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Originally Posted by apesmom
I've been wondering this a while but after looking at your purchases it reminded me to ask. What is the difference between the Intrigue and Romantic Suspense lines?
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Romantic Suspense used to be a Silhouette line. It was originally called Intimate Moments and covered a wide range of topics. I think it was THE best category line in the late 80s through 90s. I loved the variety and they had such a great line-up of authors.
The main difference now I think it the Intrique line concentrates more on the actual mystery/suspense part of the story and Romantic Suspense is more about the romance. Romantic Suspense also tends to have more international set stories with spies and intelligence agents. Whereas more Intrique are set only in the US or Canada. But that perception may just be based on the authors I read, not an actual rule.
Police (detectives, cops, etc) seem pretty evenly divided between them. Plus, since Harlequin bumped the wordcount back up, the Romantic Suspense stories are longer. Intrigues are around 55,000-60,000 whereas Romantic Suspense is 70,000-75,000.