Romantic_Novel_of_the_Year

Romantic Novelists' Association Awards

Romantic Novelists' Association Awards

British award for romantic novels

The Romantic Novel of the Year Award is an award for romance novels since 1960, presented by Romantic Novelists' Association, and since 2003, the novellas, also won the Love Story of the Year (now RoNA Rose Award).[1]

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In 2018, awards were given to men under their own names for the first time in the organisation's 58-year history.[2]

Awards

This award recognises the best long romance novels.

Winners

Love Story of the Year a.k.a. RoNA Rose Award a.k.a. Shorter Romantic Novel

This award (formerly the Love Story of the Year) recognises the best in category and shorter romance, serials in magazines are also eligible.

Winners

  • 2003: Illusion by Julia Wild (Heartline)
  • 2004: A Damnable Rogue by Anne Herries (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2005: A Family of His Own by Liz Fielding (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2006: Contracted: Corporate Wife by Jessica Hart (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2007: Marrying Max by Nell Dixon (DC Thomson)
  • 2008: Breakfast at Giovanni's by Kate Hardy (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2009: Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire's Pleasure by India Grey (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2010: Animal Instincts by Nell Dixon (Little Black Dress)
  • 2011: The Piratical Miss Ravenhurst by Louise Allen (Harlequin Historicals)
  • 2012: The Dangerous Lord Darrington by Sarah Mallory (HMB Historical Regency)
  • 2013: Beneath the Major's Scars by Sarah Mallory (HMB Historical Regency)
  • 2014: Bound by a Baby by Kate Hardy (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2015: Scandal’s Virgin by Louise Allen (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2016: Doctor... To Duchess? by Annie O'Neil (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2017: Christmas in the Boss’s Castle by Scarlet Wilson (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
  • 2018: Christmas at the Little Village School by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)
  • 2019: Secret Baby, Second Chance by Jane Godman (Mills & Boon)
  • 2020: Miss Amelia’s Mistletoe Marquess by Jenni Fletcher (Mills & Boon Historical)
  • 2021: A Will, a Wish and a Wedding by Kate Hardy (Mills & Boon True Love)

Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year

This award recognises the best in category for mainstream romantic novels set in the present world or society.

Winners

  • 2012: Summer of Love by Katie Fforde (Century)
  • 2013: Recipe for Love by Katie Fforde (Century)
  • 2014: A Night on the Orient Express by Veronica Henry (Orion)
  • 2015: A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 2016: The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson (Choc Lit)
  • 2017: Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe by Debbie Johnson (HarperImpulse)
  • 2018: Together by Julie Cohen (Orion)
  • 2019: One Thousand Stars and You by Isabelle Broom (Michael Joseph)
  • 2020: A Summer to Remember by Sue Moorcroft (Avon, HarperCollins)
  • 2021: My One True North by Milly Johnson (Simon & Schuster)

Historical Romantic Novel of the Year

This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel set pre 1960.

Winners

  • 2012: Highland Storms by Christina Courtenay (Choc Lit)
  • 2013: The Apothecary's Daughter by Charlotte Betts
  • 2014: The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay (Choc Lit)
  • 2015: The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor (William Morrow)
  • 2016: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2017: It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan (Head of Zeus)
  • 2018: The Designer by Marius Gabriel (Lake Union Publishing)
  • 2019: The Temptation of Gracie by Santa Montefiore (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2020: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester (Sphere)
  • 2021: Rags-to-Riches Wife by Catherine Tinley (Mills & Boon Historical)

Romantic Comedy Novel

This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel intended to be consistently humorous or amusing.

Winners

  • 2012: Please Don't Stop The Music by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)
  • 2013: Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan (Sphere, Little Brown)
  • 2014: It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2015: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy by Lucy-Anne Holmes (Sphere)
  • 2016: Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe by Milly Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2017: Out of Practice by Penny Parkes (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2018: The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan (Sphere/Little, Brown)
  • 2019: Not Just For Christmas by Natalie Cox (Orion)
  • 2020: A Question of Us by Mary Jayne Baker (Aria Fiction, Head of Zeus)
  • 2021: Sunny Days and Sea Breezes by Carole Matthews (Sphere, Little, Brown)

Epic Romantic Novel of the Year

This award recognises the best in category for romantic novels that have a broad and sweeping scope. May be either contemporary or historical and may include time-slip.

Winners

  • 2012: The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas (HarperCollins)
  • 2013: Dearest Rose by Rowan Coleman
  • 2014: The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh (Penguin)
  • 2015: Pieces of You by Ella Harper (Avon)
  • 2016: The Secrets We Share by Emma Hannigan (Headline Review)
  • 2017: Little Girl Lost by Janet Gover (Choc Lit)
  • 2018: This Love by Dani Atkins (Simon & Schuster)

Young Adult Romantic Novel

This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel in which the main characters are teenagers or young adults.

Winners

  • 2012: Dark Ride by Caroline Green (Piccadilly Press)
  • 2013: Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb
  • 2014: Linked by Imogen Howson (Quercus)
  • 2015: Struck by Joss Stirling (Oxford University Press)
  • 2016: Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis (Chicken House)
  • 2017: Love Song by Sophia Bennett (Chicken House)
  • 2018: Ten Birthdays by Kerry Wilkinson (Bookouture)

Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel a.k.a. Fantasy Romantic Novel

This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel that may be paranormal, fantasy, science fiction, time-slip etc.

Winners

  • 2017: Max Seventeen by Kate Johnson (Independent)
  • 2018: The Other Us by Fiona Harper (HQ)
  • 2019: Living in the Past by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)
  • 2020: Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan (Two Roads)
  • 2021: Echoes of the Rune by Christina Courtenay (Headline Review)

Debut Romantic Novel

This award recognises the best romantic novel by a first-time author.

Winners

  • 2019: The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap (HarperCollins)
  • 2020: The Forgotten Village by Lorna Cook (Avon, HarperCollins)
  • 2021: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (Bantam Press)

Romantic Thriller

This award recognises the best in category for a romantic thriller.

Winners

  • 2020: Knowing You by Samantha Tonge (Canelo)
  • 2021: The House by the Sea by Louise Douglas (Boldwood Books)

Romantic Saga

This award recognises the best in category for the best romantic novel featuring saga elements of characters overcoming social adversity, usually set in the past.

Winners

  • 2020: The Street of Broken Dreams by Tania Crosse (Aria Fiction, Head of Zeus)
  • 2021: Bobby’s War by Shirley Mann (Zaffre, Bonnier Books UK)

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