As the last Mills & Boon DARE titles are released this month, the amazing DARE authors share some of their fondest – and naughtiest! – memories of writing for Mills & Boon’s steamiest series…
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‘My favorite DARE will always be Ruined, my Motorcycle Club romance featuring Cat and Smoke and the hottest friends to lovers book I’ve ever written. You never forget your first DARE… 😉’ – Jackie Ashenden
‘I loved living vicariously through my kick-ass heroines. Oh, to be as DAREing as they are!’ – Christy McKellen
‘Connecting, reading, and learning from so many other fantastic authors was so special! I’ve definitely found some new favorites to put on auto-buy!’ – Margot Radcliffe
‘Choosing my favorite DARE book is hard, but I think it’s Pure Satisfaction, my very last one. Ruby and Adrian’s humor and chemistry just popped off the page as I wrote it!’ – Rebecca Hunter
‘Only writing for DARE would my editor agree to strip Scrabble, sexy shaving, a penis-themed bachelorette party and dirndl-wearing drag queens–all in one book!’ – Regina Kyle
‘I will miss DARE the most because of all the very special readers the line attracted. I received so many wonderful messages from them, and I was thrilled to learn that one of them actually used Legal Desire as the basis for her thesis!’ – Lisa Childs
‘I started my Harlequin career writing for Spice, their first erotic line. DARE was a chance to return to the filthy stories I love so much and I enjoyed every moment of it.’ – Lauren Hawkeye
‘What I loved most about DARE was that I could play with pretty much any fantasy that struck me—and I never knew where they would end! DARE was all about YES, PLEASE, and the stories that came from that.’ – Caitlin Crews
‘I recall sending the first few chapters of my very first DARE, A Week to be Wild, to my then editor, Flo Nicoll. Her feedback… “There’s definitely scope to go hotter”… so I did!’ – JC Harroway
‘The line as a whole was a highlight for me–strong women taking charge of their lives inside the bedroom and out? Yes, please!’ – Stefanie London
‘Someone once said to me, getting paid to step into your wildest fantasy has to be a dream come true. And that’s how it was writing for DARE. I truly had a wild time right along with my characters. DARE may be over, but I’ll be re-reading them for years to come!’ – Rachael Stewart
‘After writing for various Harlequin series since 2003, being published by DARE was liberating. Every heroine I created released her inner vixen and poured every saucy wish onto the pages unrestrained. What a blast!’ – Nicola Marsh
‘The best DARE moment for me was really being in the company of all the other amazing writers. Loved being in such fantastic company!’ - Cara Lockwood
‘My favorite DARE memories are editorial from Kathleen in the margins. Recent gems include:
“I actually don’t like saying [his penis] isn’t pretty…I mean, it’s never particularly pretty, is it?”
“Please make it a bit later. He can’t have had 1 hr of sleep and be this coherent after a bottle of bourbon (don’t ask me how I know that)”
“PANTS ARE OVERRATED — No phrase has ever been more relevant for our times!”’ – Anne Marsh
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The series might have come to a close, but you can rediscover Mills & Boon DARE’s red-hot titles at millsandboon.co.uk.
