Bibliographies Of Romance Publishers, Lines, & Series

Many romance publishers, series, & lines of category romances have come and gone over the years. I’ve attempted to identify as many as possible here (or to link to others who’ve identified them) & to provide links to complete or nearly complete bibliographies or indexes for each one.

Rob Imes has assembled an amazing list of category romance lines on his blog at this link. Many of the ones I’ve linked below are redundant to his & I may remove them eventually & simply point to his list, but I’ve also included more recent lines, general romance publishers, & series that are not part of a specific category romance line.

For anything that has no link, either no bibliography exists yet or I haven’t yet found it.

Ace Gothic Romance

Ace Cameo Gothic (includes Ace Double Cameo)

Ace Nurse Romance Series

Airmont Career Series

Arabesque (Kensington)

Avalon Nurse Stories

Avon

Avon Regency

The Avon Romance (sometimes known as Avon Ribbon line, ribbon romances, or banner romances)

Barbara Cartland’s Library Of Love

Belmont Romance

Bethany House

Cameo (Fawcett)

Candlelight Ecstasy

Candlelight Romance

Classics Of Romance

Circle Of Love

Dafina Books (A Kensington imprint for books written by & about people of African descent, Dafina publishes more than just romance. There’s no complete list of Dafina’s titles in any genre, but the website linked appears to have the most extensive one that currently exists)

Diamond (Berkley imprint)

Doubleday Romance Library

First Love From Silhouette (teen romance line)

Gallen Romance Novels (Richard Gallen Books/Pocket Books)

Genesis Press (Indigo Sensuous Love Stories)

Harlequin

Harlequin American Romance (became Harlequin Western Romance in 2016)

Harlequin Blaze (& here’s a bonus link to a great podcast episode about this line)

Harlequin Desire

Harlequin Gothic (a bonus link to a reviewer whose reading & reviewing each book in the series)

Harlequin Heartwarming

Harlequin Intrigue