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'''Harlequin Enterprises Limited''' is a Toronto, Ontario-based company that is the world's leading publisher of romance and women's fiction. Owned by the Torstar Corporation, the largest newspaper publisher in Canada, the company publishes nearly 110 new titles each month in 27 different languages.
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'''Harlequin''' usually refers to the publishing company [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]], a Toronto, Ontario-based company that is the world's leading [[publishers|publisher]] of romance and women's fiction. The company publishes nearly 110 new titles each month in 27 different languages, primarily [[Category Romance|category romances]].
  
Harlequin was founded in 1949 and started out publishing a wide range of books from Westerns to Romances to cookbooks. In 1957 Harlequin began acquiring the rights to, and publishing, novels from [[Mills & Boon]]. Due to the huge popularity of this genre, by 1964 the company was exclusively publishing romance fiction and in 1971 it purchased Mills & Boon, forming Harlequin Mills & Boon Limited in the UK.
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== About the Company ==
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* [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]]
  
The publisher has gone through many changes as the market grows, expanding with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Sydney, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Athens, Budapest, Granges-Pacot and Warsaw, as well as licensing agreements in nine other countries. It has also expanded its range of books, offering everything from thrillers and commercial literary fiction under the [[Mira]] imprint; [[Bridget Jones]]-style '[[Chick lit]]' under its [[Red Dress]] Ink imprint; fantasy books under the LUNA imprint; and inspirational fiction published under the name [[Steeple Hill]] and Steeple Hill Café; male action adventure books under Gold Eagle imprint.  
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== Publisher's Lines ==
 
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Within the publishing company of Harlequin there are several lines including:
== See Also ==
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* Harlequin - [[Category Romance|category romances]]
* [http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/index.jhtml eHarlequin] - Harlequin's online community
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* [[Silhouette]] - [[Category Romance|category romances]]
* [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]]
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* [[HQN]] - Harlequin enters the single-title market.
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* [[Luna]] - paranormal imprint
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* [[Mira]] - high-end single title imprint.
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* [[Red Dress Ink]] - this imprint publishes primarily "chick-lit"
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* [[Spice]] - women's erotic fiction
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* [[Steeple Hill]] - [[Inspirational]] romance.
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* [[Signature Select]] - single titles by Harlequin and [[Silhouette]], new releases and reissues
  
== Current Harlequin Imprints ==
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== Harlequin Imprints ==
* [[American]]
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===Current Imprints===
* [[Blaze]]
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* [[Harlequin American Romance|American Romance]]
* [[Everlasting Love]]
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* [[Silhouette Desire|Desire]]
 
* [[Harlequin Historical|Historical]]
 
* [[Harlequin Historical|Historical]]
* [[HQN]] - Harlequin enters the single-title market.
 
 
* [[Intrigue]] - Harlequin's romantic suspense line.
 
* [[Intrigue]] - Harlequin's romantic suspense line.
 
* [[Love Inspired]] - This imprint is devoted to inspirational (mainly Christian) romances.
 
* [[Love Inspired]] - This imprint is devoted to inspirational (mainly Christian) romances.
* [[Mira]] - Mira is Harlequin's high-end single title imprint.
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* [[Harlequin Medical Romance|Medical Romance]] - stories with a medical setting
* [[Next]] - Women's fiction
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* [[Harlequin NASCAR]] - stories set in the world of NASCAR®
* [[Presents]] - This imprint is devoted to glamore and passion, often with International settings
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* [[Harlequin Nocturne]] - line of Paranormal stories
* [[Red Dress]] - this imprint publishes primarily "chick-lit"
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* [[Harlequin Nocturne Cravings]] - line of Erotic Paranormal short e-books
* [[Steeple Hill Books]] - Steeple Hill is devoted to publishing [[Inspirational]] romance.
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* [[Harlequin Presents]] - This imprint is devoted to glamor and passion, often with international settings
* [[Superromance]] - Longer titles focusing on family issues.
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* [[Harlequin Romance|Romance]] - in 2007 the [[Silhouette Romance]] line was folded into this Harlequin line
* [[Violet]] - Violet is Harlequin's manga line. Currently, only existing titles are being reprinted.
 
