QUICK TAKES - July 30, 2009

Harlequin Enterprises, a major publisher of romance novels, said Wednesday that it was establishing a division to produce fiction for teens.

Clearly impressed by following for Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series, the company said it would target girls ages 13 to 18 with books that feature “paranormal, fantasy and science-fiction elements.”

The first offering from Harlequin Teen, due next month, will be “My Soul to Take” by Rachel Vincent about a teenager who discovers she is a banshee.

-- Lee Margulies