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“Books about cancer don’t have to be depressing.” Jonathan Gluck on writing a very different kind of cancer story.
The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story
When Jonathan Gluck learned he had cancer, he was struck dumb. Just thirty-eight-years-old and the first-time father of a seven-month-old daughter, he had no family history of the disease and, besi…
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June 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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🎉 I'm so happy to announce that we've contracted a new book by Kristi Hong! The Teacher's Secret is an opposites-attract #HarlequinHeartwarming romance, and it's the second book in Kristi's Lakeland Elementary Romance series--coming out summer 2026. #BookNews #HarlequinEditor
Screenshot of Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report Text reads as follows: The Teacher's Secret by Kristi Hong Imprint: Harlequin Kristi Hong's THE TEACHER'S SECRET, in which a super-organized teacher can't help falling for the spontaneous paramedic who's acting as her fake boyfriend...just until she can tell her traditional parents she's pregnant and planning to raise her baby by herself, to Dana Grimaldi at Harlequin Heartwarming, for publication in summer 2026. Fiction: Romance June 11, 2025
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Convincing you to try a #HarlequinHeartwarming book based on just one quote... Her Amish Country Husband by Patricia Johns is on sale now at Harlequin.com and wherever books are sold. #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor

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Image of a country road at sunset, with the following words: Her fingers tightened on his hand, and his heart gave a squeeze. He had to let go of her hand as they came up to the highway so he could turn, and it left him feeling strangely bereft. Whatever they were now to each other, they were far from strangers, and his heart was still entangled with his exwife. Maybe it always would be. Maybe the Amish didn’t enforce vows so much as understand them, because his wedding vow had changed something inside him rather permanently. Even post-divorce.
May 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🎉Happy Book Birthday to #HarlequinHeartwarming authors Tara Randel, Patricia Johns, Laurie Batzel and Linda J. Parisi! #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor

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Covers for new Harlequin Heartwarming books on sale today, including The Surprise Next Door by Tara Randel, Her Amish Country Husband by Patricia Johns, The Teacher’s Forever Family by Laurie Batzel and Reunion with the Single Mom by Linda J. Parisi
May 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🎉Happy Book Birthday to #HarlequinHeartwarming authors Shelley Shepard Gray, Beth Carpenter, Melinda Curtis and Alexis Morgan! #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #BookPromo #Bookstagram #HarlequinEditor

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Covers for new Harlequin Heartwarming books on sale today, including Their Surprise Reunion by Shelley Shepard Gray, Her Alaskan Summer by Beth Carpenter, The Cowboy’s Wedding Proposal by Melinda Curtis and The Firefighter Next Door by Alexis Morgan.
April 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Me on Independent Bookstore Day
Gru with a large white pad that says "First we get a book". In the next panel it says "Then, we get another book". In the next panel it says "And then we say no more books". In the next panel it says "But then, we see another book". In the last panel Gru looks excited and it says "So we get two more books!"
April 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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So, tomorrow is Monday?
April 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye

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Portrait-oriented photo featuring a wooden post with a rusted hanger hook jutting out of it, and standing atop the post, triumphant and at least slightly indignant, is a plump little bluebird. The bluebird is a male, and we see the electric blue of his head, but the predominant part facing us is the coppery-orange and pale white front. He is standing amidst little pink-and-red tree blossoms, but I like to imagine these are instead the extracted organs of his enemies. So let's just pretend this bluebird stands vengefully astride a scattering of viscera -- gobbets of gore taken as a prize from his unnatural and invasive foes. I'm sorry I've really made this a gross photo. It's actually quite nice. Kind of a dreamy vibe to it, what with the wall of yellow forsythia blurring in the background, and here I am adding drippy bits and internal organs. I'm sorry. I'll do better next time. Probably. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
April 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🥳I'm thrilled to announce that we've contracted three new #HarlequinHeartwarming books by Amie Denman! Get ready for #Firefighters and #FamilySecrets in Niagara Falls! #SweetRomance #HarlequinEditor
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Screenshot of Publishers Marketplace Deal Report, which includes the following text: THE FIREFIGHTER'S SECOND CHANCE by Amie Denman Imprint: Harlequin Amie Denman's THE FIREFIGHTER'S SECOND CHANCE, in which a horticulturist unexpectedly bonds with the son of her former childhood friend, who's now a firefighter and a single dad, rekindling a relationship that was destroyed by family secrets; along with two sweet contemporary romances set in Remedy Creek, Wyoming—a small Western town with a reputation for healing, to Dana Grimaldi at Harlequin Heartwarming, in a three-book deal, for publication in June 2026.
April 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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📣Calling all romance reviewers! Her Hometown Bull Rider by LeAnne Bristow is now available on @NetGalley! #SweetRomance #NetGalley #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor #HarlequinHeartwarming @netgalley.bsky.social

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Her Hometown Bull Rider
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April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🎉Calling all romance reviewers! Her Amish Country Husband by Patricia Johns is now available on NetGalley! #SweetRomance #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor #HarlequinHeartwarming @authorpatjohns.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social

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Her Amish Country Husband
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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To kick off the inaugural #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay, WNDB is also committing to donating 10,000 diverse titles across the country in 2025. We believe that diverse books ought to be read and celebrated, especially now as book bans disproportionately target them.

Thank you for all your support!
Multi-colored pastel graphic with bold text that says, “To kick off the inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day, WNDB is also committing to donating 10,000 diverse titles across the country in 2025!”
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Today is #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay!

If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities!

Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉

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Multi-colored pastel graphic showing a shower of bright white fireworks at the top. Beneath the fireworks is title text that says, “Happy We Need Diverse Books Day!” Beneath the title is a light blue bubble containing the text, “Special Giveaway!” At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a book with its pages splayed open. Multi-colored pastel graphic with black title text at the top that says, “Want a chance to win ALL of our recommended #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay books?” Beneath the text are twenty-six thumbnails of the titles WNDB officially recommended to celebrate We Need Diverse Books Day. The titles include: “Miles of Style,” “The Wedding Shoe Snatch,” “Piano Wants to Play,” “Laolao’s Dumplings,” “Berry Song,” “Freewater,” “The Beautiful Game,” “Nic Blake and the Remarkables,” “Boy, Everywhere,” “Eagle Drums,” “Time and Time Again,” “Warrior Girl Unearthed,” “When the Mapou Sings,” “This Ravenous Fate,” “The Black Girl Survives in This One,” “All We Were Promised,” “The Rodeo Queen,” “The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina,” “Our Missing Hearts,” “Ayiti,” “The Reading Adventure,” “Fresh Ink,” “Flying Lessons & Other Stories,” “The Hero Next Door,” “A Universe of Wishes,” and “On the Block.”
April 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Convincing you to try a #HarlequinHeartwarming book based on just one quote... Her Secret Homecoming by Anna Grace is on sale now at Harlequin.com and wherever books are sold. #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor @annaemilygrace.bsky.social

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Image shows a border of illustrated pink flowers, with the following words: “Not everyone is like you,” Luci said. “What does that even mean?” “Not everyone is kind and polite and has impeccable manners. If everyone were like you, sure, we wouldn’t need rules.” Mateo furrowed his brow. Her words sounded like a compliment but somehow also an insult. How did she do that?
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Sending all the congrats to Kristi Hong on the release of her first book for @HarlequinBooks! The Teacher's Match is on sale today! #HarlequinHeartwarming #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #NoSpice #BookPromo #Bookstagram #HarlequinEditor

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Book cover for The Teacher's Match by Kristi Hong, which shows a couple having a picnic under the apple blossoms.
April 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Join me in sending HUGE congrats to @susankbreeden on the release of her 5th book for @HarlequinBooks! And Cowboy Makes Three is on sale today! #HarlequinHeartwarming #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #NoSpice #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor @susanbreeden.bsky.social

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Book cover for And Cowboy Makes Three by Susan Breeden, which shows single mom Vanessa Fraser and cowboy Austin Cassidy playing with her son, PJ.
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🎉Happy Book Birthday to #HarlequinHeartwarming authors Anna Grace, Kristi Hong, Tanya Agler and Susan Breeden! #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #NoSpice #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor @annaemilygrace.bsky.social @tanyaagler.bsky.social @susanbreeden.bsky.social

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Covers for new Harlequin Heartwarming books on sale today, including Her Secret Homecoming by Anna Grace, The Teacher’s Match by Kristi Hong, Saving the Rancher by Tanya Agler & And Cowboy Makes Three by Susan Breeden
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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This is his guilty face. Bert knows he’s not allowed on my piano.
March 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Perhaps some feel good fiction is needed?
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Graphic showing Amie Denman's newly released Harlequin romance Falling for Her Ranger along with images of a puppy, a bride, and Niagara Falls which all feature in the book.
March 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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If you’re on Goodreads, enter now to try to get a copy of Saving the Rancher.
February 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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✍️Interested in writing sweet contemporary romance for Harlequin Books? Check out the Write for Harlequin blog to find out what types of stories Harlequin Heartwarming editors are looking to acquire! #SweetRomance #HarlequinHeartwarming #HarlequinEditor

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Blog Post Header image, which shows the covers of two Heartwarming books: The Teacher's Match by Kristi Hong and Saving the Rancher by Tanya Agler. Text reads: Write for Harlequin Editor Wishlist: Harlequin Heartwarming
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🥳I'm thrilled to be working with Anna Grace on her new miniseries for #HarlequinHeartwarming! Get ready for the Holiday Ranch Romances!! #SweetRomance #HarlequinEditor @annaemilygrace.bsky.social
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report FAKE ENGAGEMENT TO THE FIREFIGHTER By Anna Grace Imprint: Harlequin Anna Grace's FAKE ENGAGEMENT TO THE FIREFIGHTER, the first book in the Holiday Ranch Romance miniseries, in which three siblings save the family's ranch by transforming it into a premier destination for weddings, proms and parties, all while finding their own happily ever afters, to Dana Grimaldi at Harlequin Heartwarming, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Stefanie Rossitto at The Tobias Agency.
February 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Convincing you to try a #HarlequinHeartwarming book based on just one quote... Falling for Her Ranger by Amie Denman is on sale now at Harlequin.com and wherever books are sold. #CleanAndWholesome #Romance #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor @amiedenman.bsky.social

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Image shows a fancy wedding invitation with gold flowers on the top left and bottom right corners. Text reads: Sometimes a matchmaker’s best friend is…the best friend of the prospective couple. Happily married people want everyone else to get married, for better or for worse. —From Aunt Minerva’s Book of Practical Matchmaking
February 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Happy Book Birthday to #LoveInspiredBooks author Susan Gee Heino! A Dangerous Past is on sale today! #InspirationalRomance #RomanticSuspense #ColdCase #BookPromo #HarlequinEditor @susangeeheino.bsky.social
Cover for A Dangerous Past by Susan Gee Heino, which shows a couple in front of an abandoned construction site.
February 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Happy Book Birthday to #LoveInspiredBooks author Lacey Baker! Lethal Reunion is on sale today! #InspirationalRomance #RomanticSuspense #ColdCase #BookPromo #Bookstagram #HarlequinEditor
Cover for Lethal Reunion by USA Today bestselling author Lacey Baker, which shows a cabin in the snowy wilderness under a stormy sky.
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM