Wow!
I have just found out that The Kydd Inheritance has been shortlisted for the Choc Lit Best Historical Romance award at the Festival of Romance!
It's a very strong list, so I'm thrilled to be included on it
The full list is:
For the Choc
Lit Best Historical Read Award:
Charlotte Betts -
The Apothecary's Daughter (Piatkus)
Annie Burrows -
Captain Corcoran's Hoyden Bride (Mills & Boon, Historical
Regency)
Christina
Courtenay - The Scarlet Kimono (Choc Lit)
Jean Fullerton -
Perhaps Tomorrow (Orion)
Jan Jones - The
Kydd Inheritance (Robert Hale)
There is also another award, so congratulations to all my friends on that one too:
For the
Total-E-Bound Best Romantic Read Award:
Juliet Archer -
Persuade Me (Choc Lit)
Fiona Harper -
Swept off her Stilettos (Mills & Boon, Riva)
Carole Matthews -
Wrapped up in You (Sphere)
Sue Moorcroft -
Love and Freedom (Choc Lit)
Talli Roland - The
Hating Game (Prospera Publishing)
Background: the Best Romantic Read Award is for contemporary novels of any romance
genre, and the Best Historical Read Award is for novels of
any romance genre set prior to 1961.
The Romance
Reader Awards are judged by a panel of real readers who considered
the submissions on readability and enjoyment.
The winners will
be announced at the Festival of Romance Have A Heart Ball and Awards
on Saturday 22 October, along with the Festival of Romance New Talent
Award to recognise writers of great talent who have not yet been
commercially published.
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14 comments:
Huge congrats to you and of course to all! Fingers crossed.
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Wonderful news and well deserved!
Congratulations, Jan. I love your writing so not the least bit surprised! See you at theb Festival.
Fab news, Jan and to the others short-listed. Katy x
Hurrah! Congratulations Jan on being shortlisted for The Kydd Inheritance, which I really enjoyed reading. Great to see some other Twitter pals on the shortlists, too.
Well done Jan - kudos to you!
That's some list with strong contenders. The very best of luck.
Thanks, all. They are all terrific reads. No idea how the judges are going to choose!
Congratulation, so exciting.
Yay! Congrats to you, Jan! :) :)
Congratulations, Jan! That's so exciting. Fingers crossed for you.
Congrats, Jan!
Wonderful!
Thanks again, everyone. Still thrilled!
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