Ask An Industry Expert: Karen Sullivan

...the RoNAs this year. Can I start by asking you what store you set by literary competitions. There seem to be a lot out there! I love them! They provide...

Press Release: Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel Awards 2023 Shortlists

...to Forever, Laila Rafi, Orion Dash The Christmas/Festive Holiday Romantic Novel Award This Year’s for Me and You, Emily Bell, Penguin Michael Joseph Merrily Ever After, Cathy Bramley, Orion Fiction...

The Keeper – Diane Saxon

...and I simply read whatever she recommends and they always vary between hard-bitten psychological thrillers, romance, and fantasy. When it came to writing, my first instinct was to start a...

New Releases: May 2020

...Saga Corvus PB and ebook 7th May 2020 It’s February 1942, and as the Americans finally join Britain and her allies, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino is doing her bit for the...

The Weekender – Fay Keenan

...my agent, as I so desperately want to do them justice. Fortunately, they’ve all be absolutely lovely so far! I noticed you have lived in quite a few places in...

The Shorter Romantic Novel Award – Finalists

Louise Allen – The Earl’s Mysterious Lady Cley-next-the-Sea author, Louise Allen, has been shortlisted in the Shorter Romantic Novel Award category with her novel, The Earl’s Mysterious Lady, for the...

The Wedding Hitch

New Releases: July 2019

...nobody. She’s too bold, too bubbly…so why is she the only lady he’s thinking about?       New Publications: Brought to you every month by Sheila Riley. Her next...

Associate membership

...they also fall into one of the above categories. Membership costs £80/annum and includes a range of benefits. Please read the membership criteria before completing your application below. If you...

Fantasy Romantic Novel Award Category

...Helen spent her early life in America, but grew up mainly in Suffolk, and now lives near Bury St Edmunds with her two children and a cat called Bear who...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Viewpoint!

...think like them and see what they’re seeing.” “Only with much practice can we get this right,” adds Elaine Everest. “My ideal way is to be able to slip seamlessly...

Penny Hampson – The Unquiet Spirit

...that I was happy with. I was especially keen to make mystery the focus of the story, although the romance comes a very close second. To heighten the mystery element,...