Harlequin

Harlequin is arguably the world's largest publisher of romance fiction. Established in 1949, the publisher has gone through many changes as the market grows.

See Also

• eHarlequin - Harlequin's online community
• Harlequin Enterprises Limited

Current Harlequin Imprints

• American
• Blaze
• Historical
• HQN - Harlequin enters the single-title market.
• Intrigue - Harlequin's romantic suspense line.
• Love Inspired - This imprint is devoted to inspirational (mainly Christian) romances.
• Mira - Mira is Harlequin's high-end single title imprint.
• Presents - This imprint is devoted to glamore and passion, often with International settings
• Steeple Hill Books - Steeple Hill is devoted to publishing Inspirational romance.
• Superromance - Longer titles focusing on family issues.
• Violet - Violet is Harlequin's manga line. Currently, only existing titles are being reprinted.

Current Mills & Boon Imprints

• By Request
• Historical Romance
• Medical Romance
• Modern Romance
• Tender Romance

Current Silhouette Imprints

• Bombshell
• Desire
• Intimate Moments
• Romance
• Special Edition

Defunct Imprints

Harlequin

• Duets - A humor line featuring two books in one.
• Flipside
• 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.
• Romance
• 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 Temptions drawing readers looking for hotter, sexier reads. After Blaze became its own line, the Heat "flash" debuted.

Silhouette

• Shadows - Romances "from the Dark Side of Love"
• Yours Truly - A humor line, similar to Duets