Editor’s Note by Amy Burge
General Articles
- Romancing the Darkness: Understanding Trauma in the Romance GenreAlicia Leigh
- Marian Keyes’ This Charming Man: An Alcoholic Love StoryMaria Butler
- Happily Ever After?/Happily Ever After! Negotiating the Gothic in Contemporary Dark RomanceErika Kvistad
- (Dis)Honourable Escapes: Reassessing Sexuality in Georgette Heyer’s Historical RomancesLasya Tandon
- Narrating Histories of Love and Violence: The Civil War and Alyssa Cole’s A Hope DividedSarah Ficke
- Bodies that Become Content: Reading Fujoshi’s Voices and Discursive Construction of Cuteness in Thai BL NovelsBancha Rattanamathuwong
Notes and Queries
- Defining the Trope in Romance FictionHeather Schell, Justina Clayburn, Amy Duong, Javaria Farooqui, Sarah Ficke, Krista Hammonds, Shelby Hebert, Jenni Jacobs, Jayashree Kamblé, Melissa Ford Lucken, Kim Manganelli, Jennie McStotts, Lucinda Newns, Kristin Noone, María Ramos-García, Kelsey Ridge, Cassie Schifman, Precie Schroyer, Jennifer Smith, Josefine Smith, Kacy Dowd Tillman, Sarah Walden, Huike Wen, and Casey Alane Wilson.
- Literary Fiction from the Perspective of Romance Scholarship: André Aciman’s Room on the SeaFrancesca Pierini
- Addressing Bias Against SOPO VEE OPP PolyamoryNafees Alam
Book Reviews
- Review: Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History and Travel and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Exotic Journeys, Reparative Histories, ed. by Paloma Fresno-Calleja and Hsu-Ming TeoAmy Duong
- Review: Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age, by Michelle JanningMarisa Mills
- Review: Publishing Romance Fiction in the Philippines, by Jodi McAlister, Claire Parnell, and Andrea Anne TrinidadPrayash Gupta