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Thrills & Swoon – The Pink Heart Society Special

There’s nothing I love more than the category romance community, especially when it involves Mills & Boon authors.  Recently I’ve joined the editing team of the Pink Heart Society in time for its relaunch. The PHS is run by… Read More

Competition: It’s the Pirate Life for us!

Ahoy Mills & Boon lovers! Pull up ye anchors, set ye compass due north and feel th’ wind in ye hair – this day be th’official Talk Like a Pirate Day! And to celebrate ‘tis most special o’ occasions, we on th’ M&B Historical… Read More

Wedding Fever Mills and Boon Style

Ah, weddings. Who doesn’t love a good one? This September, I had the amazing excitement of having my first continental wedding.  My sister and I packed our bags, several outfit options and set off to Italy. If that wasn’t fun enough, I also had the added thrill of feeling like… Read More

Daily Writing Tips from M&B

We know that many of you are aspiring writers so we asked our editors and authors to put together a series of daily writing tips aimed at inspiring and encouraging your writing process. Pin them, tweet them, share them, print them off and stick ’em on your fridge!… Read More

So You Think You Can Write Contest 2014

Calling all aspiring Harlequin Mills & Boon authors – it’s that time of year again…! After months of behind-the-scenes brainstorming, working and quite simply ridiculous amounts of excitement, So You Think You Can Write, Harlequin’s annual writing conference, is all set to launch on 15th September. Hurrah! For… Read More

Lost in Romance #26 – Vengeance is Sweet…

Two wrongs don’t make a right…but sometimes in life, vengeance is so much sweeter. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, when it comes to a broken heart simply drowning one’s sorrows in cheap Merlot just isn’t good enough. When love lets us down,… Read More

When old favourites are Reloved

I like to think of my bookshelf as a reflection of who I am now. A glossy, well thought-out mix of fact and fiction that shows the world my grown-up tastes. But, in amongst the latest paperbacks and showbiz biographies, there’s a tattered, yellowing romance that I just can’t throw… Read More

My Dream Bookshop: Books and Booze

I’ve always wanted to open a bookshop. Originally, I must have been about seven or eight, when owning a bookshop seemed to equate itself with reading all day.  And who wouldn’t want to spend their days like that? When I got older, I started thinking about it more… Read More

Lost in Romance #25 – Eat Your Cake and Have Love Too…

Over the last few weeks in Romance HQ, it’s felt rather like living in a fluffy cloud of icing sugar. Willy Wonka eat your heart out…we’ve got a candy supply to rival the most fantastical of factories. Of course, as our treat shelf overflows with all things… Read More

Lost in Romance #24 – The (Convenient) One…

On Lost in Romance this week, the fabulous Kathryn Cheshire, Assistant Editor/Editorial Assistant for Historical, tells us all about the modern day marriage of convenience… The One. Two little words which have tantalized and taunted women for centuries. From Lizzie Bennet to Cinderella to Carrie Bradshaw, it seems we’re… Read More

Mills & Boon: Not So Innocent After All

We were reading an article about a certain erotica novel that has been made into a highly anticipated movie, starring a glorious-looking Jamie Dornan, when we came across something interesting:  a comparison was made between erotica and Mills & Boon! However, the suggestion was that Mills & Boon is all about… Read More

So You Think You Can Write Contest 2014

Are you ready to write for the world’s leading publisher of romance fiction? SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE IS ALMOST HERE! SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE?! Here’s your chance to find out!! SYTYCW is a Harlequin/Mills & Boon GLOBAL writing… Read More