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Black History Month: Celebrating Black Authors and Characters Across the Globe!

The theme for this year’s Black History Month is ‘Proud To Be’, celebrating Black individuals and communities making history today, as well as the contributions and achievements of Black people throughout history. Catherine Ross, Editor at Black History Month UK, explained why they are launching the campaign:  “It’s… Read More

Christine Merrill, Sophia James and Marguerite Kaye talk about their new Regency Romances!

Regency Christmas Liaisons is an anthology of three sexy short stories, all set at Christmas time! All three authors, Christine Merrill, Sophia James and Marguerite Kaye share their inspiration behind their story… * Unwrapped Under the Mistletoe by Christine Merrill I always imagine Christmas in the Regency… Read More

Exclusive Excerpt: Unwrapped by Her Italian Boss

On today’s blog, we’re delighted to be sharing an exclusive extract from Unwrapped by Her Italian Boss by Michelle Smart. * What choice did she have? Accept the last-minute secondment or lose her job. Those were the only choices. If she lost her job, what would happen… Read More

Susan Mallery: Welcome to Wishing Tree

We’re delighted to be joined on our blog by the lovely Susan Mallery who offers an introduction to the fabulously festive setting of her new book, Home Sweet Christmas. * Welcome to Wishing Tree The Town In the scenic Cascade Mountains of Washington state, just fifteen miles… Read More

Announcing the Winner of our LGBTQI+ Romance Competition!

Mills & Boon is delighted to announce that Emma Denny has won Romance Includes Everyone, a competition to find new romance novels featuring LGBTQI+ protagonists hosted in collaboration with the Romantic Novelists’ Association. As the winning entry, Denny’s historical romance novel will be published by Mills &… Read More

I Left My Heart… In Poerava by Zoe Taylor

We’re joined on our blog by Zoe Taylor, the heroine of Meet Me In Tahiti by Georgia Toffolo and co-written by Avril Tremayne. Well… we’re sharing the review post Zoe would have written of the beautiful Poerava and Tahiti. This blog is written entirely in Zoe’s point of view… Read More

Who’s Your Favourite Mother?

It’s been six months since we celebrated Mother’s Day here in the UK and we think it’s about time for another celebration! After all, mothers are some of the world’s best superheroes. Not to mention the best characters in books, film and tv shows. We asked some of our incredible… Read More

Annie Claydon and Louisa Heaton on their new Medical duet!

On today’s blog, Annie Claydon and Louisa Heaton talk about their writing journey and inspiration behind their new Medical duet, Reunited at St Barnabas’s Hospital. * Louisa Annie and I communicated by email to decide on a specialty. We knew the Eds didn’t want a book on… Read More

Marguerite Kaye: Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder

We’re delighted to be joined on our blog today by Marguerite Kaye, who shares exciting news about her new Historical duet! * Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder   My new duet, Revelations of the Carstairs Sisters, is set in the 1860’s in Victorian… Read More

Announcing our Romance Includes Everyone shortlisted authors!

Back in May, Mills & Boon launched Romance Includes Everyone in collaboration with the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA), a competition to find new standalone romance novels that celebrate LGBTQI+ characters. The winner of this competition will get the chance to publish their book with Mills & Boon! We ran… Read More

I Got the Call! Meet New Author Jadesola James

Jadesola James is a debut author writing for the Mills & Boon Modern series. Jadesola came to Harlequin/Mills & Boon through our #CarinaPitch and #PresentsPitch events. Congratulations, Jadesola!  Her debut Modern romance, Redeemed by His New York Cinderella is out on September 16th. Read More

Love To Write: What Representation in Fiction Means to Our Book Community

As part of our campaign for the Love To Write competition, we’ve spoken to our amazing book community about what representation in fiction means to them. Find out below! * @aminasbookshelf As a writer with #Thrive Hachette and a longlisted author for Penguin’s #WriteNow… Read More