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[Harlequin Books]

Hey Alyssa, congrats on the recent marriage and never apologise for being young!

[Lanny]

Hello everyone, hi Kim, my name is Lani and ive been reading Harlequin my fisrt romance book, since im 16 years old. my first harlequin is Diana Palmer, Carole Mortimer, so many.. i cant remember... its a part of my life. and same as Kim, now im reading so many genre PNR, Historical, Suspense, Mysteries... (book addict)..

[Pyper]

Hi! I'm Pyper Addams. I'm from Canada and I'm new to Goodreads. I'm looking forward to meeting fellow Romance Readers. I enjoy reading different books from many different genres, but my comfy-feeling genre is always the contemporary romance. I read books all the time... while I cook, do laundry and I listen to audio books while taking walks, running, waiting for kids to finish baseball or hockey practices, etc. So, if you come across a book you absolutely loved, please share the name of it with me. I'm always looking for something new to read... or listen to. I'm also looking for friends who love to read or write romance... I forgot to mention, I'm a romance writer too. :)

[Pyper]

Hi Alyssa! Nice to meet a fellow Canadian AND a fellow book addict too! Congrats on getting married. I loved your summer camping story with Grandma. It brought back good memories for me, of doing the same thing. Ha! I look forward to sharing book suggestions with you... even though, you are much younger than I. ;)

Alyssa wrote: "Hello I'm Alyssa and I'm from Canada. I have no children yet and have only been married just under a year! I've read HQN books since 2000 (maybe even earlier but for sure since I was 9 years old......"

[Alyssa]

Pyper wrote: "Hi Alyssa! Nice to meet a fellow Canadian AND a fellow book addict too! Congrats on getting married. I loved your summer camping story with Grandma. It brought back good memories for me, of doing t..."

Excellent! Can't wait to suggest, compare and chat. Favorite author?

[Vanessa]

Hi Kim and everyone in this group,

I'm Vanessa and I love nothing more than to read and write romance novels! I started reading Harlequin romances in my teens (loooong time ago) and have always been fascinated by paranormal, young adult or urban fantasy romance novels. I'm very excited to have discovered this group! :-)

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome to the group Vanessa. We're glad you found us. ~ Kim

[Vanessa]

Hi,

thanks, that's sweet of you. :-)

[Harlequin Books]

Vanessa wrote: "Hi Kim and everyone in this group,

I'm Vanessa and I love nothing more than to read and write romance novels! I started reading Harlequin romances in my teens (loooong time ago) and have always be..."

Since you mentioned you like to write romance. Be sure to join in on our Write a Story 1 Sentence At a Time that has recently started.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I encourage everyone to come join in the fun. The more people adding their sentences, the more the story will go in directions you weren't expecting.

[Vanessa]

Hi,

thanks, I'll definitely look into it. :-)

[Ramla Zareen]

Hello everyone, my name is Ramla Zareen. I am originally from Pakistan but have been settled in Germany since more than 8 years, and am now officially a German national. I actually came to Germany soon after my marriage and though adjusting to the cold weather and learning a new language was a challenge but now I love my life here! It is kind of difficult to find English books in the libraries and book stores so I mostly buy mine online from www.amazon.de and have now accumulated a large collection, too large in my husband's opinion! :-) Lolz Not only do I love reading books, but I also love to keep them with me and very much enjoy re-reading them too! :-) Thankfully, my 3 and a half years old daughter also love books and so my husband is now quite resigned to a life with two bookworms :-)

I am also always happy to make friends with those who share my love for reading so please feel free to connect with me on Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter etc :-)

My favourite genres to read are "Golden-Age" and "Cozy" Mystery, with "Historical Romance" following close behind. I also very much enjoy "Contemporary Romance", "RomCom/Chick-Lit" and "Classic RomCom".

While the books of some of my favourite "Romance" authors, like Judith McNaught, do contain some intimate scenes but usually I very much appreciate it when an author is able to maintain decency by exquisitely manipulating words to imply physical chemistry between the lead characters, without going into intimate details. For example,  Georgette Heyer and Sophie Kinsella. 

There is one more author that I have discovered who writes sweet and reasonably clean romances: Debbie Macomber. Actually, I had read few books by her before but the ones that I recently read have promoted her to my favourite list :-)

Based on my friends' recommendations along with a little research of my own, I have also ordered a book each by Kristan Higgins and Jennifer Probst and hope to enjoy them too :-)

To be honest, I haven't read too many Harlequins or Mills & Boons as yet but my most important requirement in any book, especially Romance, is that there should be a Happily Ever After ...so decided to join this group and am looking forward to discussing books, getting great recommendations and making wonderful friends :-)

Happy Reading!  :-)
--Ramla Zareen

[Patricia]

Hi Ramla,
I love the authors you mentioned, and if you're looking for clean, happyily-ever-after books, you've come to the right place. Heartwarning books are just that--very heartwarming! Look forward to hearing from you again!

