Tag: Romance

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

Diana Palmer

The first romance novel I ever read was Margaret Way’s Red Cliffs of Malpara. More

Diana Palmer

2014: HarperCollins acquires Harlequin Enterprises…

HarperCollins acquires Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar. More

Cally Taylor

When I get an idea for a novel the fizz of excitement I feel is electrifying. More

Cally Taylor

Kristan Higgins

A book that influenced me and why . . . Little House on the Prairie. More

Kristan Higgins

Meg Cabot

I write because of readers like Diana Moreno, who handed me a letter recently telling me that, as the firstborn daughter of immigrants, she felt lonely and shy when she arrived here in 2004 . . . until she found my books. More

Meg Cabot

Sarah Morgan

I read for many reasons. More

Sarah Morgan

B. J. Daniels

I grew up in Montana on stories around the campfire so it’s no surprise that I love to read—and write my own. More

B. J. Daniels

Robyn Carr

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

Robyn Carr

The Hospital in Buwambo

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

Anne O’Brien

Writing about medieval women is compulsive. More

Anne O’Brien

The Perfect Neighbor

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

1941: Avon Books is established…

Avon Books is established by New York businessman Joseph Meyers in association with Edna B. Williams. Now renowned for widely popularizing the historical romance category, the publisher originally begins with a focus on paperback reprints. More

Heather Graham

Why I read . . .Books are simply magic. More

Heather Graham

Love Story

The romantic tale that defined a generation, sold millions, and inspired a popular film. More

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Why do I read? Seriously? I’m supposed to provide an intelligent answer? More

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Kiera Cass

Reading has always been a safe place for me. More

Kiera Cass

1949: Harlequin Books is founded…

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

Canada Post stamp honoring Harlequin

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

Gena Showalter

I read for the same reason I write. More

Gena Showalter

RaeAnne Thayne

I write because I love knowing my stories bring people joy. More

RaeAnne Thayne

Publishing Firsts: The VendAvon

Chips, cookies, sodas–and books–from a vending machine. Avon’s entertaining comic books—western, horror, romance, war, science fiction, and gangster titles, mostly—appealed to readers of all ages from 1945 through the mid-1950s. More

Susan Mallery

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

Susan Mallery

16 Lighthouse Road

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

Nikki Gemmell

Reading is a haven, a harbor, to shelter me from the toss of the world. More

Nikki Gemmell

Publishing Firsts: The Historical Romance Genre

At the time of its publication in 1972, nothing like Kathleen Woodiwiss’s The Flame and the Flower had ever been published. More