by Melanie Milburne, author of The Future King’s Love-Child (Harlequin Presents, Dec. 2009)

When I was asked to write for the Karedes Continuity I was thrilled to be a part of such a talented team of writers. Continuities are great fun; I have been involved in three now, but of course it is not the [...]

Emma Darcy has written an astounding 100 romance novels–and #100, The Master Player, is on shelves now in North America! Here, Emma remembers some of her favourite books…what are yours?
by Emma Darcy, author of The Master Player (Harlequin Presents, Dec. 2009)

THE MASTER PLAYER is my 100th romance. I know there are some of you who [...]

by Chantelle Shaw, author of The Greek Billionaire’s Innocent Princess (Harlequin Presents, Nov. 2009)
When I was first asked to write a book for the Royal House of Karedes series my excitement quickly turned to worry as I wondered if I would be able to visualise a story when the main characters and basic plot had [...]

The Harlequin Presents Writing Competition 2009 winner announcement is only weeks away, but we know many of you have been eager for any kind of feedback! Thought the editors are unable to give personal feedback for all the entries (there were over 500 of them, remember ) they wanted to share some of [...]

by Kate Hewitt, author of Royal Baby, Forbidden Marriage (Harlequin Presents Extra, November 2009)

I love Christmas! I love everything about it, from the promise of snow to decorating a Christmas tree to opening the presents underneath. I love Christmas carols and hanging up stockings and making gingerbread cookies. So I was especially excited to write [...]

Here’s a bit of news from Kimberly Lang:
Presents author Kimberly Lang invites everyone to the Writing Playground blog to help celebrate our 4th birthday! Join the Playfriends, our nearly-naked cabana boys, and Cap’n Jack Sparrow at our birthday bash and comment for a chance to win a great prize pack of ten Harlequin books and [...]

by Sandra Marton, author of Raffaele: Taming His Tempestuous Virgin (November 2009) and Dante: Claiming His Secret Love-Child (December 2009)
Here’s a Quickie Quiz! What do four sexy, gorgeous, self-made billionaire bachelors have in common?
The answer? Why, the family name, Orsini! Raffaele, Dante, Falco and Nicolo Orsini are the take-no-prisoners Alpha heroes of my new [...]

by editor Joanne Grant
Well, things have certainly been super busy in the UK offices ever since the competition closed last week. Whilst that meant that the entrants could happily sit back (or nervously start to worry) and think ‘job done!’ we had to leap into action, logging and organising the many, MANY entries. As predicted, [...]

by Kelly Hunter, author of Playboy Boss, Live-In Mistress (Harlequin Presents, Nov. 2009)
I’ve always had a fascination with equality and with money. It started with watching farming families try and sort inheritances without divvying up the farm and rendering each mini-farm unviable. Then came romance to muddy that mix even more, and I watched how [...]

by Anne McAllister, author of One-Night Mistress…Convenient Wife (Harlequin Presents, November 2009).
Have you ever had a crush on someone? Ever spent far too much time staring at him from afar (or perhaps not so far). Writing his name and yours together? Writing your name with his last name? Daydreaming about what [...]