Allan, Jonathan A. (2026). "
Men’s Dress in Popular Romance Novels."
The Intellect Handbook of Men’s Fashion. Ed. Ben Barry, Andrew Reilly and José Blanco F. Intellect Books. [This is due to be published on 10 April, 2026. More details about the volume can be found
here.]
Bhatta, H. (2026). "To what extent does age-gap romanticization in modern
BookTok romance fiction normalize predatory dynamics?. Sudurpaschim Spectrum, 3(1-2), 90–102. [I am not going to provide a direct link to this because I was upset to discover that some of the works cited do not exist/do not exist as cited. I did not check all the works, because I felt I had done enough work to engender doubts about the quality of the research. Details can be found in the entry at the RSDB.]
Clasen, Tricia (2026)
"
Changing the Scripts: An Overview of Gender and Romance in Young Adult Literature
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The Oxford Handbook of Young Adult Literature, Ed. Victor Malo-Juvera and Crag Hill. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 99-112. [Excerpt available
here.]
Evans, Anne-Marie (2026). "
Romancing the First Lady
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The First Lady in Contemporary Popular Culture, ed. Anne-Marie Evans and Sarah Trott. New York: Bloomsbury. 113-128. [Links
here.]
Jackson, Nicole M. (2026). "Love in Black and Black: A Brief History of Black Romance." 2026 African American Booklist. Detroit Public Library.
Jones, Cerys
(2026). "Romance Readers and the Politics of Literary Taste in Twentieth Century Britain." Plurality 4: 46-53.
Kamblé, Jayashree (2026). "
Recolouring the romcom: humor, respectability, and race in a 1986 American category romance novel."
Comedy Studies. Online First. [Abstract
here.]
Miller, Jessica (2026). "
Vulnerability and Chronic Illness in Three Contemporary Romance Novels." The Journal of Medical Humanities. [Abstract
here.]
