The news is now out and I am so, so, so thrilled to be able to announce that I have been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association awards for the third year running!
The winners in each category will be announced at a wonderfully posh "Bubbly and Bites" event at One Whitehall Place on Monday 5th March. It would be a terrible waste not to buy a new frock for it, yes?
I'm delighted to see so many of my friends on the 2012 shortlists. The full lists are as follows:
Contemporary:
Chances, Freya North, (Harper Collins)
Christmas at Tiffany’s, Karen Swan, (Pan Macmillan)
It Started with a Kiss, Miranda Dickinson, (Avon (Harper Collins))
Summer of Love, Katie Fforde, (Arrow (Random House))
The Untied Kingdom, Kate Johnson, (Choc Lit)
To the Moon and Back, Jill Mansell, (Headline Review)
Epic Category:
Crimson China, Betsy Tobin, (Short Books)
Jubilate, Michael Arditti, (Arcadia Books)
That Liverpool Girl, Ruth Hamilton, (Pan MacMillan)
The Kashmir Shawl, Rosie Thomas, (Harper Collins)
The Lantern, Deborah Lawrenson, (Orion)
Historical Category:
A Gathering Storm, Rachel Hore, (Simon & Schuster UK)
Daughter of Siena, Marina Foriato, (John Murray)
Highland Storms, Christina Courtenay, (Choc Lit)
Perhaps Tomorrow, Jean Fullerton, (Orion)
The Noble Assassin, Christie Dickason, (Harper Collins)
Romantic Comedy Category:
Lizzy Harrison Loses Control, Pippa Wright, (Pan MacMillan)
Please Don’t Stop the Music, Jane Lovering, (Choc Lit)
The Look of Love, Judy Astley, (Transworld - Black Swan)
Who’s Afraid of Mr. Wolfe?, Hazel Osmond, (Quercus)
Wrapped Up in You, Carole Matthews, (Little Brown Book Group -
Sphere)
Young Adult:
Angel Fire, L. A. Weatherly, (Usborne Publishing)
Artichoke Hearts, Sita Brahmachari, (MacMillan’s Childrens’
Books)
Dark Ride, Caroline Green, (Piccadilly Press)
My So-called Phantom Lovelife, Tamsin Murray, (Piccadilly Press)
RoNA Rose:
Flirting with Italian, Liz Fielding (HMB Riva)
A Christmas Knight, Kate Hardy (HMB Medical)
Ordinary Girl in a Tiara, Jessica Hart (HMB Riva)
The Kydd Inheritance, Jan Jones (Robert Hale)
The Dangerous Lord Darrington, Sarah Mallory (HMB Historical)
Winning the War Hero's Heart, Mary Nichols (HMB Historical)
Further information can be found at the RoNA Awards site and the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Further information can be found at the RoNA Awards site and the Romantic Novelists' Association.
13 comments:
A new frock is positively mandatory, Jan. Congratulations, I'll see you there!
Of COURSE a new frock, Jan! Congratulations, and look forward to seeing you and the dress there!
Definitely a new frock, Jan. Congrats, and it'll be great to see you next month!
Hi Kate, Hi Jessica - lovely to be sharing a shortlist with you :)
Thanks, K8. I value your judgement here :)
Congratulations and good luck x
Thanks, Catt. It'll be a lovely do, whatever the outcome. And as all those on the shortlist are my friends, I'm in great company :)
Congratulations, Jan. I look forward to raising a glass of bubbly with you on the 5th March....
Congratulations, Jan! Much deserved and I look forward to giving you a hug on the 5th!
Sarah and Liz - oooh yes, bubbly and (((hugs))) Looking forward to it already :)
Well, my friend, I may be a little late reading this but I'm a lot happy for you! Congratulations!
Congratulations, Jan! Definitely a new frock. Accessories too.:)
Congratulations!
Posh frocks a necessity, I think.x
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