Tag: Harlequin

The Growth of Harlequin Romance

Lawrence Heisey, a former soap salesman who had been appointed president of Harlequin in 1971, revolutionized romance publishing by distributing Harlequin romances to supermarkets and department stores, where they would be right at the fingertips of Canadian and American homemakers. More

Signed copy of the first book ever published by Mills & Boon

A copy of the first book ever published by Mills & Boon, Arrows from the Dark by Sophie Cole (1909), signed by Messrs. Gerald Mills and Charles Boon. More

The Perfect Neighbor

First category romance novel to ever hit the New York Times bestseller list. More

Virgin River

Debut title in the series that took Robyn Carr to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. More

Robyn Carr

Writing changes me, teaches me, broadens me, and makes me more aware. More

Robyn Carr

Sharon Kendrick

I read to remind myself of the power of words and what they’re capable of when the subtle alchemy of a good storyteller kick-starts the imagination and flies you into a different world. More

Sharon Kendrick

Prince Charles reading a Harlequin Mills & Boon title

Prince Charles checks out The Pirate by Jayne Ann Krentz, a Harlequin Mills & Boon title, at the library in Perth, Scotland, in 1995. More

1970: Harlequin acquires Mills & Boon…

Harlequin acquires Mills & Boon and brings Harlequin books beyond bookstores and into supermarkets, drugstores, and other places women frequent. More

Sarah Morgan

I read for many reasons. More

Sarah Morgan

The Hospital in Buwambo

First Mills & Boon romance novel published by Harlequin; established the iconic relationship between the two companies. More

Brochure from the 2009 celebration of Debbie Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove

In August 2009, the real town of Port Orchard, Washington (bestselling romance author Debbie Macomber’s hometown), turned itself into Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove for five days... More

Susan Mallery

When I write, I have a specific reader in mind. More

Susan Mallery

Anne O’Brien

Writing about medieval women is compulsive. More

Anne O’Brien

Lynne Graham

What I love the most about writing is that it allows me to create my own world, filled with characters that fascinate me. More

Lynne Graham

Gena Showalter

I read for the same reason I write. More

Gena Showalter

Canada Post stamp honoring Harlequin

This stamp from Canada Post was created in 2000 to honor Harlequin’s history in the country. More

1949: Harlequin Books is founded…

Harlequin Books is founded in Winnipeg by Richard Bonnycastle, Doug Weld, and Jack Palmer. More

2014: HarperCollins acquires Harlequin Enterprises…

HarperCollins acquires Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar. More

16 Lighthouse Road

The first in Macomber’s most popular series, about the fictional town of Cedar Cove. More

The Transformation of Harlequin

By the 1990s, Harlequin had become synonymous with romance novels, grown the category into a score of successful subgenre lines, opened offices around the world, and seen its books made available in more than 100 countries and 30 languages. More

How Harlequin Became Romance

When Richard H.G. Bonnycastle, a former Arctic explorer with the Hudson Bay Company, launched Harlequin Books in Winnipeg in 1948, he had little interest in building a publishing empire around romance novels. More