{"id":72226,"date":"2017-05-15T12:41:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T01:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=72226"},"modified":"2017-05-26T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T05:20:31","slug":"romantic-book-year-2017-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/05\/15\/romantic-book-year-2017-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Book of the Year: Who are the 2017 finalists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72340\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rwa-rubys-blogbanner-665x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Romantic Book of the Year Award, affectionately known as the RUBY, is the Romance Writers of Australia&#8217;s\u00a0premier award celebrating the best romantic fiction from Australian and NZ authors, across four categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This year, Booktopia has the honour\u00a0of announcing the FINALISTS!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Scroll down to discover the 2017 finalists in each category.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The winners will be\u00a0announced at the Romance Writer\u2019s of Australia conference in August. Held in Brisbane this year, we can&#8217;t help but agree that the theme\u00a0LOVE GONE WILD is a perfect fit.\u00a0To find out more about the theme, registration, classes, and the wonderful parties you can attend, <a href=\"http:\/\/romanceaustralia.com\/events\/conference\/brisbane-conference-2017\/conference-registration-information\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">2017 Long Romance Finalists<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/ebooks\/escaping-mr-right-avril-tremayne\/prod9781925324198.html\"><em>Escaping Mr Right<\/em> <\/a>by Avril Tremayne, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-grazier-s-wife-barbara-hannay\/prod9780143797180.html\">The Grazier&#8217;s Wife<\/a><\/em> by Barbara Hannay and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-war-bride-pamela-hart\/prod9780733637742.html\"><em>The War Bride<\/em> <\/a>by Pamela Hart.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style 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portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Escaping-Mr-Right.jpg'><img width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Escaping-Mr-Right.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/The-War-Bride.jpg'><img width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/The-War-Bride.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">2017 Novella Finalists<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/santa-and-the-saddler-cathryn-hein\/prod9780994467478.html\"><em>Santa and the Saddler<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Cathryn Hein, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/beautiful-disaster-anthology-m-a-grant\/prod9781530615919.html\"><em>Swept Away<\/em><\/a> Fiona Marsden (part of Beautiful Disaster anthology), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/unexplored-anna-hackett\/prod9781925539028.html\"><em>Unexplored<\/em> <\/a>by Anna Hackett.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72335\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-11.01.33-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">2017 Romantic Elements Finalists<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/a-kiss-from-mr-fitzgerald-natasha-lester\/prod9780733638008.html\"><em>A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Natasha Lester, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/legacy-of-hunters-ridge-sarah-barrie\/prod9781760371333.html\"><em>Legacy of Hunters Ridge<\/em> <\/a>by Sarah Barrie, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/mackenzie-crossing-kaye-dobbie\/prod9781489210593.html\"><em>Mackenzie Crossing<\/em> <\/a>by Kaye Dobbie, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/numbered-amy-andrews-and-ros-baxter\/prod9781760371623.html\"><em>Numbered<\/em><\/a> by Amy Andrews and Ros Baxter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72332\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-15-at-10.55.08-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">2017 Short Romance Finalists<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/breaking-good-madeline-ash\/prod9781945879302.html\"><em>Breaking Good<\/em><\/a> by Madeline Ash, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-most-scandalous-ravensdale-melanie-milburne\/prod9781489201492.html\"><em>The Most Scandalous Ravensdale<\/em><\/a> by Melanie Milburne, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/ebooks\/unwrapping-his-convenient-fiancee-melanie-milburne\/prod9781489221995.html\"><em>Unwrapping His Convenient Fiancee<\/em><\/a> by Melanie Milburne.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' 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This year, Booktopia has the honour\u00a0of announcing the FINALISTS!\u00a0Scroll down to discover the 2017 finalists in each category.\u00a0 The winners will be\u00a0announced at the Romance Writer\u2019s of Australia conference in August. Held in Brisbane this year, we can&#8217;t help but agree that the theme\u00a0LOVE GONE WILD is a perfect fit.\u00a0To find out more about the theme, registration, classes, and the wonderful parties you can attend, click here. 2017 Long Romance Finalists Escaping Mr Right by Avril Tremayne, The Grazier&#8217;s Wife by Barbara Hannay and The War Bride by Pamela Hart. 2017 Novella Finalists Santa and the Saddler\u00a0by Cathryn Hein, Swept Away Fiona Marsden (part of Beautiful Disaster anthology), and Unexplored by Anna Hackett. 2017 Romantic Elements Finalists A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald\u00a0by Natasha Lester, Legacy of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie, Mackenzie Crossing by Kaye Dobbie, and Numbered by Amy Andrews and Ros Baxter. 2017 Short Romance Finalists Breaking Good by Madeline Ash, The Most Scandalous Ravensdale by Melanie Milburne, Unwrapping His Convenient Fiancee by Melanie Milburne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[62,73],"tags":[4577,6833,7512,6831],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rwa-rubys-social-440x220.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72226"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72944,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72226\/revisions\/72944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}