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New York, NY, Nov 3, 2016 —Harlequin today announced that Peter Joseph will be joining the publisher as the Editorial Director overseeing the launch and build of a new, yet-to-be-named imprint. Read More

New York, NY, October 6, 2016 —MIRA Books today announced the signing of critically-acclaimed author Margot Hunt to a six-figure, two-book deal. Read More

Toronto, ON, October 7, 2016—MIRA Books is delighted to announce the acquisition of world English rights to two books by Melissa Hill, the USA Today bestselling author of 13 novels including The Charm Bracelet, Something From Tiffany's and Before I Forget. Read More

Toronto, ON, October 5, 2016—Expansion of Harlequin’s Trade Publishing Program Continues with Launch of New Imprint. Read More

Toronto, ON, August 15, 2016— Today HQN Books announced the signing of USA TODAY bestselling author and fan-favorite Sarah Morgan to a three-book deal to continue her popular From Manhattan with Love series. Read More

TORONTO, July 27, 2016— Carina Press—Harlequin’s digital-first imprint—announced today the signing of New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey for world rights to a new novel in her fan-favorite Kowalski series, along with an unconnected holiday novella. Read More

NEW YORK, July 22, 2016 —Today, Harlequin announced the three recipients of the annual Harlequin More Than Words Awards. More than 16,000 votes were cast and three outstanding women were selected by popular vote to receive the 2016 awards. Read More

NEW YORK July 20, 2016— Today, Harlequin announced the signing of #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Susan Mallery for world English and audio rights of a novella linked to her popular Fool’s Gold novels. Read More

Toronto, ON, July 7th, 2016 —HQN Books today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Alexander to a seven-figure, seven-book deal.Read More

When you see a book tagged with these words in the book description, we're making you, the reader, a very important promise: This book contains a romance central to the plot and ends in an HEA or HFN.Read More

Toronto (July 5, 2016)—Harlequin has released a convenient new mobile application that allows readers to tailor their reading experience to suit their mood or surroundings.Read More

New York, NY, July 1, 2016—MIRA Books announced today the official launch of Park Row Books, an exclusive line of thought-provoking and voice-driven novels by both celebrated and new authors.Read More

New York, NY, June 29, 2016—Acclaimed Harlequin TEEN author Robin Talley has been named as an inaugural recipient of the Amnesty CILIP Honour for her young adult novel Lies We Tell Ourselves Read More

Toronto, ON, June 15, 2016—MIRA Books has signed New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Karen Robards to a three-book, seven-figure deal. Read More

Toronto, ON, June 3rd, 2016—Bestselling author Lynne Graham celebrates as she reaches her 100th Harlequin novel milestone. Read More

Toronto, ON, April 25, 2016—Harlequin today announced the signing of award-winning author Teri Wilson to a five-figure, three-book deal. Read More

Toronto, ON, April 12, 2016—MIRA Books today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Carla Neggers to a seven-figure, six-book deal. Neggers will pen three new books in her wonderfully popular Swift River Valley series and another three for her critically acclaimed Sharpe & Donovan series. Neggers' Swift River Valley books feature charming contemporary romances that occur in a fictional small town in New England. Read More

London Book Fair, April 13, 2016—Today, Harlequin UK—who announced last week that they will be publishing using the new HQ imprint—and Harlequin North America (NA) unveiled a coordinated strategy to acquire and promote powerful and compelling fiction for their respective trade imprints across world English markets. Based out of London and New York, the two publishing teams will take advantage of their knowledge, networks and expertise in their corresponding markets to jointly distribute, market and sell their titles. Read More

New York, April 4, 2016—Harlequin TEEN™ announced today that New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Julie Kagawa's The Iron Fey series has reached the one-million mark in copies sold in North America along with achieving multiple national bestseller placements.Read More

New York, NY, March 31, 2016—A+E Networks® and Harlequin have formed a creative partnership to produce a slate of original scripted movies, web series, books and digital content that will extend around the world and across multiple platforms. The deal was today announced by Rob Sharenow, EVP/GM, A&E, Lifetime and LMN, A+E Networks.Read More

Toronto, ON, March 21, 2016—Harlequin shared the news today that #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr was named the 2016 recipient of the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America.Read More

Toronto, ON, March 21, 2016—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Maisey Yates to a six-book deal with HQN Books.Read More

Toronto, ON February 22, 2016—Today Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Dane to a pair of multi-book deals with two of its imprints—HQN Books and Carina Press.Read More

New York, NY, February 9, 2016—Seventeen, the largest monthly teen media brand, and Harlequin TEEN today announced the acquisition of a new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, to launch their Seventeen Fiction from Harlequin TEEN publishing partnership in Fall 2016.Read More

Toronto, ON February 8, 2016—Today MIRA Books, an imprint of Harlequin, officially announced the signing of Redbook Web Editor Meghann Foye to a deal that will see her debut novel, METERNITY, published on May 16, 2016.Read More

Toronto, ON, January 25, 2016—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb to two separate six-figure deals.Read More

Toronto, ON, January 18, 2016—Today Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Brenda Novak in a multi-book, seven-figure deal with MIRA Books, including two Special Edition titles at Harlequin.Read More

Toronto, ON, January 12, 2016—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella to a six-figure, twelve-book deal.Read More

Toronto, ON, January 12, 2016—Harlequin launched a creative serialization publication today with the debut of their Tough Justice mystery-suspense series. The eight-part digital-first serial is a multi-author endeavor that sees all the episodes in the series published simultaneously.Read More

Toronto, ON, December 7, 2015—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author B.J. Daniels to a six-figure, six-book deal.Read More

New York, November 23, 2015—Today, Harlequin (www.Harlequin.com), a leading publisher of books for women, and Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers, added a happy ending to Harlequin's tremendously popular So You Think You Can Write (SYTYCW) 2015 event by announcing Lauren D.M. Smith of Brockville, Ontario, Canada, as the winner of its writing contest and the recipient of a two-book contract with Carina Press, Harlequin's digital-first imprint.Read More

Toronto, ON, October 26, 2015—Harlequin, one of the world’s leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Diana Palmer to a new multibook agreement for world rights in all formats.Read More

Toronto, ON, August 24, 2015—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Heather Graham to a new multi-book agreement for world rights.Read More

New York, August 21, 2015—With just days to go until the publication of Legacy of Kings, Harlequin TEEN will be premiering a social media campaign with a "digital oracle" to promote the launch of the Blood of Gods and Royals historical fantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman.Read More

New York, August 21, 2015—Warner Bros. Television has acquired the option rights to Legacy of Kings (Harlequin TEEN; August 18, 2015; $19.99; Hardcover), first of the forthcoming Blood of Gods and Royals YA epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman. Simon Helberg(The Big Bang Theory) and Jocelyn Towne will produce via their Wildline Entertainment banner for Warner Bros. Television alongside Lauren Oliver and Lexa Hillyer of Paper Lantern Lit, who packaged the book.Read More

Toronto, ON, August 17, 2015—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Susan Mallery to a seven-figure eight-book deal.Read More

New York (July 28, 2015)—The wait is over for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Dark Elements Trilogy as the final novel in the series, Every Last Breath, is available today. Readers of the New York Times bestselling series have been waiting to find out which guy the heroine, Layla, will choose—bad boy Roth or her best friend, Zayne. Some of them even helped influence her choice. Last fall, Armentrout ran a poll asking fans to vote on who Layla would choose in the final book of the series. Over 20,000 votes were cast and Armentrout used the results to determine Layla's choice. Now readers have a chance to find out: who won Layla's and the fans' hearts? Read More

New York (July 29, 2015)—Harlequin capped off a successful Romance Writers of America conference with incredible showing at the RITA® Awards. Harlequin authors took home four awards—more than any other publisher. Longtime Harlequin author Carole Mortimer also won this year's Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More

Toronto, ON (July 6, 2015)—Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers, and Harlequin, one of the world's most recognizable names in romance, have teamed up for the 2015 So You Think You Can Write (SYTYCW) contest. For the first time ever, the annual romance writing competition has launched on Wattpad, with writers around the world able to submit their manuscript on Wattpad for a chance to win a two-book publishing deal with Harlequin. Read More

