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Don’t miss the Holiday Event of the year at eHarlequin.com! 

Be sure to mark your calendars for December 16th, 2009 for the eighth annual Holiday Open House in our eHarlequin.com online Community.

We’ll be sharing virtual eggnog and holiday cheer with 22 hours of discussions in the forums, three hours of live chat, over 100 authors, fabulous door prizes and all your favorite romance categories represented, all to celebrate the best of the Holiday Season and give you a sneak peak into what to expect inside your books in 2010!

You’ll meet the authors you love, and a few we know you soon will—from warm-hearted and tender romances to the thrills and chills of the paranormal, they write the stories that keep you turning the pages and churning through that To-Be-Read pile. So make a date to join us as we share the joy of the season, make some new friends, catch up on forum gossip and get up-to-the-minute news about series, books and authors —you might even win a prize or two while getting to know us!

We're so excited to finally be able to announce the launch of Carina Press™ today, a digital-only publishing house that will operate independently of Harlequin's traditional publishing businesses.

Carina Press will publish a broad range of fiction with an emphasis on romance and its subgenres. We will also acquire voices in mystery, suspense and thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, erotica, gay/lesbian, and more! Whether you've never been published or are multi-published and are interested in exploring the potential of digital publishing we are interested in hearing from you. Our philosophy is: no great story should go untold!

My first ‘kiss’ for Harlequin comes out in time for Valentines Day next year. It got me thinking about first kisses...

I had two first kisses. The true first doesn’t count because I wasn’t a particularly willing participant and it wasn’t much of a kiss, frankly. It was more of an initiation and the kiss-er didn’t seem much more enthused about the task than the 13 year old kiss-ee.

So scratch that one. Instead, I’d like to share with you the story of my first real kiss. One that counts. Nearly a quarter-century ago now (oh, boy, that hurts).

We all have temptations that we can't resist. For some it's as harmless as a piece of chocolate cake, for others it's as risky as a romp in public. Some of us give into temptation, others resist. What do you do?

Can you be tempted to share?

Harlequin would like to invite you to participate in our exciting Romance Report online survey and Tempted Forum. Your contributions will help shape the content of our Report which will be filled with results, tips and advice from the experts, the hottest celebrities and more! We want to hear about the people, places and things that tempt you most. Participate in the Romance Report online survey and your contributions will help shape our upcoming Report.

Click here to take the survey and tell us what you find the most Tempting!

Jayne

I received a clothing catalog last week and opened it expecting to see the usual too tight tops, too short sweaters, crop pants. In my day we called any pants that hit above the ankles “floods,” so I do have a slight aversion to crop pants.