Ruth Ann Nordin's Books 

Harlequin is actively seeking submissions for manuscripts for the Harlequin Undone, Harlequin Teen, Nocturne Bites, and Nonfiction Editorial.  They also accept submissions or queries for some (not all) of their lines.  I am most interested in Harlequin Historical.  They do offer Christian romances (no sex)  too, for anyone reading this and is interested in publishing through them under this line.  They have paranormal romance, erotica/romantica, suspense/thrillers too.  But the key is the romance as the major story. 

If anyone is interested in submitting to any of the Harlequin/Silhouette/MIRA/Kimani Press/Spice/Steeple Hill Love Inspired/Mills & Boon/LUNA lines, here's the link:   http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=538&chapter=0.  Some of these require an agent, some don't.  I am not familiar with all the submission guidelines for each line. 

Harlequin Teen does take science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, historical, and paranormal storylines. http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1403&chapter=0.  Unagented authors are accepted for consideration. 

Harlquin Historical has a series of short stories in their Harlquin Historical line.  The stories are between 10,000 to 15,000 words.   It's like the Harlquin Historical line but shorter.  Here's the link:  http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1363&chapter=0

For those who write paranormal for adults, their Silhouette Nocture Bites line is looking for paranormals with sex in them.  And this is contemporary only.  Here's the link:  http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1336&chapter=0  Oh, and word count is 10,000 to 15,000 words too.

If anyone wants to write about "relationships, health, diet, fitness, self-help, inspirational and narrative nonfiction (life memoir/personal memoir, lifestyle memoir, travel memoir and celebrity biographies/autobiographies)," then the Nonfiction Editorial would be good for you.  Here's the link:   http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1297&chapter=0

Anyway, here's my thought on this.  This might be a good way to establish some publishing credits under your belt that you can take and include in a query letter in the future.  Or Harlequin might like you and want you to write more.  At the very least, you can write a short story or a YA story that you can try to publish somewhere else, if Harlequin doesn't take it. 

For me, I'll end up self-publishing what I write if it's not accepted.  So one way or another, it'll get out there.

I hope this post can be of some use to someone reading this!