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10 things you didn’t know about…Valentine’s Day

The world is awash with the colour red. It must be Valentine’s. Teddies, balloons, cakes, you name it, I’ll probably have to buy it. But what do we really know about this festival of love and romance? Here at Paradise Heights, we decided to do a bit of detective work… Read More

Thrills & Swoon – Fated Love

In Chinese legend, the god Yue Xia Lao ties an intangible silken red thread round the ankles of those who are predestined to fall in love. From that moment, nothing can keep them apart. There’s always an element of fate when we think about love; whether that’s down to… Read More

Lost in Romance #2 – Valentine’s Day

V-day is rapidly approaching and it doesn’t matter if you’re single or in a couple – you’re probably stressing over it! I have experienced a full range of emotions on Valentine’s Day over the years – as a singleton I worried about dying a spinster and wondered if I could… Read More

International Book Giving Day – Friday 14th Feb

Cancel the sky writing, don’t order that giant teddy bear, the only gift you need to share this Valentine’s is a book.  This Friday sees the annual return of International Book Giving Day – a day designed to celebrate the love of a good book by sharing… Read More

Coffee & Cake with…Heidi Rice

Modern Tempted author, Heidi Rice, adores working as a romance writer because “it involves sitting down at my computer each day and getting swept up in a world of high emotions, sensual excitement, funny feisty women, sexy tortured men and glamorous locations where laundry… Read More

Meet the *NEW* Author – Ellie Darkins

Please welcome Ellie Darkins to the Mills & Boon family! We’re thrilled to have her on board. The editorial team that snapped her up were really impressed with her unique author voice and strong characters. Everyone’s really excited for her debut novel, which will be published in September 2014! We… Read More

Modern Tempted – In your words…

Recently we asked you on Twitter and Facebook to describe Modern Tempted in 3 words.  Here is what you had to say… Thank you to everyone that entered! If you’d like to read more from our passionate, sexy and fun… Read More

Lost in Romance #1 – The Musketeers and Sherlock

We all know that January is a time of new beginnings and painful purpose as you attempt to tackle those tricky New Year resolutions – that points-based diet, your new Mandarin course, and all those yoga and body attack classes. To keep up morale, the BBC have recently kindly provided… Read More

#TemptedToWrite: My Top 10 Tips

So with submissions officially open for #TemptedToWrite, we thought we’d pick the brains of Modern Tempted editor (and competition judge!) Flo Nicoll! We asked Flo for her best advice when writing your #TemptedToWrite short story. Here’s what she said: 1 Start with a bang, not a whimper! Throw… Read More

Our Blaze series is changing…

Looking for Blaze paperbacks? From this month, Blaze will be published exclusively as an eBook series. The great news is that until 30th March, we are offering you a fantastic 20% discount on any Blaze eBook at millsandboon.co.uk. Simply enter code BLAZE20 at the checkout. Why not subscribe?… Read More

Welcome to the new Mills & Boon website!

There’s a special link that all our customers share, and it’s the passion you all have for Mills & Boon!  We see and hear it every day, and we really wanted to capture it in our new website – your passion for the books, and the passion WITHIN the books…… Read More

Are you #TemptedToWrite?

Welcome to our Modern Tempted writing competition, #TemptedToWrite. 10 questions. 10,000 words. 1 winner. We will be asking daily questions for ten days on our #TemptedToWrite Facebook app, designed to get people thinking about their characters, conflicts and plot. Each day, we will choose our favourite answer,… Read More