New York (June 30, 2015)—Carina Press, Harlequin's digital-first imprint, announced today that New York Times bestselling author Marie Force's Fatal Series has sold more than one million copies and achieved multiple national bestselling placements. Read More

New York (June 23, 2015)—Harlequin today announced the official launch of Harlequin My Rewards, a pioneering new loyalty program that offers members exclusive opportunities to earn special rewards—including autographed books, signature gift baskets or even Skype conversations and more with favorite Harlequin authors—for buying books or social engagement with the publisher. Read More

TORONTO, NEW YORK (June 17, 2015)—After 30 days and over 17,000 votes, three outstanding women were chosen by popular vote to receive a 2015 Harlequin More Than Words award. Read More

New York (June 8, 2015)—Carina Press, Harlequin's digital-first imprint, celebrates its fifth anniversary in June, 2015. Over the past five years, Carina Press has published 848 titles and sold more than six million books. Read More

New York (June 5, 2015)—MIRA Books today announced the launch of BookClubbish, a new site designed to share book-and-pop-culture-related content with readers, booksellers, librarians, book bloggers and book clubs. Read More

Toronto, New York (May 21, 2015)—Harlequin and HarperCollins Publishers today announced the launch of Harlequin Audio, a new imprint that will produce audio versions of Harlequin titles. The imprint will release its first titles on June 30, 2015. Read More

TORONTO, NEW YORK, May 11, 2015—For more than a decade, through the Harlequin More Than Words Awards, Harlequin has celebrated the charitable endeavors of women across North America, recognizing them for the significant work they have done to strengthen the foundations of their communities. This year's outstanding finalists were nominated by five popular Harlequin authors. Read More

NEW YORK, April 13, 2015—Anonymous Content has acquired the option rights for The Good Girl (MIRA Books; August 2014; $24.95; Hardcover), the bestselling debut novel from author Mary Kubica. Read More

NEW YORK, TORONTO, March 17, 2015—MIRA Books is celebrating bestselling author Robyn Carr's tenth #1 placement on the New York Times (NYT) mass-market bestseller list. Her new book, One Wish, debuted at the #1 position on the March 15, 2015, list. Read More

NEW YORK, TORONTO, March 5, 2015–Seventeen, the largest monthly teen magazine, and Harlequin TEEN today announced a book publishing partnership that will debut in 2016. Under the agreement, the Harlequin TEEN imprint will publish four original Seventeen novels in hard cover and eBook formats. Seventeen Books from Harlequin Teen will focus on multi-dimensional and empowered fictional female characters and explore topics and situations that authentically reflect the challenges and joys of being a teenager today, just like Seventeen does in its print and digital editorial. Read More

Toronto, New York, February 17, 2015—Harlequin Enterprises, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, and Taito Corporation today announced the release of Harlequin Experience. The app combines Harlequin stories with interactive gaming to give users a dynamic reading experience that puts them front and center. Users can become the protagonist of a story by customizing the name of the central character and creating a personalized avatar that enables them to bring the tale to life. The app also features a digital community where users can chat with each other and create, as well as participate in, a variety of in-app activities and events. Read More

NEW YORK, TORONTO, February 3, 2015, 9:00 a.m. EST—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, is celebrating the release of the 250th title by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella, one of its most prolific and most popular writers. Carrying His Secret, part of the popular Adair Affairs miniseries, created by the novelist ranked #5 on Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Romance Authors, is published under the Harlequin Romantic Suspense line. Read More

Harlequin Pro Bull Riders novels to be available exclusively at Wal-Mart

NEW YORK, TORONTO, January 28 2015, 9:00 a.m. EST—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, and the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), the world's premier bull riding organization, today announced a book publishing partnership that will debut in May 2015. Under the agreement, Harlequin intends to publish four Harlequin Pro Bull Riders novels containing distinctive PBR content and featuring actual PBR bull riders on the covers. Harlequin Pro Bull Riders novels will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart stores in the United States. Read More

Authors pen tales inspired by the charitable works of the recipients of Harlequin's annual More Than Words Awards

