As we come to the end of Women’s History Month, we’re thinking about the incredible female authors who have created what Harlequin is today. For decades, Harlequin has been the leading publisher for romance, and that is due to the spirit, fearlessness, and love poured into every book our authors write. As the years pass, Harlequin authors continue to prove that romance is for everyone.
To celebrate this, we asked Harlequin authors why writing romance is important to them, and why the world needs more romance.
Virginia Heath:
“For me, romance is important because the world is a hard place otherwise. Romance is aspirational. It gives us hope for better and makes us dare to dream for only the best for ourselves. It’s also inspirational because there is no greater feeling than being in love. It fills us with joy and makes us giddy, and how can that possibly be a bad thing? As a writer of romance, I get to spread that joy like confetti by sending my readers on a roller-coaster journey that, no matter how impossible it might seem during parts of it, they know will end happily. I genuinely have the best job in the world!”
Virginia’s latest Historical Romance, A Wedding to Stop a Scandal, is available now!
Christine Rimmer:
“As a romance reader and author, I believe a good love story is always a reflection of the power, decency, and heart of strong women. Women like the ones we celebrate during Women’s History Month. Yes, life is a rocky road, and no one gets out alive. But a good romance reminds us that along the way, there is hope, there is beauty—and best of all, there is love.”
Christine’s latest title, Taking the Long Way Home, is available now!
Nina Crespo:
“Romance transcends boundaries. Wanting love. Being in love. Losing love. Feeling the power of love. Most of us can relate to one or all of those experiences. As an author, I strive to write stories anyone, no matter who they are or their backgrounds, can understand. It’s not about agreeing on what happily-ever-after is but knowing or even hoping it can exist. Romance has the ability to inspire, unite us past our differences, open useful conversation, and expand our best thinking toward one another. I believe the positivity of love is essential to the existence of our world.”
Nina’s latest title, Expecting a Fortune, is available now!
Sera Taíno:
“The public is personal. This is never more true than of the stories that center relationships. Power and money – these things make life easier. But it’s love that makes life worth living. When we tell stories, we traffic in the power of possibility. In the romance genre, we see it most of all. Romance shows us all the ways we can connect and love, sometimes in ways we haven’t been allowed to dream of. Hope lives in the romance genre. There, everyone can find love. Everyone is worth loving. That’s a message we could use more of in this world.”
Sera’s latest title, The Trouble with Exes, is available now!
Carla de Guzman:
“Romance novels dare to imagine a world where anyone, everyone, deserves love. Where people have the happiness they deserve, and where justice exists where it might not at the moment. How audacious of us, to imagine that for people of color, for fat people, for queer people, for disabled people! To read romance is to believe that you (and everyone else around you) can find someone good, someone great, and a life that they can be happy with. And that makes romance worth reading, worth fighting for.”
Carla’s latest title, Manila Takes Manhattan, is available now!
