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#HistoricalHeroes Writing Tournament: What do our editors look for?

It’s Week 3 of our #HistoricalHeroes contest and here at Paradise Heights the Historical editors have been introduced to more hunky historical heroes than they could ever have imagined! And after reading the hottest Regency/Victorian and Medieval/Tudor heroes around, it’s time for those Warrior Heroes to get their swords out… Read More

#HistoricalHeroes: Meet your judges!

Linda Fildew is a Senior Editor with Harlequin Mills & Boon, responsible for the Harlequin Historical/Mills & Boon Historical Romance lines. She has a background in art history and considers her job has neatly come full circle: after more than thirty years with the company, holding a… Read More

Suddenly Last Summer… a sneaky extract!

Suddenly Last Summer, the brand new summer read from bestseller Sarah Morgan is on sale now. Following the story of Sean O’Neil and chef extraordinaire, Elise Philippe, Suddenly Last Summer is a rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of Snow Crystal resort. We’re loving Suddenly Last Summer here… Read More

Racy Reads: One Year On with Anouska Knight

For most of us, a look back over the last 12 months might see us reminiscing about a fab holiday, the odd decorating mishap or the usual family trauma. For Anouska Knight, it’s something altogether different! Last spring, Anouska’s life changed forever when she was crowned winner of the… Read More

Thills & Swoon: My Life with Mills & Boon

Post-Greece Bliss Having just returned from IASPR’s Fifth International Conference on Popular Romance Studies (Rethinking Love, Rereading the Romance) in Greece, my mind is still firmly basking in Greek sunshine, even as London skies threaten rain. This month’s #ThrillsandSwoon… Read More

Lost in Romance #18 – It’s what’s inside that counts…isn’t it?

Time and time again we are told ‘it’s what’s inside that counts’…well, not always, Ladies! This week the fabulous Clio Cornish, Editorial Assistant for Cherish and Modern Tempted, tells us why sometimes it’s actually what’s outside that counts, too…  Every avid reader knows not to judge… Read More

Who are the best #HistoricalHeroes of all time?

With our #HistoricalHeroes contest well under way, here at Paradise Heights we thought the beginning of Week 2 was the perfect opportunity to chat Historical Hunks, and what it is about men from the past that get our pulse racing (I know, right, any excuse to chat… Read More

Latest Summer Read from Author Victoria Fox

Power Games by Victoria Fox Are you brave enough to play? On July 4th Victoria Fox returns to our bookshelves with her most daring book yet – the utterly scorching POWER GAMES – donning a completely new look, no less! Sassy, sexy and impossibly glamorous, we think this… Read More

#HistoricalHeroes Top 10 Tips

It’s finally here, everyone! Our #HistoricalHeroes are armoured up, their swords are at the ready and they are set for battle! Our email address, Historical.Heroes@hqnuk.co.uk is now live and all this week we will be accepting submissions for the hottest Regency/Victorian heroes around!… Read More

Lost in Romance #17 – It’s all about the Bride(smaids)…

Dust off your fascinators, Ladies, here comes the Wedding Season! Those church bells have been pealing madly for a while, but now we’re into June the skies are practically raining heart-shaped confetti. Brides everywhere are frantically preparing for their Big Day…and we bridesmaids are secretly rather pleased… Read More

#HistoricalHeroes Writing Competition Details Announced

Enter our #HistoricalHeroes Writing Tournament and win a  detailed editorial consultation on your full manuscript,  Is the alpha male you dream of a rakish gentleman, a heroic knight, or a rugged warrior? Is he strong enough to fight off the competition and be declared… Read More

Lost in Romance #16 – The power of the baby…

One tiny, pudgy little baby toe has more power than you can ever imagine – trust me! In a matter of seconds, all eloquence (and all pretence of sophistication) is lost and we are reduced to a cooing, gurgling form of communication far younger than our years. It’s a strange… Read More