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FosterGrant Reading Glasses Romantic Novel of the Year Award
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History

'This award is presented by Romantic Novelists' Association and sponsored by FosterGrant.  

'In 2018, awards were given to men under their own names for the first time in the organisation's 58-year history' (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Romantic_Novel_of_the_Year_Award

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner (Historical Romantic Novel of the Year) y separately published work icon The French Photographer Natasha Lester , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2019 15593277 2019 single work novel

'Manhattan, Paris, 1942: When Jessica May's successful modelling career is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for Vogue. But when she arrives the army men make her life as difficult as possible. Three friendships change that: journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules, paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to places to shoot pictures and write stories that matter, and a little girl, Victorine, who has grown up in a field hospital, shows her love. But success comes at a price.

'France, 2005: Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photographs. What begins as just another job becomes far more disquieting as D'Arcy uncovers the true identity of the mysterious photographer -- and realises that she is connected to D'Arcy's own mother, Victorine.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2017

winner (Epic Romantic Novel of the Year) y separately published work icon Little Girl Lost Janet Gover , Surrey : Choc Lit , 2016 20796098 2016 single work novel romance

'When a little girl goes missing, an entire town comes together to find her ...
'When Tia Walsh rides into the small town of Coorah Creek on a Harley-Davidson, Sergeant Max Delaney senses that everything about her spells trouble. But Tia's trouble is not all of her own making, and the dangerous past she tried to leave behind is hot on her heels.

'Sarah Travers has returned home after three years of college to find that her parents have been keeping a devastating secret. Her childhood crush, Pete Rankin, is facing his own struggle with a harsh reality that will take him away from the girl and the life that he loves.

'Tia, Max, Sarah and Pete are all trying to find their future, but when a little girl goes missing in the harsh outback, nothing else matters except finding her safe ...'

Source : publisher's blurb

Year: 2016

winner Annie O'Neill Doctor... To Duchess? 
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