In a "rare but not unheard of" development, a male author is among the finalists for this year's Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year, which honors a book in the genre that was first published in the U.K. (or simultaneously with other countries), BBC News reported. The shortlisted fiction works are:
To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick
The Golden Prince by Rebecca Dean
Kissing Mr. Wrong by Sarah Duncan
The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall
Amazir by Tom Gamble
The Last Letter From Your Lover by JoJo Moyes
The Golden Prince by Rebecca Dean
Kissing Mr. Wrong by Sarah Duncan
The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall
Amazir by Tom Gamble
The Last Letter From Your Lover by JoJo Moyes
Finalists in all of the RNA's Pure Passion Awards categories--Romantic Comedy Prize, Historical Novel Prize and Love Story of the Year--can be found here. Winners will be named March 7.