2014 Romantic Times Award Nominees

RT Bookreviews announced the contenders for the 2014 RT Awards, and seventeen Knight Agency authors made the cut. Leading the pack with a Book of the Year nod is New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine’s PRINCE OF SHADOWS. Winners will be announced during the RT Booklovers Convention next May.

Book of the Year
Rachel Caine, PRINCE OF SHADOWS

Contemporary Love and Laughter
Dakota Cassidy, TALK DIRTY TO ME

Contemporary Romance
Sara Arden, RETURN TO GLORY

Indie Press Contemporary Romance
Nalini Singh, ROCK ADDICTION

Paranormal Worldbuilding
Nalini Singh, SHIELD OF WINTER

Indie/Self-Published Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
Diana Pharaoh Francis, TRACE OF MAGIC

Urban Fantasy Novel
Faith Hunter, BROKEN SOUL
Kristen Painter, HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

Paranormal Romance
Gena Showalter, THE DARKEST TOUCH

Fantasy Novel
Carol Berg, DUST AND LIGHT

Futuristic Romance
Robin D. Owens, HEART FIRE

Multicultural Fiction
Michele Andrea Bowen, PASTOR NEEDS A BOO

Best Love Inspired Historical
Lily George, A RUMORED ENGAGEMENT

Series – Harlequin Blaze
Kira Sinclair, TESTING THE LIMITS
Isabel Sharpe, SOME LIKE IT HOTTER

Steampunk
Meljean Brook, THE KRAKEN KING*

Series Harlequin American
Leigh Duncan, THE BULL RIDER’S FAMILY*

Erotic Romance Novella
Shiloh Walker, YOU OWN ME*