TORONTO, NEW YORK, November 20, 2014—Fictional accounts of heroism and selflessness are normally created in the minds of writers; however, that is far from the case in three new e-novellas from Harlequin authors Christi Barth, Andrea Laurence and Trish Milburn, who have breathed life into fictional narratives based on the heroic actions of the winners of Harlequin's 2014 More Than Words awards. For more than a decade, Harlequin's More Than Words program has recognized women who make a significant impact in their communities. Read More

NEW YORK, LONDON, TORONTO, SYDNEY, AUCKLAND, JOHANNESBURG November 13, 2014—Today, Harlequin (Harlequin.com), a leading publisher of books for women, added a compelling final chapter to its tremendously popular So You Think You Can Write (SYTYCW) 2014 event by announcing Amanda Cinelli of Newbridge, Ireland, as the winner of its writing contest and the recipient of a two-book contract with Harlequin/Mills & Boon.Read More

NEW YORK, LONDON, TORONTO, SYDNEY, AUCKLAND September 9, 2014—Harlequin (www.Harlequin.com), one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today unveiled the dates of its tremendously popular So You Think You Can Write online writing conference and introduced the "Ultimate Author's Publishing Prize"—the single largest and most wide-ranging grand prize it has ever offered for its global contest.Read More

TORONTO, SAN FRANCISCO, October 2, 2014—Harlequin (www.Harlequin.com), one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced that it has entered into a one-year agreement with Scribd, the world's largest digital library and book subscription service. Scribd will be the exclusive subscription partner for 15,000 titles from Harlequin's extensive backlist. Titles from a variety of Harlequin imprints, including Harlequin Series Romance, HQN Books, MIRA Books and Carina Press, will be available through Scribd'sUS $8.99 monthly subscription service and accessible on iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Kindle Fire, NOOK Tablet and web browsers. Featured bestselling authors include Debbie Macomber, Robyn Carr, Susan Wiggs, Heather Graham and Shannon Stacey. Scribd will also be making the full Harlequin catalog available for individual purchase in the Scribd retail store. Read More

NEW YORK, TORONTO, LONDON, May 12 2014—Today, the Harlequin Author Network (HAN) celebrated a new milestone with the registration of its 1,000th author.The online author portal, launched in October 2012, is a powerful resource for the publisher's authors.With HAN, Harlequin authors—and their respective agents—can access the most up-to-date details on their sales and royalty statements, view their foreign editions, revise their biographies, update their contact information and benefit from exclusive marketing and communications content. Read More

TORONTO, ONTARIO – May 2, 2014 – Torstar Corporation today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell all of the shares of Harlequin Enterprises Limited to News Corp. It will be run as a division of HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corp. Read More

Toronto, March 11 2014—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of women's fiction, is turning the publishing world on its head by making its Harlequin E front-list titles available in box sets at heavily reduced prices before the individual titles will even be accessible to the public at regular rates. Read More

New York, NY, October 2, 2013—New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Julie Kagawa today unveiled TALON, her new highly anticipated series from Harlequin TEEN. The Young Adult series, which has already been picked up by Universal Pictures, features dragons battling an ancient order of dragon slayers in a contemporary setting. TALON, the first book in the similarly named series, will be published on October 28, 2014. Read More

NEW YORK, LONDON, TORONTO, SYDNEY, AUCKLAND September 10, 2013—Harlequin (Harlequin.com), a leading publisher of books for women today announced the expansion of its tremendously popular global English-language writing contest that offers aspiring authors the chance to win a publishing contract. This year Harlequin is expanding opportunities for authors by introducing a separate New Adult competition, which will take place on Wattpad, the world's largest online community for reading, writing and sharing stories. Between the contests, five new authors will each be awarded a publishing contract with Harlequin/Mills & Boon. Read More

TORONTO, August 14, 2013—Today, Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, announced the extension of a number of its imprints into the realm of digital first publishing for original editorial. The Harlequin, Harlequin TEEN, Harlequin MIRA and Harlequin HQN imprints will all introduce original digital first titles in the coming months. Read More

TORONTO, April 2, 2013—Harlequin Enterprises Limited ("Harlequin") today announced that Federal District Judge Harold Baer, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Harlequin, dismissing the class action complaint against it (Barbara Keiler v. Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 12cv5558, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York). Read More

