Details? Of course! The winner will be subscribed for one calendar year to the Harlequin SuperRomance line, and will receive four print Superromances every month. Prize value: $170+ USD.
What kind of books are in the Harlequin Superromance line? Well, first, they’re larger than other books published in the category lines – up to 85,000 words. Second, they, to quote the Harlequin website, “are filled with powerful relationships that deliver a strong emotional punch and a guaranteed happily ever after.” In other words, FEELS. FEELS AHOY EVERYWHERE GET THE FEELS ROOMBA TO CORRAL THEM.
Here are what some Superromance authors have to say about the line they write in, and why they love it:
Liz Talley: Superromance is… robust, fully-fleshed romance that stretches the gamut of settings, character-types and genres. Superromance is perfect for the eclectic and discerning romance reader.
Claire McEwen: I love Superromance because the stories are complicated and interesting. When I read them, I get the intense romance and happy ending that I so enjoy, but I also get so much more: fully realized secondary characters, fascinating settings, really creative conflicts and situations. When I finish a Super I feel like I’ve actually been with the characters in a very emotional and compelling place. It’s the best kind of escape.
Lenora Worth: I love writing Superromance. The stories are longer, deeper and include more family dynamics. I’ve always read Supers. And I always wanted to write for the line. A Super can be very sweet or more steamy and I like that about the line, too. It’s a saga that draws the reader into the characters and their world. I’ve learned a lot, writing for Superromance.
Jennifer Lohmann: What I love aboutSuperromance can best be described in pitching my books to my editor. When I pitch something like, “So, there’s this heroine who lost her Olympic gold medal because she doped…” my editor responds, “Great! Don’t pull your punches.” It’s that “don’t pull your punches” attitude that makes Supers so wonderful.
If you haven’t read a SuperRomance before, and you like contemporary romances with layered stories and lot of emotion, you’ll want to enter this giveaway.
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to residents of the US and Canada. Comments close at noon ET, Friday 24 April 2015, and the winner will be selected at random. The winner will be announced same day. You must be 18 years of age or older, and ready to read all year to win. By submitting an entry to the contest as set forth herein, each entrant does acknowledge and agree that, in the event such entrant is victorious, such entrant will perform a ceremony reasonably appropriate to such circumstance. In other words: you must dance! Happily!
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below and tell us what kind of contemporary romance you most like to read? (Chances are, there’s a Superromance that fits your favorite.)
Good luck, and thank you to the Superromance authors who blog together at SuperAuthors.com for giving away the subscription!
Congratulations to our winner: Jessica! And thank you to the Superromance authors for this really awesome, most excellent giveaway!
I like small town settings. Love characters who banter. Love a strong heroine, just don’t make her stupidly stubborn or stupidly independent.
I’m tired of overly-dominant billionaires who are emotionally scarred by events in their past. I love the variety in contemporary romance.
contemporary romances for me need a bit of humor to them–from the woman’s point of view. I love the past love comes back stories also.
i just like straight contemporaries the best- no paranormal stuff, no overdone suspense. and i mainly just love well-developed characters.
I read and enjoy most plots, as long as they don’t insult my intelligence. I am pretty tired of romantic suspense, tho, and much prefer laughter and comedy to angst and overdone drama. I also would rather read a straight, simple romance with the main characters, a few extra people and a handful of plot points than a book where I need a chart to keep track of the characters, their problems and random sub-plots, all of which will be tied in shiny symmetrical bows by the end.
If the giveaway is open to Aussies, please count me in. I love Sarah Mayberry and there’s plenty to love in the Superromance line. Gotta love the contemporary!
I realized when asked this question that I may have a problem. I read through the remarks and had a yes I like that response to almost everything. I like sassy, strong women and alpha men or geeky men… Especially if they are very into the leading lady and willing to put it all out there. As long as it is not a scenario that a thirty second conversation would clear up, I am more than willing to go along for the ride.
I am a little obsessed with sports themed romances right now
I enjoy reading both contemporaries & historicals. Reunited lovers is a favorite trope.
I like contemporaries that not only have feels but a smart heroine who is good at whatever her job is (and it shows, not tells) and the hero loves her for her babeliness but also her brains.
Small towns with eccentric secondary characters! Also, I’m in the minority, but I like a good plot-moppet/animal now and then.
All sorts. It’s not really the type for me but about the story. I don’t mind reading something that’s “overdone” as long as the story is well told.
When it comes to contemporary romance, I tend towards humor. The whole ‘Adirondack Chair Porn’ thing was never my style- I always want peril, and female characters who are not compared to kittens more than three times per book.
I like small town settings (yes, Adirondack chair porn), although I tend to shy away from long, multi-book series because I dislike it when romances have a cast of a thousand characters, where everyone is in everyone else’s back pocket for no good reason.
This might sound oddly specific, but I also like stories that span a few months time (at least). I never quite buy it when the H/h go from strangers to fiancés in two weeks or less. Maybe that’s why I like friends to lovers or best friend’s sibling romances, since the foundation for something ‘more’ is already there. Insta-love rarely works for me.
Now that I’m a little older, I prefer reading about characters in their thirties vs. young twenty-somethings. I’d much rather read about a widow or widower with kids than a 25-year-old billionaire CEO who seduces a 20-year-old virgin. I need likeable, relatable, everyday characters, so no rock stars, princes-in-hiding, or sheikhs either. (If I want something a bit more fantastical, I’ll read PNR.)
I’m not really a fan of too much angst, too much drama, or “serious issue” romances. I’m also not a fan of romantic suspense (sorry Harlequin Intrigue) unless they’re done really well. Otherwise, I always think, “Well, you would have caught the kidnapper, killer, international art thief by now if you weren’t playing grabby hands with the heroine.” I like reading about genuine folks with real-world problems: people who are trying to care for their kids, fit into a new town or a new job, or re-enter the dating pool after ten years.
For heroes, I have a thing for small town cops (I blame the mystery genre for this), former soldiers, cowboys, and “guys next door.” Smart, geeky heroes who are awkward around the heroine are good, self-confident beta heroes are even better, and tender-hearted, wounded heroes are the best. (I think I have a whole mini collection of heroes with limps, scars, painful pasts, etc.) Seeing people who have overcome hardships makes me happy. Of course, seeing people in the throes of those hardships… not so much. (Maybe I’m just a wuss.) I like smart, strong heroines who learn to rely on the hero not because they have to, but because they want to. And a hero who can give his trust to the heroine? That’s everything.
Just give me some witty banter!
The kind of contemporary romances I like are…
characters with interesting jobs, hobbies, or families.
friends to lovers and other tropes.
characters whose experiences are different than my own.
when they are about normal people not billionaires.
funny, quirky, suspense, tearjerkers – everything Bring it on.
I like nerds and science.
I went on Sarah Mayberry binge and am just about caught up. I like her work because most of the books are set in Australia and the language she uses isn’t the same I hear here in Dallas.