RNA 2013 Shortlist Revealed!

The shortlist for the 2013 Romantic Novelists' Associations Awards have been announced, and boy do the judges have some hard decisions to make! There are so  many brilliant novels shortlisted, I send my hugest congratulations to all of those authors who have been shortlisted for their brilliant books!

Contemporary Romantic Novel

• Katie Fforde, Recipe for Love, Arrow
• Veronica Henry, The Long Weekend, Orion
• Mhairi McFarlane, You Had Me At Hello, Avon
• Monica McInerny, The House of Memories, Pan Macmillan
• Sue Moorcroft, Dream a Little Dream, Choc Lit
• Polly Williams, The Angel at No. 33, Headline

Epic Romantic Novel

• Rowan Coleman, Dearest Rose, Arrow
• Dilly Court, The Lady's Maid, Arrow
• Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles, Bloomsbury
• Kate Morton, The Secret Keeper, Pan Macmillan
• Gill Paul, Women and Children First, Avon
• Liz Trenow, The Last Telegram, Avon

Romantic Comedy Novel

• Jenny Colgan, Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweetshop of Dreams, Sphere (Little Brown)
• Victoria Connelly, The Runaway Actress, Avon
• Jane Costello, All the Single Ladies, Simon & Schuster UK
• Nicola Doherty, The Out of Office Girl, Headline
• Belinda Jones, Winter Wonderland, Hodder & Stoughton
• Jane Wenham-Jones, Prime Time, Accent Press Ltd.

RoNA Romance Award

• Fiona Harper, Always the Best Man, Harlequin Mills & Boon Riva
• Sarah Mallory, Beneath the Major's Scars, Harlequin Historical
• Heidi Rice, The Good, the Bad and the Wild, Harlequin Mills & Boon Riva
• Carol Townend, Betrothed to the Barbarian, Harlequin Historical
• Scarlet Wilson, West Wing to Maternity Wing, Harlequin Mills & Boon Medical
• Scarlet Wilson, Her Christmas Eve Diamond, Harlequin Mills & Boon Medical

Historical Romantic Novel

• Charlotte Betts, The Apothecary's Daughter, Piatkus (Little Brown)
• Christina Courtenay, The Silent Touch of Shadows, Choc Lit
• Kate Furnivall, The White Pearl, Sphere (Little Brown)
• Pamela Hartshorne , Time's Echo, Pan Macmillan
• Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden, Allison & Busby
• Mary Nichols, The Kirilov Star, Allison & Busby