Patricia Bradely
Matthew's Choice September 2014
The Christmas Campaign November 2015

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Ramla,

Welcome to the group and, I agree, you metioned some great authors. Patricia is right. I think you would enjoy our Heartwarming line and I think the American Romance, Romance or Special Edition would fit your tastes well. To satisfy your historical tastes, I would stick more with the Harlequin Historical over the Historicals offered by HQN and MIRA. Those are usually a bit more steamy. ~ Kim

[Ramla Zareen]

Thanks Patricia and Kim, both for the welcome as well as for the suggestions :-)

[Ramla Zareen]

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Thanks Patricia and Kim, both for the welcome as well as for the suggestions :-)"

PS: Just joined the group: Wholesome Romance: Harlequin Heartwarming :-) Thanks again! :-)

[Adite]

Hi Ramla. Welcome to the group and it's lovely to see another South Asian lover of romances! :)

[Ramla Zareen]

Adite wrote: "Hi Ramla. Welcome to the group and it's lovely to see another South Asian lover of romances! :)"

Hi Adite, it's really great to discover South Asian author of Romances! :-) Looking forward to reading your books, thanks for the welcome! :-)

[Adite]

Thanks Ramla. If you do get around to reading my books would love your feedback. Thanks!
Ramla Zareen wrote: "Adite wrote: "Hi Ramla. Welcome to the group and it's lovely to see another South Asian lover of romances! :)"

Hi Adite, it's really great to discover South Asian author of Romances! :-) Looking f..."

[Ramla Zareen]

Adite wrote: "Thanks Ramla. If you do get around to reading my books would love your feedback. Thanks!
Ramla Zareen wrote: "Adite wrote: "Hi Ramla. Welcome to the group and it's lovely to see another South Asia..."

Hi Adite, will be sure to provide my feedback once I get a chance to read your books :-)

[Bonnie]

Hi My Name is Bonnie Drummond and I've been reading Harlequin for about 4 years 1 year from the Grocery Store Safeway in Parkville Maryland. I really like and love for that matter is The Intrigue Suspense Series's I love all the Authors that writes for the series.

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Bonnie, welcome to the group. Be sure to check out our polls, general discussions, fun & games, and reading challenges.

[Samantha]

Hiyas, my name is Samantha but you can call me Sammie. I'm the creator and owner of the book blog Book Lover's Cozy Cafe. I love paranormal style books, they are pretty much th only thing I'll read, if it doesn't have anything paranormal in it I can't seem to read it.

[Ramla Zareen]

Bonnie wrote: "Hi My Name is Bonnie Drummond and I've been reading Harlequin for about 4 years 1 year from the Grocery Store Safeway in Parkville Maryland. I really like and love for that matter is The Intrigue ..."

Welcome to the group, Bonnie :-)

[Ramla Zareen]

Samantha (Book Lover's Cozy Cafe) wrote: "Hiyas, my name is Samantha but you can call me Sammie. I'm the creator and owner of the book blog Book Lover's Cozy Cafe. I love paranormal style books, they are pretty much th only thing I'll read..."

Welcome Sammie, I am following your blog through Google+ and Twitter and looking forward to great reviews, thanks! :-)

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Sammie, welcome to the group. I read my first paranormal about 10 years ago and have been loving them ever since. ~ Kim

[Stephanie]

Hi, I'm stephanie, I love reading true crime and romance, feel free to add me

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome to the group Stephanie. :)

[Karen]

Hi to Kim and the entire group! My name Is Karen Booth and I'm a new Harlequin Desire author. I've published eight books prior to joining the team at Desire and I couldn't be any more excited about being a part of Harlequin. I've also been a member of this group for awhile, but have been lurking…as an author, I get the feel for a group before jumping in. We're not always welcome, which is fine. Wouldn't want to be a group-crasher.

I'm also a wife, mother of two teenagers, and a big reader (although I'm terrible at maintaining my Goodreads shelves and didn't even bother adding the zillions of romances I read as a teenager). On the Harlequin side, I do read a lot of Desire books, but I also love Presents, Blaze, and Super Romance. Otherwise, I mostly read contemporary, usually a bit steamy, and I also have a penchant for biographies and memoir on the occasion I step away from romance.

My first Desire book, That Night with the CEO, comes out in a month! I had hoped to post that I have a giveaway going for it, but Goodreads is taking their sweet time approving it. I will post it on the appropriate thread when they move things along. I have three more Desire books coming out in the next year, including the follow-up to TNWTC, Pregnant by the Rival CEO. (My husband likes to tease me about the second one by asking, "What happens in that book?") I'll do giveaways for all of those books as well, so hopefully some members of this group will be winners!

[Ramla Zareen]

Welcome to all the new members who joined the group since I last commented on this discussion thread :-)

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Karen, we love authors in this group. :) Yippee! Another author who likes to write office romance which is my favorite theme after my historicals. When I step away from romance it usually to read fantasy, sci-fi or some classic that I wasn't forced to read in school.

