 Harlequin Presents books were more sensual than the previous line, Harlequin Romance, under which Anne Mather had been published.She was chosen to be a launch author because she, along with Violet Winspear and Anne Hampson were the most popular and prolific of Harlequin's authors.Her novel, "Leopard in the Snow" (1974), was developed into a 1978 movie.