Harlequin
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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.
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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.
- Next - Women's fiction
- 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
Current Silhouette Imprints
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