1.   At times the plot is part Harlequin romance, part gothic psychodrama.

2.   CBS is now broadcasting movies based on Harlequin romance novels on Sunday afternoons instead of football, hoping to capture female viewers.

3.   Dr. Gerritsen, a former internist whose previous book ventures include two Harlequin romances, is expected to publish her thriller next summer.

4.   In that sense the film is truer to its unfortunate Harlequin romance title than to any wider ambitions.

5.   Love, as any Harlequin romance will tell you, makes a woman beautiful.

6.   More than them, she seemed to have borrowed from the pages of a pulpy Harlequin romance.

7.   Not even a Harlequin romance on hand?

8.   The closest establishment is the Quiet House, in Farmington, a bed-and-breakfast dolled up to look like the cover of a Harlequin romance.

9.   The tone is Harlequin romance novel, although the reality seems somewhat more prosaic.

10.   Too often, the book becomes almost a burlesque of a Harlequin romance, with papaya juices flowing.