RoNA - Historical Romance (Awarded by Romantic Novelists Association)

Awards List

2022

A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess
(Winner)
Catherine Tinley

The Fading of the Light
(Shortlist)
Charlotte Betts

The Night Train to Berlin
(Shortlist)
Melanie Hudson

The Marquess Next Door
(Shortlist)
Virginia Heath

The Return
(Shortlist)
Anita Frank

2021

Rags-to-Riches Wife
(Winner)
Catherine Tinley

Daniel's Daughter
(Shortlist)
Victoria Cornwall

The Lost Lights of St Kilda
(Shortlist)
Elisabeth Gifford

People Like Us
(Shortlist)
Louise Fein

Spirited
(Shortlist)
Julie Cohen

Heartbreak In The Valleys
(Shortlist)
Francesca Capaldi

The French Wife
(Shortlist)
Diney Costeloe

The Skylark's Secret
(Shortlist)
Fiona Valpy

The Coming of the Wolf
(Shortlist)
Elizabeth Chadwick

2020

The French Photographer
(Winner)
Natasha Lester

Becoming Mrs. Lewis
(Shortlist)
Patti Callahan

The Light Over London
(Shortlist)
Julia Kelly

Meet Me in Monaco
(Shortlist)
Hazel Gaynor

The Hidden Women
(Shortlist)
Kerry Barrett

Bringing Down the Duke
(Shortlist)
Evie Dunmore

The Giver of Stars
(Shortlist)
JoJo Moyes

Moonlight Over Mayfair
(Shortlist)
Anton Du Beke

2019

The Temptation of Gracie
(Winner)
Santa Montefiore

The Beekeeper's Promise
(Shortlist)
Fiona Valpy

The Silver Ladies of London
(Shortlist)
Lesley Eames

In the Far Pashmina Mountains
(Shortlist)
Janet MacLeod Trotter

Summer of Secrets
(Shortlist)
Nikola Scott

The Palace of Lost Dreams
(Shortlist)
Charlotte Betts

2018

The Designer
(Winner)
Marius Gabriel

Wives of War
(Shortlist)
Soraya M. Lane
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A Master of Litigation
(Shortlist)
Susan Leona Fisher

The Silk Weaver's Wife
(Shortlist)
Debbie Rix

Besieged and Betrothed
(Shortlist)
Jenni Fletcher

2017

It Was Only Ever You
(Winner)
Kate Kerrigan

2016

Letters to the Lost
(Winner)
Iona Grey

2015

The Girl Who Came Home
(Winner)
Hazel Gaynor

2014

The Gilded Fan
(Winner)
Christina Courtenay

2013

The Apothecary's Daughter
(Winner)
Charlotte Betts

2012

Highland Storms
(Winner)
Christina Courtenay

2011

To Defy a King
(Winner)
Elizabeth Chadwick

Award Categories

Award Of Special Merit

Best Modern Award

Christmas / Festive Holiday Romantic Novel

Contemporary

Debut Romantic Novel

Epic Romance

Historical Romance

Paranormal or Speculative Romance

Popular Romantic Fiction

Romantic Comedy

Romantic Novel of the Year

Romantic Saga

Romantic Thriller

Shorter Romantic Novel

Young Adult

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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