The first release of Love Inspired was The Perfect Couple by Valerie Hansen in November 2000, with the second book being Tested by Fire by Kathryn Springer in August 2004.

[1][2] Books have been released monthly since, with the Love Inspired Suspense line of books beginning in July 2005 with Note of Peril by Hannah Alexander and Love Inspired Historical beginning in February 2008 with The Briton by Catherine Palmer.

Love Inspired books are romances that are strongly rooted in traditional Christian and moral values.

Publications include faith elements, have no graphic violence, premarital sex, or romances based on emotional over sexual desires.

Harlequin's website states that Love Inspired is likened to Touched by an Angel, Seventh Heaven, or Gilmore Girls in terms of content.