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=== Current Imprints ===
 
=== Current Imprints ===
 
* [[Mills and Boon By Request|By Request]] - reprint series
 
* [[Mills and Boon By Request|By Request]] - reprint series
* [[Mills and Boon Historical Romance|Historical Romance]] (formerly '''Masquerade Historical Romance''' and '''Legacy of Love''')
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* [[Mills and Boon Historical Romance|Historical Romance]] (formerly ''Masquerade Historical Romance'' and ''Legacy of Love'')
* [[Mills and Boon Medical Romance|Medical Romance]] (formerly '''Doctor Nurse Romance''' and '''Love on Call''')
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* [[Mills and Boon Medical Romance|Medical Romance]] (formerly ''Doctor Nurse Romance'' and ''Love on Call'')
 
* [[Modern Romance]]
 
* [[Modern Romance]]
 
* [[Mills and Boon New Romance|Romance]]
 
* [[Mills and Boon New Romance|Romance]]

Revision as of 20:55, 21 May 2008

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

Mills & Boon continues to publish a wide range of titles under various lines every month.

Current Imprints

Defunct Mills & Boon Imprints

Articles/Press