Romantic Novelists' Association Awards
| RoNA Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in romance novel |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Romantic Novelists' Association |
| First awarded | 1960 |
| Website | romanticnovelistsassociation.org/awards |
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]
In 2018, awards were given to men under their own names for the first time in the organisation's 58-year history[2]
Contents
1 Romantic Novel of the Year a.k.a. RoNA Award
1.1 Winners
2 Love Story of the Year a.k.a. RoNA Rose Award
2.1 Winners
3 Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year
3.1 Winners
4 Historical Romantic Novel of the Year
4.1 Winners
5 Epic Romantic Novel of the Year
5.1 Winners
6 Romantic Comedy Novel
6.1 Winners
7 Young Adult Romantic Novel
7.1 Winners
8 Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel
8.1 Winners
9 References
Romantic Novel of the Year a.k.a. RoNA Award
This award recognises the long romance novels, the categories of the Romantic Novel of the Year (RoNA) are:[clarification needed]
- The RoNA for a Contemporary Romantic Novel
- This category is for mainstream romantic novels set post 1960 and includes chick-lit, beach reads and genres such as paranormal/fantasy/time slip/romantic suspense.
- The RoNA for a Historical Romantic Novel
- The Historical category is for romantic novels set in a period before 1960. Time slip novels may be included.
- The RoNA for an Epic Romantic Novel
- Romantic novels containing serious issues or themes, including grittier fiction such as sagas, multi-generational tales may be included in this category, which may also include time slip novels.
- The RoNA for a Romantic Comedy Novel:
- Romantic novels intended to be consistently humorous or amusing may be entered for this award.
- The RoNA for a Young Adult Romantic Novel
- This category is for romantic novels where the main characters are teenagers/young adults.
Winners
- 2018: This Love by Dani Atkins (Simon & Schuster)[3]
- 2017: Love Song by Sophia Bennett (Chicken House)[4]
- 2016: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey (Simon & Schuster)[5]
- 2015: Struck by Joss Stirling (Oxford University Press)[6]
- 2014: A Night on the Orient Express by Veronica Henry (Orion)[7]
- 2013: Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan (Sphere, Little Brown)[8][9]
- 2012: Please Don't Stop The Music by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)[10]
- 2011: The Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo Moyes (Hodder & Stoughton)[11]
- 2010: Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2009: East of the Sun by Julia Gregson (Orion)
- 2008: Pillow Talk by Freya North (Harper Collins)
- 2007: Iris & Ruby by Rosie Thomas (Harper Collins)
- 2006: Gardens of Delight by Erica James (Orion)
- 2005: A Good Voyage by Katharine Davies (Chatto & Windus)
- 2004: Foreign Fruit by Jojo Moyes (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2003: Playing James by Sarah Mason (Time Warner)
- 2002: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Harper Collins)
- 2001: Someone Like You by Cathy Kelly (Harper Collins)
- 2000: Dancing In The Dark by Maureen Lee (Orion)
- 1999: Learning To Swim by Clare Chambers (Arrow)
- 1998: Kiss And Kin by Angela Lambert (Bantam)
- 1997: The Hours Of The Night by Sue Gee (Century)
- 1996: Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1995: Change Of Heart by Charlotte Bingham (Doubleday)
- 1994: Consider The Lily by Elizabeth Buchan (Macmillan)
- 1993: Emily by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (Sidgwick & Jackson)
- 1992: Sandstorm by June Knox-Mawer (Weidenfeld)
- 1991: Phantom by Susan Kay (Transworld)
- 1990: Passing Glory by Reay Tannahill (Century)
- 1989: The Peacock's Feather by Sarah Woodhouse (Century)
- 1988: The Juniper Bush by Audrey Howard (Century)
- 1987: A Better World Than This by Marie Joseph (Century)
- 1986: A Song Twice Over by Brenda Jagger (Collins)
- 1985: Sunrise by Rosie Thomas (Piatkus)
- 1984: A Highly Respectable Marriage by Sheila Walsh (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1983: Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson (Century)
- 1982: Zemindar by Valerie Fitzgerald (Bodley)
- 1981: The Red Staircase by Gwendoline Butler (Collins)
- 1980: Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (Hutchinson)
- 1980 - Best Modern Award: Mr Rodriguez by Mary Howard (Collins)
- 1979 - Award Of Special Merit: The Emerald Peacock by Katharine Gordon (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1979: Countess by Josephine Edgar (Macdonald & Jane)
- 1978: Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent (Souvenir)
- 1978 - Best Modern Award: It Was The Lark by Catherine Macarthur (Macdonald & Jane)
- 1977: Every Man A King by Anne Worboys (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1976: The Look Of Innocence by Anna Gilbert (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1976 - Best Modern Award: The Moon Is Square by Margaret Maddocks (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1975: Vote For A Silk Gown by Jay Allerton (Troubadour)
- 1974: The Burning Lamp by Frances Murray (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1973: The House Of Kuragin by Constance Heaven (Heinemann)
- 1972: The Pride Of Innocence by Maynah Lewis (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1971: Flower Of Silence by Joanne Marshall (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 1970: Cat On A Broomstick by Joanne Marshall (Herbert Jenkins)
- 1970: Thea by Margaret Maddocks (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1970: Broken Tapestry by Rona Randall (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1969: Comfort and Keep by Doris E. Smith (Ward Lock)
- 1968: The Future Is Forever by Maynah Lewis (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1967: The Truth Game by Anne Betteridge (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1965: The Silver Answer by Margaret Maddocks (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1964: Journey from Yesterday by Suzanne Ebel (Collins)
- 1963: House Divided by Dorothy M. Cray (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1962: Larksbrook by Margaret Maddocks (Hurst & Blackett)
- 1961: Witches' Sabbath by Paula Allardyce (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 1960: More Than Friendship by Mary Howard (Collins)
Love Story of the Year a.k.a. RoNA Rose Award
This award (formerly the Love Story of the Year) recognises the best in category and shorter romance, serials in magazines are also eligible.
