I own them all because I am in love with the artwork -it has everything: the unlikely backdrops, the tumbling hair, the half-hearted resistance to throbbing advances, the cable knits ...
As you can see in the slide show below - there are two Mills and Boon men (or Alphas, as Mills and Boon describe them) There is the teen pop band looking blonde guy, but he only appears when the Alpha Alpha is not available, it seems, which is unquestionably the Dark Haired Chiseled Jaw Guy with the veiny hands and who looks a bit like the chap who models "Just for Men" hair colourant and just a leedle bit like Richard Madeley
I am convinced it is the same model through the years and I am sure if I had the time (which in fact, I do) I could correlate the date of publication with the amount of dashing silver in his flicked back mane. Watch this space. Only recently have I discovered the artists who seems responsible fopr most of my favourite covers and has a style that epitomises Mills and Boon cover art at it's peak. Step right up Mr Len Goldberg. A trawl of the Googlenets reveals very little trace of the man and artist, whether he's alive or not I have no clue. I hope he is/was proud of his work.
Below is my library of M&B covers plus a few projects using the scans in jewellery and collage.
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