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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

Anouska Knight on the Virtual Romance Festival

This weekend, something very exciting is happening for lovers of romance everywhere. Several publishers are joining forces to bring you the world’s first ever Virtual Romance Festival on June 7th and 8th. There will be Twitter chats, Google Hangouts and other online activities throughout the weekend featuring your favourite romance… Read More

Lost in Romance #15 – Two sides to every story…

In my fourth year of life, I learnt a very valuable lesson: not to do anything by half. First, there was the ‘hair-dressing incident’, where I stealthily managed to get hold of a rather enormous pair of scissors. Always forbidden, nothing says power… Read More

#Historical Heroes Writing Competition

Calling all writers and lovers of historical romance! Look out for news of a very exciting writing competition we are running soon. We will be posting the details of our #HistoricalHeroes writing tournament on Mills and Boon Socialise, Facebook, Google + and Twitter… Read More