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Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers – FINALISTS Toni Anderson – Cold Silence Winnipeg-based author, Toni Anderson, has been shortlisted in the Jackie Collins Award for Romantic

The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award – FINALISTS Christina Courtenay – Hidden in the Mists Herefordshire author, Christina Courtenay, has been

New Releases: February 2023 Francesca Capaldi: A New Start at the Beach Hotel Saga/Historical Romance Hera Books/Canelo Paperback & Ebook 23rd January

Ask an Industry Expert: Emily Ruston Today I’m delighted Emily Ruston at Boldwood Books who was nominated by Alex Stone author of ‘The Perfect Daughter’ Hello and w

NEW RELEASES JANUARY 2023

Louise Allen: Time’s Perilous Desire

Time travel, romantic mystery
Indie
Ebook
5 January 2023

The Clock House Mysteries Book 3
Natasha and Matthew are settling in

Today I’m delighted to welcome Sara-Jade Virtue, Brand Development Director, Fiction, at Simon & Schuster  who was named by author, Jennifer Bibby, author of The Cornish Hideaway.

Hello and welcome, Sa

We are joined today by best-selling Sunday Times author, Phillipa Ashley. What was the inspiration behind your book? What prompted you to tell this story? The Christmas Holiday is about Krystle, a professional

We are delighted that you could join us to talk about your new release. Could you tell us a little more about it? What was the inspiration behind your book? What prompted you to tell this story? Thank you for

We are so excited that Susan Watson from My Weekly magazine is joining us today on the blog. As the fiction editor for the magazine, Susan is responsible for book reviews, author interviews, fiction events and

We are delighted that you could join us to talk about your new release. Could you tell us a little more about it? How To Save a Life tells the story of Ted and Marianne. They meet once, briefly, on Waterloo Bridge

Today we welcome Kendra Smith, author of Everything Has Changed, to the blog.

What has been the inspiration behind the book? The inspiration behind Everything Has Changed was from a personal experience I had: a

Leeds bookseller, Amy Richards, from Words & Kisses, has won the Romantic Bookseller of the Year award for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate the hard wor

Literary agent Hannah Schofield has won the Agent of the Year award for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA) annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate the hard work and talent of any person, gro

Elizabeth Bailey: The Vengeance Trail (Lady Fan Mystery Book 9)

Historical mystery
Sapere Books
ebook and paperback
30 December 2022

When Ottilia herself launched into a river and fighting f

Sara-Jade Virtue, Brand Development Director, Fiction, at Simon & Schuster UK, has won the Publisher and/or Editor of the Year award for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA) annual Industry Awards for

Anne Williams is a book blogger and reviewer, sharing her reviews of the romance and women’s fiction she loves in all the most important places, including on her website Being Anne. The blog is now approaching

South Lanarkshire audiobook narrator, Helen McAlpine, has won the Narrator of the Year award for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate the hard work and tal

Melbourne book cover designer, Lucy Murphy, has won the Cover Designer of the Year award for the United Kingdom’s Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA) annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate the h

Emily Shelton Poole lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband, four children, and Lotte, the golden doodle who thinks she’s a person. In addition to her work as an editor, Emily plays viola p

Mills & Boon senior editor, Rebecca Slorach, has won the Inclusion Award for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual Industry Awards for 2022. The awards celebrate the hard work and talent of any per