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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''' 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]]. | ||
| − | ==About the Company== | + | == About the Company == |
* [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]] | * [[Harlequin Enterprises Limited]] | ||
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Within the publishing company of Harlequin there are several lines including: | Within the publishing company of Harlequin there are several lines including: | ||
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| − | *[[Silhouette]] - [[Category Romance|category romances]] | + | * [[Silhouette]] - [[Category Romance|category romances]] |
* [[HQN]] - Harlequin enters the single-title market. | * [[HQN]] - Harlequin enters the single-title market. | ||
* [[Kimani Press]] - African American imprints | * [[Kimani Press]] - African American imprints | ||
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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. | ** [[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. | ||
* [[Violet]] - Violet was Harlequin's manga line, renamed [[Ginger Blossom]]. Only existing titles were reprinted as manga. | * [[Violet]] - Violet was Harlequin's manga line, renamed [[Ginger Blossom]]. Only existing titles were reprinted as manga. | ||
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== Harlequin & Silhouette Reissue Series == | == Harlequin & Silhouette Reissue Series == | ||
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* [[Western Lovers]]™ | * [[Western Lovers]]™ | ||
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* [http://www.eharlequin.com/ eHarlequin] - Main Harlequin website | * [http://www.eharlequin.com/ eHarlequin] - Main Harlequin website | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 30 June 2008
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.
Contents
About the Company
Publisher's Lines
Within the publishing company of Harlequin there are several lines including:
- Harlequin - category romances
- Silhouette - category romances
- HQN - Harlequin enters the single-title market.
- Kimani Press - African American imprints
- Luna - paranormal imprint
- Mira - high-end single title imprint.
- Red Dress Ink - this imprint publishes primarily "chick-lit"
- Spice - women's erotic fiction
- Steeple Hill Books - Inspirational romance.
Harlequin Imprints
Current Imprints
- American Romance
- Blaze
- Historical
- Intrigue - Harlequin's romantic suspense line.
- Love Inspired - This imprint is devoted to inspirational (mainly Christian) romances.
- Harlequin Medical Romance
- Harlequin Next - Women's fiction
- Presents - This imprint is devoted to glamore and passion, often with International settings
- Romance - in 2007 the Silhouette Romance line was folded into this Harlequin line
- Harlequin Superromance - Longer titles focusing on family issues.
Defunct Harlequin Imprints
- Duets - A humor line featuring two books in one.
- Harlequin Everlasting Love
- 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.
- Mystique - Mystique ran from August 1977 to February 1982. The series was romantic suspense, mostly set in foreign locales.
- 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
- American Heroes Against All Odds - a story for each state of the USA
- Babies And Bachelors USA - a story for each state of the USA
- Born In The USA - a story for each state of the USA
- By Request - series of 3 themed novels in one volume
- Here Come The Grooms™
- Heroines
- Men At Work
- Men Made In America - a story for each state of the USA
- Safe Haven - a series of suspense and adventure titles
- Western Lovers™
On the Web
- eHarlequin - Main Harlequin website
