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Pure Passion Awards 2010
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To find out more about each award just click on the red text below. The winners were announced on 16 March 2010.
Romantic Novel of the Year
Romantic Comedy of the Year
Love Story of the Year
RNA People's Choice
RNA Romantic Film of the Year
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Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts
Lucy Dillon
Winner of the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
When the abandoned strays from a local dogs’ home are matched with brand new owners, it turns out it might not just be the dogs who need rescuing. Rachel’s aunt...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/11/2009
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Voted the Book of the Decade by Lovereading readers.
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Film of the Year Award 2010.
A huge book in every way. The protagonists meet each other at different times throughout their lives and you do...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2005
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A Glimpse at Happiness
Jean Fullerton
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
1844: When Josie O’Casey returns to London after twelve years in America, she is overjoyed to discover that her childhood sweetheart, Patrick Nolan, who she believed to be dead, is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2010
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Fairytale of New York
Miranda Dickinson
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
Once upon a time an English girl went to New York to live out her very own fairytale… Join Rosie as she travels to New York to discover whether happy-ever-afters...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/11/2009
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The Italian Matchmaker
Santa Montefiore
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
A disillusioned hedgefunder quits the City & goes to stay with his parents who live in a palazzo on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. He falls in love with a woman in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 17/09/2009
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The Glass Painter's Daughter
Rachel Hore
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
Fran Morrison left home to pursue a career in foreign cities as a classical musician. But now her difficult father Edward is dangerously ill and it’s time to return, into...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2009
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Passion
Louise Bagshawe
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010.
August 2009 Book of the Month.
After 13 top selling glitz and glamour novels, this talented author has changed tack and written an...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/08/2009
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The Nearly-Weds
Jane Costello
Winner of the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2010.
Bride Zoe Moore is left blushing when she’s jilted at the altar. Fleeing to America, Zoe becomes a nanny to sexy, moody single dad Ryan’s two adorable children. Slowly,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Rumour Has It
Jill Mansell
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2010.
When newly single Tilly Cole quits her London job for a fresh start in a small town she finds she’s arrived in a hotbed of intrigue and rampant rivalry...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
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Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Jenny Colgan
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2010.
What does an It girl do if she loses all her money? Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town - she knows all the right people, goes to all...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Animal Instincts
Nell Dixon
Winner of the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
Is it true love or just animal attraction? When Clodagh Martin’s wild celebrity sister turns up drunk at Rainbow’s End, Clodagh’s animal sanctuary, announcing she’s in trouble and staying, Clodagh’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2009
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Claimed for the Italian's Revenge
Natalie Rivers
Shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
The time has come for Italian tycoon Marco De Luca to avenge Claudia’s
betrayal of four years ago. But what Marco’s not prepared for is the
powerful effect Claudia still has on...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/12/2009
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Always the Bridesmaid
Nina Harrington
Shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
Amy Edler is a baker – not a wedding planner! But Amy finds herself planning her best friend’s wedding – with only her friend’s disapproving big brother to help! Gorgeous...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2009
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Fair Deception
Jan Jones
Shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
Secrets and scandal in Regency Newmarket. When Kit Kydd rescues actress Susanna Fair from disreputable Rafe Warwick, he proposes a feigned engagement to suit them both. But problems multiply when...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/10/2008
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The Notorious Mr Hurst
Louise Allen
Shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
Lady Maude Templeton has turned down many a marriage proposal. She wants to marry for love – and her heart’s set on one man. Mr Eden Hurst is sexy, talented,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2009
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The Wedding Party
Sophie King
Shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year Award 2010.
A multi-voiced novel with each chapter written from the point of view of the various main characters as the months before a wedding are fraught with personal problems. It’s a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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Missing You
Louise Douglas
Winner of the RNA People’s Choice Award 2010.
