After a few (relatively) slow months, the Harlequin series editors were contracting many books in October! 181 individual titles were acquired for the various lines. Yep, 181!
The most acquisitive lines were Harlequin Presents—with 25 contracted titles!—Harlequin Intrigue with 21, Harlequin Romantic Suspense with 19 and Harlequin Superromance with 18 titles. Between 1-15 books were contracted by the other lines.
Overall we had 35 editors reading and contracting titles, with Patience Bloom signing up 26 (for Romantic Suspense, Historical, Nocturne, Special Edition and an anthology—she’s widely read!), Pippa Roscoe at 19 (for Presents and Internet projects) and Flo Nicoll at 14 (for Presents, Romance and Historical).
Happily for Presents readers, Lynne Graham will have another 15 titles to write in the next few years! And Carla Cassidy will have 12 more Romantic Suspense titles coming out. Janice Kay Johnson has ten Superromance titles to deliver, and our other authors have between 1-8 titles sold.
Can you believe it’s been nearly twenty years since the first Montana Mavericks continuity? We can’t—though we can remember coming up with characters and plots. J It’s been fantastic to see the different iterations over the years. To celebrate, Special Edition is doing a new twentieth anniversary “Montana Mavericks: Back in the Saddle” continuity with Christine Rimmer (a favorite here—she did a post a few weeks ago!), Teresa Southwick, Leanne Banks, Christyne Butler, Brenda Harlen and Rachel Lee contributing stories.
It’s also great to see that Amber McKenzie—who came in second in last year’s SYTYCW contest–sold another two titles to Medicals!
As for new to Harlequin authors, the Love Inspired Historical group did a two-book contract with DeWanna Pace and Heartwarming acquired one book from Linda Hope Lee.
We can’t wait to find out what’s going to happen in November–and then in December for our contest winners!,
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Happy reading—and writing!
5 replies on “October Acquisition Roundup for Harlequin Series!”
18 SuperRomance – with 10 being one author’s! Wow.
Love Montana Mavericks continuity and had no idea it’s been around 20 years. Curious to see what the editors have in mind.
Holy shoot! Excuse me, but 181!! Stunning. And that’s why I love Harlequin. 🙂 So much opportunities for writers and readers alike.
🙂 I know–it’s amazing to see first how long Montana Mavericks have been around, and then to see just how many books are acquired each month!
Remember, each line needs to be continually acquiring for upcoming years, so there’s always new openings. And then we’re starting new things like Digital, so even more opportunities there!
That is pretty amazing! Congrats to all the authors, new and selling again.
how do i find out what nocturne # 181
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I spent the entire shutdown working. Had no time to wind down. I didn’t see my son much when school shutdown. My one co worker was told to stay home for 3 weeks so I picked up her hours. This year has been really crappy.
Ugh, Janell. Here’s hoping the rest of your summer is better.
Thanks for the info, Carol! Everyone is different in how they deal with the shutdown! I stay at home all the time since I don’t work so I haven’t been too effected but my shopping and errands sure have been effected!
Valri, I’ve been doing most of my shopping online. My local Target is still low on some items – mostly cleaning supplies. Grocery store is pretty much back to normal. Most of the dining in our town is outdoor. I can’t imagine have school-age kids!
Wow–getting your creative process on track must have been daunting–especially with “extra-large dog” glad to have you home. You don’t like coffee–I love coffee and have enjoyed my fortifying 2 cups in the morning even more than usual! How as COVID affected your story lines and characterizations? Best Wishes for all releases!
Interesting question, Virginia. You’ll have to tell me if the tone of my “COVID” books changed any! LOL
Life has changed so much! My dad passed Feb 2. The assisted living facility my folks were at went into hardcore lockdown the beginning of March. Mom couldn’t leave her apartment for 4 months! She was on the third floor, Will be 89 in two months & doesn’t use the phone. My husband and I remodeled the lower level completely and moved her in with us July 1. What a life change and difficult transition for the 3 of us! But we’re working thru it!