and Luisa-María Linares', Institute of European Studies: Occasional Papers, Working Paper OP-13 (March 5, 2004). [4]
Lang, Miriam. 2003. 
"Taiwanese Romance: San Mao and Qiong Yao." In The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, 515-519. New York, NY: Columbia UP, 2003.
Larcombe, Wendy, 2005. 
Compelling Engagements : Feminism, Rape Law and Romance Fiction. (Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press) Description and Contents and Excerpt via Google Books
Larrier, Renée. 2007. 
"'Quand la lecture devient passion': Romance Novels and Literacy in Abidjan." In African Literatures at the Millennium, ed. Arthur D. Drayton, Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka & I. Peter Ukpokodu: 315-324. Trenton, NJ: Africa World.
Lawrence, Kelli-an and Edward S. Herold, 1988. 
"Women's Attitudes toward and Experience with Sexually Explicit Materials." Journal of Sex Research 24:161-169. Excerpt
Lee, Amy, 2007. 
'Forming a Local Identity: Romance Novels in Hong Kong.' in Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels. ed. Sally Goade, (Newcastle, U.K.:Cambridge Scholars Pub.) pp. 174-197.
Lee, Linda J., 2008. 
'Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance Novels as Reworked Fairy Tales,' Marvels & Tales, 22.1: 52-66. Abstract
Leedy, Helen, 1985. 
'The Portrayal of Women in Romance Novels, Michigan Sociological Review 1:61-71. **
Lennard, John, 2007. 
'Of Pseudonyms and Sentiment: Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb, and the Imperative Mood', Of Modern Dragons and other essays on Genre Fiction, Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, pp. 56-86. [The essay on Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb is Chapter 3 of the book] [Another excerpt from the book, though not from this chapter, is available via the publisher.]
Liffen, Jane, 2008. 
""A very Glamorized Picture, that": Images of Scottish Female Herring Workers on Romance Novel Covers." Social Semiotics 18.3: 349-61. Abstract
Light, Alison. 1984. 
‘Returning to Manderley – Romance Fiction, Female Sexuality and Class’, Feminist Review, 16: 7-25.
Lindfors, Bernth, 1993. 
"Romances for the Office Worker: Aubrey Kalitera and Malawi's White-Collar Reading Public" in Major Minorities: English Literatures in Transit, ed. Raoul Granqvist (Amsterdam: Rodopi): pp. 77-88. [Sizeable excerpt available via Rodopi's webpage. Click on the "Google Preview" button. Using the link from the index within the book may take you to the beginning of the next essay in the volume. You may need to scroll back.]
Lindfors, Bernth. 2002. 
"Romances for the Office Worker: Aubrey Kalitera and Malawi's White-Collar Reading Public." In Readings in African Popular Fiction, 89-94. London, England: International African Institute with Indiana UP.
Linke, Gabriele, 1997.
"Local Color in Contemporary Harlequin and Silhouette Romances: Popular Imagery of the American South and West." Mid-Atlantic Almanack: The Journal of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association 6: 14-30
Linke, Gabriele, 1997. 
"Contemporary Mass Market Romances as National and International Culture: A Comparative Study of Mills & Boon and Harlequin Romances." Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2: 195-213.
Litton, Joyce A., 1994. 
'From Seventeenth Summer to Miss Teen Sweet Valley: Female and Male Sex Roles in Teen Romances, 1942-91', in Images of the Child, ed. Harry Eiss (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press), pp. 19-34. Excerpt
Livingston, Eric, 2006. 
"The Textuality of Pleasure." New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation 37.3: 655-672.(narrative technique; relationship to reading; pleasure; compared to Wilkins, Gina: Seductively Yours (2000) Harlequin Temptation #792) Abstract and excerpt
Lutz, Deborah, 2006. 
The Dangerous Lover; Gothic Villains, Byronism, and the Nineteenth-Century Seduction Narrative.(Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press). [Includes a chapter on the contemporary historical romance, which is available in pdf format, along with the introduction and bibliographical matter here ]
Lutz, Deborah, 2007. 
'The Haunted Space of the Mind: The Revival of the Gothic Romance in the Twenty-First Century.' in Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels. ed. Sally Goade, (Newcastle, U.K.:Cambridge Scholars Pub.) pp. 81-92.
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