[Karen]

Thanks for the warm welcome! I look forward to chatting about books with everyone!

[Pam]

Karen I am a huge Desire fan myself. I look forward to your book. How very exciting for you and the rest of the the Desire fans. I am an avid reader My favorite books to read are Harlequin Present and Desire. I take turns. Of course like most voracious readers I read other genres as well. When I step away from romance it is usually an epic fantasy or teaching/professional development. I also read young adult literature because I am a reading teacher at a High school. It is a must in order to have conversation and suggestion for students to read.

[Karen]

Pam wrote: "Karen I am a huge Desire fan myself. I look forward to your book. How very exciting for you and the rest of the the Desire fans. I am an avid reader My favorite books to read are Harlequin Present..."

Hey Pam--so nice to meet you. It's wonderful that you teach reading and take the time to be well-versed in what your students are reading. It's important. Let me know if you come across anything that really resonates with your male students. My 16 yo daughter is a voracious reader, but my 14 yo son is not. He was when he was younger, but now he's convinced there's nothing good to read. He definitely gravitates toward non-fiction. He's not into fantasy or adventure and that's a definite handicap in finding fiction.

[Melissa]

Hi Kim and everyone else. My name is Melissa Prado and romance is my favorite genre. I started out reading a Susan Mallery book and was hooked ever since. Harlequin has some of the best and most diverse books I've ever read, it's my favorite publisher.

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Melissa, welcome to the group.

[Delores]

Hello! I'm Delores Fossen, and I write for cowboy cops for Harlequin Intrigue and cowboys for HQN. I'm also a big reader! I've got four kids, and that keeps me plenty busy.

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Delores! I follow you on Facebook! Welcome to the group.

[Kris]

Delores wrote: "Hello! I'm Delores Fossen, and I write for cowboy cops for Harlequin Intrigue and cowboys for HQN. I'm also a big reader! I've got four kids, and that keeps me plenty busy."

Hi, Delores! Welcome, welcome!

[Camille]

Hello! My name is Camille Di Maio. I just attended my first RWA conference in New York, and met some awesome romance writers. I came home with 47 books, so I have my work cut out for me! I live in Texas, have four children, and work in real estate while writing on the side. I look forward to reading your posts!

[Pam]

Welcime fellow TEXAN. I live up the road a piece from you. I would like to attend RWA one day. It is on The one day i will do it list. I dont like bucket list i am not planning to kick the bucket

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome to the group Camille. I would have loved to have gone to the RWA conference.~ Kim

[Racquel]

Hello and thanks for the invite! I'd just like to say how happy I am to be apart of the group because I feel like I don't know anyone who is as passionate about reading and I don't have anyone to talk to about books with. Not to mention, I'm a terribly antisocial person lol but I'm working on that! But I love romance/paranormal novels. I love getting lost in stories that are nothing like the real world. If anyone checks out my profile and your interests run along with mine, please feel free to add me so I can see what my fellow goodreaders are into (I seem to be running out of good series to read). Haha Anyway, thanks for having me!

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome to the group Raquel. You sound a lot like I used to be. Things have improved somewhat since I got my mom, sister and daughter all hooked on some sort of romance reading. I'm still looking for more people to discuss my favorite characters or books with.

For suggestion on reading recommendations, you can ask for help in a few different locations within the group: What Are You Reading?, General Discussions or try the book type conversations topics HERE>

[Ramla Zareen]

Welcome to all the new members who joined the group after I last posted a comment on this discussion thread :-)

[Roz]

Hi My name is Roslyn but I prefer "Roz". Found this group by mistake when receiving an offer from an author. I have some favorite romance authors and prefer Suspense, contemporary, woman's fiction, Chick-lit and cozy romance. Thanks for having me.

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome to the group Roz. Jump right in any discussion that grabs you. :) ~Kim

[Carolyn]

Hi My name is Carolyn Morris and I'm an audiobook narrator, especially of the romance genre. I've read a number of titles for Harlequin and have four more coming out soon. Delighted to be part of this group - I love reading your comments about favorite authors and books. Do you ever listen to audiobooks too?

[Harlequin Books]

Welcome Carolyn. :) Very cool "meeting" one of the narrators. I hope you'll enjoy the group.

A couple of us were just discussing audiobooks, here. I would love it if more people joined in.

[Yas]

Hi Kim and everyone! I am a Harlequin Presents addict. I collect books from my favorite authors. I started reading romance novel from the grandmother's collection which was really old Mills and Boon novels from the 80's. That got me reading to Silhoutte Romance, Loveswept, and now to Harlequin Presents. I look forward to sharing from kindred spirits.

[Harlequin Books]

Hi Yaz, Thank you for sharing how you got started with Romance. I love hearing them. :) Have a look around the group and jump right in.