You’ve read the steamy first chapter, now read the synopsis and editorial feedback for Harlequin Presents Writing Competition 2009 runner-up Joanne Pibworth’s entry!
Synopsis for “Shoes, Lies and Videotape” by Joanne Pibworth
Nancy & Jack meet late one night in a hotel piano bar, and the intense spark of attraction between them inevitably tugs them straight towards [...]

Welcome to the last winning entry of the Harlequin Presents Writing Competition 2009! Today we’ll be posting the first chapter of SHOES, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE by Joanne Pibworth, the runner up in the Modern Heat section (and IHP regular ). And wooo boy, it’s a steamy one! ~Amy
“Shoes, Lies & Video Tape” by [...]

by Kimberly Lang, author of Magnate’s Mistress…Accidentally Pregnant! (Harlequin Presents, February 2010)
People often ask writers where the ideas come from, and while some authors are good at answering that question, I’m not one of them.  Sorry. My brain is a messy place — full of 80’s music lyrics, John Donne poems, the phone number of [...]

Please welcome new Harlequin Presents author Caitlin Crews to IHP today! Her first Presents novel, Pure Princess, Bartered Bride hits the shelves in North America with the February releases next month and is on sale now in the UK! North American readers can also order it now from eHarlequin.com (print) or the Harlequin eBook Store. [...]

by Tiny Duncan, author of Da Silva’s Mistress (Harlequin Presents Extra, January 2010)
When Amy invited me to blog about Da Silva’s Mistress on i heart presents I was thrilled. The next question was: what should I talk about?
Obviously, I had to touch on the fact that this is my debut novel. As many of you [...]

by Amy Wilkins, Harlequin Digital
Remember when Harlequin offered free downloads of 16 titles for our 60th Anniversary? You may have already spotted that now that 2009 is done, the Harlequin Celebrates site is gone from our sidebar…but something else has taken it’s place!
TryHarlequin.com is our redesigned site where readers can sample the various Harlequin series. [...]

If you read Maggie Marr’s first chapter for the Harlequin Presents Writing Competition and want more, here is the synopsis for her story “The Billionaire’s Proud Mistress”! And further down is the editorial feedback on her submission.
The Billionaire’s Proud Mistress – Synopsis
by Maggie Marr

Maggie Parish spent the last three years of her life dedicating herself [...]

We’re back with more winning entries from the 2009 Harlequin Presents Writing Competition! This week, we’ll be posting the first chapter, synopsis and editorial feedback from Presents/Modern runner-up Maggie Marr . Here is chapter one of her story “The Billionaire’s Proud Mistress”!
The Billionaire’s Proud Mistress
Chapter One
“Is it always this hard?”
Cole Jackson could think of only [...]

To celebrate making the USA Today bestseller list with Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress (Harlequin Presents, January 2010), author Natalie Anderson is giving away books!
Visit Natalie blog for details on how to enter (by leaving a comment or email) to win both Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress AND To Love, Honour & Disobey, Natalie’s February release from [...]

by Kate Hardy, author of Temporary Boss, Permanent Mistress (Harlequin Presents, January 2010)
I’ve always had a fascination with the north – right from my childhood, when I loved my mum telling me tales of Scandinavian mythology (which she might have heard from her grandmother, a Danish midwife). And I’ve always wanted to see the Northern [...]