Festival of Romance Award Winners

This weekend was the Festival of Romance in Hertfordshire.
I would love to have attended as a reader, but family comes first.  My dear partner has said that when the next one comes up I can go. :) 
I kept up with the tweets and author facebook posts and it looks like a fun time was had by all.


I posted the shortlist for the awards back in Sept.   
Here are the shortlists again and the winners.

For the Total-E-Bound Best Romantic Read Award:

Juliet Archer - Persuade Me (Choc Lit)

Fiona Harper - Swept off her Stilettos (Mills & Boon, Riva)

Carole Matthews - Wrapped up in You (Sphere) Guest author here 25th Oct

Sue Moorcroft - Love and Freedom (Choc Lit)

Talli Roland - The Hating Game (Prospera Publishing)

and the winner is.... Love and Freedom by Sue Moorcroft. Congrats Sue!

It was a favourite of mine this year.

For the Choc Lit Best Historical Read Award:

Charlotte Betts - The Apothecary's Daughter (Piatkus)

Annie Burrows - Captain Corcoran's Hoyden Bride (Mills & Boon, Historical Regency)

Christina Courtenay - The Scarlet Kimono (Choc Lit)

Jean Fullerton - Perhaps Tomorrow (Orion)

Jan Jones - The Kydd Inheritance (Robert Hale)

and the winner is....Perhaps Tomorrow by Jean Fullerton. Congrats Jean!

Another book I really enjoyed this year.

New Talent award:

The award winner was Henriette Gyland. Congrats!

Runners-up were Rosemary Dun, Sarah Callejo and Debbie White

Hall of Fame Award: 

An Hall of Fame Award was given to  Carole Matthews. Congrats, Carole!

A second Hall of Fame Award was given to  publisher  Harlequin Mills and Boon.