Congratulations!

Last friday, the Romantic Novel of the Year award and the Romance Prize were announced (If you want to read all the gossip, check out Michelle Styles' excellent blog!) and the winners for the Romance Prize was Nell Dixon, whose first novel, Marrying Max, was published by The People's Friend Story Collection. Huge congratulations, Nell! I am keeping my fingers crossed that you soon become part of the M&B family!

The Romantic Novel of the Year award was won by Rosie Thomas and her novel Iris and Ruby. I have to say that even though I had no clue as to who would win the Romance Prize (especially as I love all the writers shortlisted!), I had a pretty good inkling that Rosie Thomas would win this award as her novel, about a grandmother recounting her adventures in wartime Cairo to her granddaughter seems like a novel which would appeal to all ages and Rosie's novels are critically acclaimed by the press- not to mention the fact that she's a Sunday Times best-seller.

I've not read either books, but will get Nell's book once it's released as an ebook and I must give Rosie Thomas a try!

Congratulations to the two winners and to all the other writers on the shortlist!