by Melanie Milburne, author of Bedded and Wedded for Revenge
Hi everyone,
As a romance reader for many years and now as a multi-published romance author I am always thinking about the archetypal romance themes that are the basis for so many memorable novels. Memorable is a particularly significant word when it comes to my latest release [...]

Susan Napier has sent us some photos of France that inspired the setting of Public Scandal, Private Mistress. Enjoy! ~Amy
by Susan Napier

Paris, city of lovers… Rodin’s The Kiss outside L’Orangerie museum in the Tuileries Gardens. If I look a little over-heated myself, it was because the city was in the grip of a fierce [...]

by Susan Napier, author of Public Scandal, Private Mistress (Harlequin Presents)
Veronica Bell thinks of herself as a rather ordinary young woman – hardly the type to inspire mad passion in a man – so a wild, romantic fling with a tall, dark and handsome stranger is the last thing she expects when her travel plans [...]

You’ve read the synopsis, and the first chapter… but what did the editor’s love about Lucy Roberts’s winning Feel the Heat writing competition entry? Editor Kimberley Young is here to share the editors’ feedback, and give Lucy some tips on continuing to write a winning manuscript…
What we loved about it:
 Lucy’s natural voice shone through, it [...]

Hello everyone — I Heart Presents has been nominated for a 2008 Weblog Award as Best Literature Blog by, well, me If you’d like to help us final, please head over to the nomination page here and use the little green “+” button beside our nomination to add your vote for IHP. And [...]

(Note: only part of the chapter will appear on the I Heart Presents Home page — click the title of the post or the link at the bottom to read the full chapter! ~Amy)
A Bid for Love by Lucy Roberts – Synopsis
‘You must be wondering what sort of girl ends up for auction on the [...]

As I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting — here’s the synopsis for Modern Heat’s “Feel the Heat” writing competition winner Lucy Roberts’s winning entry “A Bid for Love.” First chapter and editor’s comments to come this week! ~Amy
A Bid for Love by Lucy Roberts – Synopsis
Emily Cooper is 28, independent, clear-headed and, above all, practical. [...]

by Ally Blake, author of A Night with the Society Playboy
One of the things I loooove about Harlequin Presents novels is that you can always count on the stories being set against the backdrop of some exotic location.
Now you have to remember that for a gal living in suburban Melbourne, Australia, the place you live [...]

by Felicity Roger
In hindsight, I am surprised I didn’t start writing romances years ago. I am the mother of four beautiful heroines and twelve years or so ago I snagged me a hero of ‘Presents” proportions. Okay, so maybe not a trillionaire, but he has the rest of the required qualities in spades.
But it was [...]

Yes, I know Halloween has come and gone but we had to share this great photo from Harlequin’s costume contest. Some lovely folks reenacted classic Harlequin covers from across the decades, and here Deigo and April (perfect names for a Harlequin Presents hero and heroine, no?) recreate Lucy Monroe’s His Royal Love-Child:

Here’s the original:

From where [...]