Mills and Boon

Mills & Boon Limited was founded in 1908 by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon, and soon romance fiction became the publisher's primary business. As the company grew, its books became known as "the books in brown" (see: Mills & Boon history).

By building a strong relationship with libraries and making their product available through newsagents, Mills & Boon's reasonably priced product was easy-to-purchase, leading to increased sales. In 1957, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, then a smaller publisher, acquired rights to Mills & Boon's "doctor/nurse" romances, and eventually romance fiction comprised Harlequin's entire list. Harlequin Enterprises Limited purchased Mills & Boon in 1971 and Harlequin publishes Mills & Boon books under that name.

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Imprints

Current Imprints

• Blaze - titles form the Harlequin Blaze imprint with independent numbering and different covers
• By Request - reissue series for Mills & Boon titles
• Desire - two titles from the Silhouette Desire imprint and older Silhouette Romance titles in one volume
• Historical™ (formerly Masquerade Historical Romance, Legacy of Love and Historical Romance)
• Intrigue - titles form the Harlequin Intrigue and Harlequin American Romance imprints
• Medical™ (formerly Doctor Nurse Romance, Love on Call and Medical Romance)
• Modern™ - with Modern™ Heat
• Romance
• Special Edition - titles from the Silhouette Special Edition imprint with independent numbering and different covers
• Spotlight - reissue series for Silhouette titles
• Superromance - titles form the Harlequin Superromance imprint with independent numbering and different covers

Defunct Imprints

• Best Seller Romance - reissue series (formerly Classics and Favourites)
• Duets - reissue series (formerly Omnibus and Collection)
• Enchanted™
• Modern (Romance)™ Extra - supplement series to Modern Romance™
• Packs - 3 or 4 themed titles in a slipcase
• Mills & Boon Presents™
• Romance
• Sensual Romance
• Tender Romance™
• Temptation - titles form the Harlequin Temptation imprint with independent numbering and different covers

Articles/Press

• 100 years of romancing the readers - Yorkshire Press (1/2008)
• A Hundred Years of Mills and Boon - British comedian Lucy Porter examines the centennial of Mills & Boon on this radio program. Guests include Helen Fielding, Fay Weldon, and Roger Sanderson, a male romance novelist.
• Many more items on Mills & Boon are listed in the page about Romance in the Media.