It’s that time of year again! Time to announce the finalists in RWA’s Romantic Book of the Year (Ruby) competition for published novels. We have four sections, each with four finalists and the winners will be announced at our annual conference, this year to be held in Fremantle, WA.
This year’s batch is a wonderful microcosm of our membership, including some of our most established and loved author members and some who have entered the finalist list with their first book. Obviously, if you are a romance writer, RWA is the place to be!
So, without further ado, congratulations and best of luck to:
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| Long Romance | |
| Anne Gracie | Bride by Mistake |
| Helen Lacey | Marriage Under The Mistletoe |
| Sarah Mayberry | More Than One Night |
| Stephanie Laurens | The Lady Risks All |
| Romantic Elements | |
| Elise K Ackers | Small Town Storm |
| Fiona McCallum | Wattle Creek |
| Helene Young | Burning Lies |
| Tricia Stringer | Queen of the Road |
| Short Sexy | |
| Anne Oliver | The Morning After The Wedding Before |
| Melanie Milburne | Enemies at the Altar |
| Nicola Marsh | Marrying the Enemy |
| Yvonne Lindsay | A Forbidden Affair |
| Short Sweet | |
| Alison Roberts | Sydney Harbour Hospital: Zoe’s Baby |
| Emily Forbes | Sydney Harbour Hospital: Bella’s Wishlist |
| Fiona Lowe | Newborn Baby For Christmas |
| Madeline Ash | Uncovered by Love |
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Thanks go to our new Ruby co-ordinator, Dorothy Bramich and to Louise Reynolds, our erstwhile Ruby co-ordinator, for mentoring her through her first year in this role. We would be helpless without our stalwart volunteers! Thanks too, to our wonderful reader judges.
Romance Writers of Australia 
annacampbell
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations! What a great list! I’d hate to have to choose the winner!
alisha woods
/ June 26, 2013just finished Fiona Lowe’s book
nicolamarsh
/ June 26, 2013Thanks for the nomination, I’m thrilled!
Congrats to all the finalists!
Jenny Schwartz (@Jenny_Schwartz)
/ June 26, 2013Anna, that’s exactly what I was thinking! What a great list of books and amazing authors 🙂
Margareta Osborn
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations ladies! My, so many fabulous authors and novels to choose from.
Efthalia
/ June 26, 2013Congrats to all!
Bronwyn Jameson
/ June 26, 2013Love the representation of brilliant established stars and new soon-to-be stars. Congratulations to all the finalists and another to Dorothy for managing this huge contest.
Ebony McKenna (@EbonyMcKenna)
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist, what an amazing field of work!
Helene Young
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to all the finalists and very big thank you to Dorothy for coordinating the contest!
Madeline Ash
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to the other finalists and a huge thank you to Dorothy and Louise. What an exciting time!
Joanne Hill (@joanneauthor)
/ June 26, 2013Congrats to all the finalists – a few titles there to add to the TBR pile.
Helen Lacey (@helen_lacey_)
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to all the finalists! And a huge thank you to Dorothy and her team.
Suzi Love
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to all the finalists. And huge thanks to all the hard working volunteers.
Vanessa Stark
/ June 26, 2013Huge congrats, all!
Kelly Hunter
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations, finalists!
Fiona Lowe
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to all the finalists and a HUGE thank you to the readers and the co-ordinators who give so much time to run the competition.
S E Gilchrist (@SEGilchrist1)
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations to all on the short list!
Cath Evans
/ June 26, 2013Congratulations everyone. Once again, there’s a huge array of fantastic stories to chose from! Well done and thanks to all.
Cath xo
Anne Gracie
/ June 26, 2013Coming late to the party, here –sorry, someone sent me the list and I forgot it would be here. Thanks to everyone, off and on loop for the very kind words — it’s a thrill and an honor to be in such excellent company. Thanks to RWA for running such a great comp, particularly Dorothy for all her hard work, and Louise, for all her work now and in years past. And thank you to all the readers.
Gabrielle
/ June 28, 2013Happy dance all around for everyone!!! Has been a big year for Aussie writers!!! Well done all.