  
== Current Mills & Boon Imprints ==
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=== Defunct Harlequin Imprints===
* [[By Request]]
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* [[Duets]] - A humor line featuring two books in one.
* [[Historical Romance]]
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* [[Harlequin Blaze|Blaze]]
* [[Medical Romance]]
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* [[Harlequin Everlasting Love]]
* [[Modern Romance]]
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* [[Harlequin Next]] - Women's fiction series from 2005 to 2008
* [[Tender Romance]]
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* [[Flipside]] - A line of chick-lit flavored romantic comedy.  (2003-2005)
 
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* [[Harlequin Love And Laughter]] - The Love and Laughter line featured short, humorous stories. The line was merged with Silhouette's [[Silhouette Yours Truly|Yours Truly]] line to form the [[Duets]] line.
== Current Silhouette Imprints ==
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* [[Harlequin Nocturne Bites]] - a paranormal short e-book imprint launched in 2008 under Silhouette imprint and last book was published December 2011 under Harlequin imprint.
* [[Bombshell]]
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* [[Kimani Press]] - African American imprints
* [[Desire]]
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* [[Mystique - Imprint|Mystique]] - Mystique ran from August 1977 to February 1982. The series was romantic suspense, mostly set in foreign locales.
* [[Intimate Moments]]
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* [[Harlequin Superromance]] - Longer titles focusing on family issues.
* [[Nocturne]]
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* [[Harlequin Temptation]] - Temptation was Harlequin's long-running sensual line. As the hotter Blaze line drew off readers, Temptation finally ceased publication in 2005.
* [[Romance]]
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** [[Harlequin Temptation Heat|Heat]] - Blaze was the original "flash" on the cover of Temptation books drawing readers looking for hotter, sexier reads.  After Blaze became its own line, the Heat "flash" debuted.
* [[Special Edition]]
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* [[Violet]] - Violet was Harlequin's manga line, renamed [[Ginger Blossom]]. Only existing titles were reprinted as manga.
  
== Defunct Imprints ==
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== Harlequin & Silhouette Reissue Series ==
=== Harlequin ===
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* [[American Heroes Against All Odds]] - a story for each state of the USA
* [[Duets]] - A humor line featuring two books in one.
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* [[Babies And Bachelors USA]] - a story for each state of the USA
* [[Flipside]]
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* [[Born In The USA]] - a story for each state of the USA
* [[Love and Laughter]] - The Love and Laughter line featured short, humorous stories. The line later became Flipside. While humor remains a popular topic, dedicated Harlequin lines never seem to catch on with readers.
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* [[A Century Of American Dreams]] - reissue of the [[Harlequin American Romance]] mini series [[A Century Of American Romance]]
* [[Harlequin Romance|Romance]]
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* [[Harlequin By Request|By Request]] - series of 3 themed novels in one volume
* [[Temptation]] - Temptation was Harlequin's long-running sensual line. As the hotter Blaze line drew off readers, Temptation finally ceased publication in 2005.
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* [[Here Come The Grooms]]™
** [[Heat]] - Blaze was the original "flash" on the cover of Temptation books drawing readers looking for hotter, sexier reads.  After Blaze became its own line, the Heat "flash" debuted.
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* [[Heroines]]
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* [[Men At Work Series|Men At Work]]
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* [[Men Made In America]] - a story for each state of the USA
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* [[Safe Haven - Series|Safe Haven]] - a series of suspense and adventure titles
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* [[Western Lovers]]™
  
=== Silhouette ===
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== On the Web ==
* [[Shadows]] - Romances "from the Dark Side of Love"
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* [http://www.eharlequin.com/ eHarlequin] - Main Harlequin website
* [[Yours Truly]] - A humor line, similar to [[Duets]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:32, 10 November 2022

Harlequin usually refers to the publishing company Harlequin Enterprises Limited, a Toronto, Ontario-based company that is the world's leading publisher of romance and women's fiction. The company publishes nearly 110 new titles each month in 27 different languages, primarily category romances.

About the Company

Publisher's Lines

Within the publishing company of Harlequin there are several lines including:

Harlequin Imprints

Current Imprints

Defunct Harlequin Imprints

  • Duets - A humor line featuring two books in one.
  • Blaze
  • Harlequin Everlasting Love
  • Harlequin Next - Women's fiction series from 2005 to 2008
  • Flipside - A line of chick-lit flavored romantic comedy. (2003-2005)
  • Harlequin Love And Laughter - The Love and Laughter line featured short, humorous stories. The line was merged with Silhouette's Yours Truly line to form the Duets line.
  • Harlequin Nocturne Bites - a paranormal short e-book imprint launched in 2008 under Silhouette imprint and last book was published December 2011 under Harlequin imprint.
  • Kimani Press - African American imprints
  • Mystique - Mystique ran from August 1977 to February 1982. The series was romantic suspense, mostly set in foreign locales.
  • Harlequin Superromance - Longer titles focusing on family issues.
  • Harlequin Temptation - Temptation was Harlequin's long-running sensual line. As the hotter Blaze line drew off readers, Temptation finally ceased publication in 2005.
    • Heat - Blaze was the original "flash" on the cover of Temptation books drawing readers looking for hotter, sexier reads. After Blaze became its own line, the Heat "flash" debuted.
  • Violet - Violet was Harlequin's manga line, renamed Ginger Blossom. Only existing titles were reprinted as manga.

Harlequin & Silhouette Reissue Series

On the Web