A First Time for Everything

March 15, 2011 8:18 PM

Recreating Mills & Boon romance covers, one passionate moment at a time.

Mills & Boon, a romance publisher based in the U.K., is owned by Harlequin (Link somewhat NSFW).

While avid readers confess their love of Mills & Boon online, many readers might not know that their covers seem to have become quite fashionable. In 2008, the Guardian presented a century's worth of covers.

The artist who is recreating these covers, Alex, also has an interactive online picture book "about the moment in a relationship when you realize you don't love someone completely."

Erotic literature previously on the Blue.

posted by whimsicalnymph (7 comments total)

Everybody needs a hobby.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 8:28 PM on March 15, 2011

I'm reminded of the "reimagined" romance covers here - my favorite being Lord of the Tube Socks (scroll down).
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 8:34 PM on March 15, 2011 [5 favorites]

Semantic change oh yeah baby
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 10:01 PM on March 15, 2011

Ugh.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 10:45 PM on March 15, 2011

Fiasco de Gama: Eek! He has liquid knees!
posted by SakuraK at 12:29 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Her transformations are great - Mr. Boyfriend on the other hand, seems to be lacking commitment.


But not to his beard. He is fully committed to that.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:53 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]

It is, of course, illegal to mention romance novels without mentioning Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
posted by jenlovesponies at 6:11 AM on March 16, 2011