Haunted by guilt, Fen lives a compromised life, too afraid of the past to risk becoming close to anyone. She is constantly looking over her shoulder, knowing that one day the truth will...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2010
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Remembrance Day
Leah Fleming
Shortlisted for the RNA People’s Choice Award 2010.
As a new millennium dawns, only 100-year-old Selma Bartley knows the secret behind a Yorkshire village’s refusal to honour its war dead. A mesmerising tale from Avon, about how a landmark moment in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/10/2009
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I Heart Hollywood
Lindsey Kelk
Shortlisted for the RNA People’s Choice Award 2010.
Angela Clark is an English girl living in New York with a dream job and a brand new boyfriend. She is thrown in at the deep end when she is sent to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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Heiresses
Lulu Taylor
Shortlisted for the RNA People’s Choice Award 2010.
Fame, fashion and scandal – the Trevellyan heiresses are the height of success, glamour and style. Jemima’s indulgent lifestyle knows no limits; Tara wants to be financially independent; and Poppy wants to escape...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/01/2009
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Rich Girl, Poor Girl
Lesley Lokko
Shortlisted for the RNA People’s Choice Award 2010.
Follow Nic, Caryn and Tory as their friendships are tested, their love lives get complicated and power, revenge and money all play their part in the this blockbuster of a book. Pure entertainment...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2010
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An Education
Lynn Barber
Winner of the RNA Romantic Film of the Year Award 2010.
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
An Education has been made...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/10/2009
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Film of the Year Award 2010.
Rebecca Bloomwood is a financial journalist in New York City. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money but is addicted to shopping. Retail therapy is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/02/2009
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Twilight: New Moon (Film Tie-in Edition)
Stephenie Meyer
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Film of the Year Award 2010.
Stephenie Meyer fans, all of whom will have read this already will
still be eagerly awaiting the film tie-in edition and here it is. The
road for Bella and Edward is never...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/10/2009
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Romantic fiction is big news. Not only is it the most widely read genre but it provides more pleasure and escapism than any other.
50 years ago, the RNA was formed to promote the status of this broad and varied genre which now includes romantic comedy, chick lit, romantic suspense, sagas, family dilemmas and even vampire novels.
Photo: Jane Costello, Joanna Trollope, Lucy Dillon and Lynn Barber celebrate their awards.
The Awards are in the following categories and the winners were announced on 16 March 2010. Romantic Comedy
Nominations for the award were made by the RNA’s team of readers, who were asked to score the books on their comedy element, from mildly amusing to side-splittingly funny.
People’s Choice
This award recognises key new or developing authors in the romantic genre with paperbacks out in the spring. Expert romantic writing buyers were asked to select their favourite 5 for this shortlist. Readers of romantic fiction are now invited to read as many of the new paperbacks as possible and vote for their favourite. (voting is now closed)
Romantic Film
Romance is a theme that moves easily from the printed page to film. In its
anniversary year, the RNA has chosen to celebrate this shared love of romance by selecting the best romantic films released in the UK during 2009 adapted from these published novels. Once again we are asking for your vote to select the winner. (voting is now closed)
Love Story of the Year
This prize honours the most memorable stories set around a single theme that concentrate on a developing love affair. The RNA’s team of readers gave the highest scores to stories containing strong passion combined with engaging and page-turning plots, that revealed unexpected insights into the characters.
Romantic Novel of the Year
The Romantic Novel of the Year Award was inaugurated in 1960 to
recognise excellence in romantic novels and enhance the standing of the
genre. Novels first published in the UK in 2009 were eligible for the
2010 Award.
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The RNA is proud to be associated with libraries in promoting romantic fiction. In 2007, we joined forces with the Time To Read network of North West Libraries for a promotion called Pure Passion, which saw readers voting for their favourite romantic novel of the past ten years. The shared love of romantic fiction, which was at the heart of that successful initiative, continues to inspire our new Pure Passion Awards and we welcome the involvement of libraries in this new national promotion. |
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