Anita Faulkner – A Colourful Country Escape

...always been fascinated with money dividing us in love. (Hello, Mr Darcy!) The theme of colour sprang from that, as people talk about the colour of money. Then bright and...

Press Release: The Romantic Novelists’ Association Honours Katie Fforde With Lifetime Achievement Award

...spent years trying to write her very own Mills & Boon. All in all, she wrote eight novels, either entirely or partially, before she finally accepted defeat and thought it...

Glenda Young: Are Sagas A Feminist Issue?

...fantastic traditional Irish custom of Nollaig na mBan – the Women’s Christmas – done in heartwarming, pit village style! All of my novels are standalone books, not a series, and...

Meet The RNA Team – Bella Osborne

...fan of Enid Blyton and had all of the Secret Seven series. As a teen I was into Agatha Christie in a big way. They are still a comfort read...

New Releases: February 2021

New Releases: February 2021   Louise Allen: The Earl’s Reluctant Proposal Historical Romance (Regency) Harlequin Mills & Boon Ebook and paperback Feb 2021   An injury ended Lucy Lambert’s ability...

June 2019: Competition Monthly

...Weekly Pocket Novels at the end of 2018. Apart from the RNA, she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog along...

New Releases: May 2023

...Cathy Bramley: The Sunrise Sisterhood romance/ summer read/ commercial fiction Orion Fiction paperback original 11th May Three generations of women, and the summer that saved them. The holidays are here,...

About the RNA

...meets girl, or boy meets alien – romantic fiction explores and celebrates love in all its messy, unexpected, improbable imperfection. Romance is the highest-earning genre of fiction. It has a...

RNA Learning By Jean Fullerton

...another book of yours. The reader is the unseen character in an un-put-downable novel, so your job is to fully engage their emotions. Developing the skill of ‘show don’t tell’...

Liam Livings On Gender And Sexuality

...wrong, teenagers all over the world will be thinking about these things too. The difference though is that if you’re trans, gay, lesbian or bisexual, then you will also be...

The Oath By Patricia M. Osborne

...refuses then her vulnerable parents risk the workhouse as they will become penniless. On arrival to England, Françoise finds the bridegroom evasive and aloof. Lonely and missing home she befriends...

Book Blogger Interview: Nicola Smith From Short Book And Scribes

...physical books at the moment and ebooks tend to sit forgotten on my Kindle. I don’t tend to review books I haven’t enjoyed but a critical review will always be...