New York, NY, and Toronto, ON, March 12, 2013—Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, today announced the signing of #1 New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Sylvia Day to a seven-figure two-book deal to launch Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin. Cosmo Red Hot Reads is the publisher's new ebook program produced in conjunction with Cosmopolitan, the world's largest women's magazine and the biggest-selling monthly magazine on U.S. newsstands and a leader in the digital, social media and tablet space. Read More

LOS ANGELES, TORONTO, January 8, 2013 – Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, will play a central role in an upcoming episode of The Bachelor, ABC's tremendously popular romance reality series. The episode will feature a special "group date" where the women pose for a Harlequin cover with the newest Bachelor, Sean Lowe. The contestant who shows the most spontaneity, flair and chemistry with Sean will be awarded a three-book cover-model opportunity with Harlequin. The episode is scheduled to air Monday, January 14, 2013, on ABC. Read More

New York, NY, and Toronto, ON, December 5, 2012 – Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, and Cosmopolitan, the world's largest women's magazine, today announced a book publishing partnership to bring Cosmopolitan's fun, fearless female sensibility to fiction readers everywhere. Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin will present independent, adventurous women in contemporary settings and feature fast-paced plots, great dialogue and compelling romance. The shorter length of Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin titles (approximately 30,000 words per title) should appeal to readers on a variety of platforms, including mobile devices. Read More

NEW YORK, October 10, 2012 – Harlequin TEEN and The Jed Foundation's Love is Louder survey finds bullying issues more acute than drinking and teen pregnancy

• 78% of teens say bullying remains worse than parents realize
• 70% of teens and young women say they have been bullied
• 69% say they do not bully others, yet more than 30% engage in behaviors deemed as bullying, such as gossiping, name-calling and teasing
• 87% are bullied in person while only 14% say bullying occurs online
• 35% of teens turn to books and reading to cope with bullying, while 30% turn to physical activity

TORONTO, July 19, 2012 – Harlequin announced today that they have been made aware of a class action lawsuit brought against them by three former authors.

The publisher wishes to make clear that this is the first it has heard of the proceedings and that a complaint has not yet been served.

"Our authors have been recompensed fairly and properly for their work, and we will be defending ourselves vigorously," said Donna Hayes, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of Harlequin.

Los Angeles, CA; Toronto, ON – April 19, 2012

Independent film production company Palomar Pictures today announced that it has optioned Blood of Eden, the newest series from New York Times bestselling young adult author Julie Kagawa. The Immortal Rules, the highly anticipated first book in the Blood of Eden series, will be published by Harlequin TEEN on April 24, 2012.Read More

New York, NY (April 18, 2012)

Today, Harlequin announced the acquisition of worldwide rights to the debut book by Sh*t Girls Say creators Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard. Within two weeks of its launch, the popular YouTube video series and corresponding Twitter feed featuring parodies of expressions and mannerisms commonly associated with women went viral. The book is scheduled to be released in Fall 2012. Read More

Recipients of the 2012 Harlequin More Than Words award inspire page-turners
January 31st, 2012

Once upon a time, in the land of books and publishing, Harlequin asked readers, authors and fans to help choose the recipients for the 2012 Harlequin More Than Words award—a program that recognizes and rewards women making extraordinary contributions to their community. The story continues when the winning recipients are paired up with Harlequin authors and the recipients' journeys become the inspiration for three fictional short stories.Read More

Inspirational book club assets added to Harlequin offering
TORONTO, January 27, 2012

Today, Harlequin announced the purchase of Heartsong Presents Book Club from Barbour Publishing, Inc.

Heartsong Presents, a book club dedicated to providing its members with Christian romance novels, is an excellent addition to Harlequin's direct-to-consumer channel. The Heartsong Presents Book Club was founded in 1992, and its members receive four novels a month, with a focus on inspiration, hope and faith, written by leading inspirational authors. Read More

eBooks Feature Seven Historical Royal Weddings
Toronto, March 31, 2011

Harlequin Enterprises Limited, a global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, announced today the release of a special Royal Wedding eBook collection to celebrate the April wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. Read More