Janice Horton: The Backpacking Housewife

...Caribbean, the USA, Canada, parts of Central America, Mexico, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. We had the most amazing time and met so many wonderful new friends. Travelling so...

MeetCute Book Fest with Jane Crittenden

A book festival for readers and writers of romance. Jane will be doing a Q&A with Olivia Beirne about ‘Books and the Travel Bug.’ Jane will talk about her latest...

Words & Kisses – Romantic Bookseller Of The Year Category

...from her spare room and now from a custom-built office in the garden (affectionately nicknamed The Smut Hut). After picking up her first romance back in 2015, she became a...

Rachel Dove: It Takes A Village

...romance author was chats over the garden wall between her father, Godfrey, and Mrs Cooper from the neighbouring village of Bisley. It came as quite a surprise in later life...

The Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel Awards 2024 Finalists Announced

...Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers Viscount in Hiding, Caitlyn Callery (The Wild Rose Press) Julie Mae Cohen, Bad men (Bonnier Zaffre) The Secret of Villa Alba, Louise Douglas (Boldwood) The...

May 2018: Competition Monthly

...health or social circumstances may enter. Prize: Selection of cash and other prizes Closing date: 18 June 18 Entry: Free Details   Eyelands International Short Story Competition Theme: “Luggage”. 2,500...

Elaine Everest: Wartime At Woolworths

...general and another local history. Next there was Woolworths as I had to follow how the store would have coped during times when staff were called up for war work...

LoRNA Cook: The Pain Of Blending Fact And Fiction

...romantic fiction, co-written with Catherine Curzon, spans WW1 to the present day and is published by Pride. The Ghost Garden, the first installment in historical paranormal series The de Chastelaine...

Shorter Romantic Novel Award Category

...plans … Instagram: @mcbookiemonster Twitter: @mcbookiemonster Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheilaMcClureMcBookieMonster www.annieoneilbooks.com Louise Allen – A Proposal to Risk Their Friendship Louise is the author of over seventy historical romances and several history...

Deborah Carr: Character Connections In Timeslips

...encounter with a romance author was chats over the garden wall between her father, Godfrey, and Mrs Cooper from the neighbouring village of Bisley. It came as quite a surprise...

Nicola Pryce – When A Standalone Book Turns Into A Series.

...too. Place is pivotal for providing an authentic background and is often what draws our readers. Get the setting and date right, and our characters realistic, then all we have...

Heidi Swain – The Christmas Wish List

...novel, I then embarked upon another, The Cherry Tree Café. This was submitted to the RNA New Writers Scheme and then to the Books and The City #oneday #digitaloriginal call...