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Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards 2012 Shortlist Revealed

By Novelicious

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.

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The Romantic Novelists' Association have announced which authors are shortlisted for this year's awards in March..

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

(If Pippa Wright doesn't win for Romantic Comedy, I'll eat an Advance Review Copy)


Here are the nominations in full…

Contemporary Romantic Novel

It Started with a Kiss            Miranda Dickinson         (Avon)
Summer of Love             Katie Fforde             (Arrow)
The Untied Kingdom            Kate Johnson             (Choc Lit)
To the Moon and Back            Jill Mansell             (Headline)
Chances                 Freya North             (HarperCollins)
Christmas at Tiffany’s            Karen Swan             (Pan Macmillan)

Epic Romantic Novel

Jubilate                Michael Arditti            (Arcadia Books)
That Liverpool Girl             Ruth Hamilton             (Pan Macmillan)
The Lantern                Deborah Lawrenson         (Orion)
The Kashmir Shawl            Rosie Thomas            (HarperCollins)
Crimson China                Betsy Tobin             (Short Books)

Historical Romantic Novel

Highland Storms             Christina Courtenay        (Choc Lit)
The Noble Assassin             Christie Dickason         (HarperCollins)
Daughter of Siena             Marina Foriato            (John Murray)
Perhaps Tomorrow             Jean Fullerton            (Orion)
A Gathering Storm             Rachel Hore            (Simon & Schuster)

Romantic Comedy Novel

The Look of Love            Judy Astley             (Transworld)
Please Don’t Stop the Music        Jane Lovering             (Choc Lit)
Wrapped up in You            Carole Matthews         (Sphere)
Who’s Afraid of Mr. Wolfe        Hazel Osmond         (Quercus)
Lizzy Harrison Loses Control        Pippa Wright             (Pan Macmillan)

Young Adult Romantic Novel

Artichoke Hearts            Sita Brahmachari         (Pan Macmillan)
Dark Ride                Caroline Green         (Piccadilly Press)
My So-called Phantom Lovelife    Tamsyn Murray         (Piccadilly Press)
Angel Fire                 L. A. Weatherley         (Usborne)

The RoNA Rose Award

Flirting with Italian            Liz Fielding             (Mills & Boon)
A Christmas Knight            Kate Hardy            (Mills & Boon)
Ordinary Girl in a Tiara        Jessica Hart             (Mills & Boon)
The Kydd Inheritance            Jan Jones             (Robert Hale)
The Dangerous Lord Darrington    Sarah Mallory             (Mills & Boon)
Winning the War Hero’s Heart        Mary Nichols             (Mills & Boon)

The Harry Bowling Prize

Child Pretending             Sheila Bugler
Sweeping Up The Village        Bren Gosling
A Dark Flowering             Natalie Lloyd-Evans
Island Of Dreams             Aline P’Nina Tayar
The Benjamin Exhibition         Simon Van der Velde

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: 2012, pure passion 2012, rna awards, romantic novelists association

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