Escape Publishing MATURE CONTENT

A project of Harper Collins Publishers Australia

About

It’s all about the readers. When we started Escape Publishing, we wanted to publish a wide variety of exciting, romantic stories across every genre and every setting. That was six years ago, and we are so happy to share our extensive catalogue through our new home at romance.com.au. No matter what kind of romance you enjoy, from suspense to sci-fi, new adult to fantasy, adventure, paranormal, erotic, historical, comedy, contemporary romance and more, you’ll find it here. We’ve got stories to make you lose your place laughing, miss your bus stop in fascination, grip your e-reader too hard for fear the excitement might kill you, and cry happy tears of delight. Want to be transported to another place and time, or inside another kind of life? Want gripping reads that make you think, or sensual reads that fire your imagination? Want short stories or continuing series, sweet stories to make you smile or hot stories that sizzle? Want a guaranteed happy ending? Come and Escape with us…

Country of Publication

Australia

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Audience:

Adults, New adults, Young adults, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Action-Adventure, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Fantasy, Romantic Science Fiction, Romantic Suspense

Lengths:

Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary advance + Unknown royalties No monetary advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2026

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