Winners
- 2018: Christmas at the Little Village School by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)
- 2017: Christmas in the Boss’s Castle by Scarlet Wilson (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2016: Doctor... To Duchess? by Annie O'Neil (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2015: Scandal’s Virgin by Louise Allen (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2014: Bound by a Baby by Kate Hardy (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2013: Beneath the Major's Scars by Sarah Mallory (HMB Historical Regency)
- 2012: The Dangerous Lord Darrington by Sarah Mallory (HMB Historical Regency)
- 2011: The Piratical Miss Ravenhurst by Louise Allen (Harlequin Historicals)
- 2010: Animal Instincts by Nell Dixon (Little Black Dress)
- 2009: Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire's Pleasure by India Grey (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2008: Breakfast at Giovanni's by Kate Hardy (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2007: Marrying Max by Nell Dixon (DC Thomson)
- 2006: Contracted: Corporate Wife by Jessica Hart (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2005: A Family of His Own by Liz Fielding (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2004: A Damnable Rogue by Anne Herries (Harlequin Mills & Boon)
- 2003: Illusion by Julia Wild (Heartline)
Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year
This award recognises the best in category for mainstream romantic novels set post 1960. This category can include romantic suspense and erotic romance.
Winners
- 2018: Together by Julie Cohen (Orion)
- 2017: Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe by Debbie Johnson (HarperImpulse)
- 2016: The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson (Choc Lit)
- 2015: A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon (Hodder & Stoughton)
- 2014: A Night on the Orient Express by Veronica Henry (Orion)
- 2013: Recipe for Love by Katie Fforde (Century)
- 2012: Summer of Love by Katie Fforde (Century)
, Contemporary Romantic Novel winner; , Epic Romantic Novel winner; , Historical Romantic Novel winner; and, Young Adult Romantic Novel winner.
Historical Romantic Novel of the Year
This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel set pre-1960.
Winners
- 2018: The Designer by Marius Gabriel (Lake Union Publishing)
- 2017: It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan (Head of Zeus)
- 2016: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey (Simon & Schuster)
- 2015: The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor (William Morrow)
- 2014: The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay (Choc Lit)
- 2013: The Apothecary's Daughter by Charlotte Betts
- 2012: Highland Storms by Christina Courtenay (Choc Lit)
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
- 2018: This Love by Dani Atkins (Simon & Schuster)
- 2017: Little Girl Lost by Janet Gover (Choc Lit)
- 2016: The Secrets We Share by Emma Hannigan (Headline Review)
- 2015: Pieces of You by Ella Harper (Avon)
- 2014: The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh (Penguin)
- 2013: Dearest Rose by Rowan Coleman
- 2012: The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas (HarperCollins)
Romantic Comedy Novel
This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel intended to be consistently humorous or amusing.
Winners
- 2018: The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan (Sphere/Little, Brown)
- 2017: Out of Practice by Penny Parkes (Simon & Schuster)
- 2016: Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe by Milly Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
- 2015: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy by Lucy-Anne Holmes (Sphere)
- 2014: It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
- 2013: Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan (Sphere, Little Brown)
- 2012: Please Don't Stop The Music by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit)
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
- 2018: Ten Birthdays by Kerry Wilkinson (Bookouture)
- 2017: Love Song by Sophia Bennett (Chicken House)
- 2016: Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis (Chicken House)
- 2015: Struck by Joss Stirling (Oxford University Press)
- 2014: Linked by Imogen Howson (Quercus)
- 2013: Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb
- 2012: Dark Ride by Caroline Green (Piccadilly Press)
Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel
This award recognises the best in category for a romantic novel that may be paranormal, fantasy, science fiction, time-slip etc.
Winners
- 2018: The Other Us by Fiona Harper (HQ)
- 2017: Max Seventeen by Kate Johnson (Independent)
References
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