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[[Category: Romance Industry Awards]]
The '''Romantic Novel Of The Year Award''' is [[The Romantic Novelists' Association]]'s (RNA) major award. It is open to all romantic fiction first published in the UK in the current year. The presentation is made at the RNA Awards Luncheon in February of the following yaer

Books all receive three reads from amongst a panel of over a hundred readers. The readers score the titles on such criteria as romantic content, readability, dialogue, characters, plot, style and setting. The books with the highest scores go on to a longlist and receive a fourth read. When that score has been added, the six books with the highest combined score form the shortlist for the year. The whole shortlist is read by all the final judges to select the outright winner.

* [http://www.rna-uk.org/index.php?page=rnoty_award Romantic Novel Of The Year Award at the RNA's Website]

'''2008'''
* Winner: ''[[Pillow Talk - Freya North|Pillow Talk]]'' - [[Freya North]] ([[HarperCollins]])
** Shortlist: ''[[One Last Summer]]'' - [[Catrin Collier]] ([[Orion]]) / ''[[Silk And Steel]]'' - [[Catherine King]] ([[Little Brown]]) / ''[[Silver Bay]]'' - [[Jojo Moyes]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]]) / ''[[The Leaving Of Liverpool]]'' - [[Maureen Lee]] ([[Orion]]) / ''[[Young Wives' Tales]]'' - [[Adele Parks]] ([[Penguin]])

'''2007'''
* Winner: ''[[Iris And Ruby]]'' - [[Rosie Thomas]] ([[HarperCollins]])
** Shortlist: ''[[Accepting the Boss’s Proposal]]'' - [[Natasha Oakley]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]]) / ''[[An Improper Companion]]'' - [[Anne Herries]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]]) / ''[[Her Ready Made Family]]'' - [[Jessica Hart]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]]) / ''[[Lord Greville's Captive]]'' - [[Nicola Cornick]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]]) / ''[[Marrying Max]]'' - [[Nell Dixon]] ([[The People’s Friend Story Collection]]) / ''[[The Gladiator's Honour]]'' - [[Michelle Styles]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]]) / ''[[The Millionaire's Runaway Bride]]'' - [[Catherine George]] ([[Mills and Boon|Harlequin Mills & Boon]])

'''2006''' Winner: ''[[Gardens Of Delight]]'' - [[Erica James]] ([[Orion]])

'''2005''' Winner: ''[[A Good Voyage]]'' - [[Katharine Davies]] ([[Chatto and Windus|Chatto & Windus]])

'''2004''' Winner: ''[[Foreign Fruit]]'' - [[Jojo Moyes]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''2003''' Winner: ''[[Playing James]]'' - [[Sarah Mason]] ([[Warner|Time Warner]])

'''2002''' Winner: ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl]]'' - [[Philippa Gregory]] ([[HarperCollins]])

'''2001''' Winner: ''[[Someone Like You]]'' - [[Cathy Kelly]] ([[HarperCollins]])

'''2000''' Winner: ''[[Dancing In The Dark]]'' - [[Maureen Lee]] ([[Orion]])

'''1999''' Winner: ''[[Learning To Swim]]'' - [[Clare Chambers]] ([[Arrow]])

'''1998''' Winner: ''[[Kiss And Kin]]'' - [[Angela Lambert]] ([[Bantam]])

'''1997''' Winner: ''[[The Hours Of The Night]]'' - [[Sue Gee]] ([[Century]])

'''1996''' Winner: ''[[Coming Home - Rosamunde Pilcher|Coming Home]]'' - [[Rosamunde Pilcher]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''1995''' Winner: ''[[Change Of Heart - Charlotte Bingham|Change Of Heart]]'' - [[Charlotte Bingham]] ([[Doubleday]])

'''1994''' Winner: ''[[Consider The Lily]]'' - [[Elizabeth Buchan]] ([[Pan|Macmillan]])

'''1993''' Winner: ''[[Emily]]'' - [[Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]] ([[Sidgwick and Javkson|Sidgwick & Jackson]])

'''1992''' Winner: ''[[Sandstorm]]'' - [[June Knox-Mawer]] ([[Weidenfeld]])

'''1991''' Winner: ''[[Phantom]]'' - [[Susan Kay]] ([[Transworld]])

'''1990''' Winner: ''[[Passing Glory]]'' - [[Reay Tannahill]] ([[Century]])

'''1989''' Winner: ''[[The Peacock's Feather]]'' - [[Sarah Woodhouse]] ([[Century]])

'''1988''' Winner: ''[[The Juniper Bush]]'' - [[Audrey Howard]] ([[Century]])

'''1987''' Winner: ''[[A Better World Than This]]'' - [[Marie Joseph]] ([[Century]])

'''1986''' Winner: ''[[A Song Twice Over]]'' - [[Brenda Jagger]] ([[HarperCollins|Collins]])

'''1985''' Winner: ''[[Sunrise]]'' - [[Rosie Thomas]] ([[Piatkus]])

'''1984''' Winner: ''[[A Highly Respectable Marriage]]'' - [[Sheila Walsh]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1983''' Winner: ''[[Magic Flutes]]'' - [[Eva Ibbotson]] ([[Century]])

'''1982''' Winner: ''[[Zemindar]]'' - [[Valerie Fitzgerald]] ([[Bodley]])

'''1981''' Winner: ''[[The Red Staircase]]'' - [[Gwendoline Butler]] ([[HarperCollins|Collins]])

'''1980''' Winner: ''[[Parson Harding's Daughter]]'' - [[Joanna Trollope]] ([[Hutchinson]]) and Winner - Best Modern Award: ''[[Mr Rodriguez]]'' - [[Mary Howard]] ([[HarperCollins|Collins]])

'''1979''' Winner: ''[[Countess]]'' - [[Josephine Edgar]] ([[Macdonald and Jane|Macdonald & Jane]]) and Winner - Award Of Special Merit: ''[[The Emerald Peacock]]'' - [[Katharine Gordon]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''1978''' Winner: ''[[Merlin's Keep]]'' - [[Madeleine Brent]] ([[Souvenir]]) and Winner - Best Modern Award: ''[[It Was The Lark]]'' - [[Catherine MacArthur]] ([[Macdonald and Jane|Macdonald & Jane]])

'''1977''' Winner: ''[[Every Man A King]]'' - [[Anne Worboys]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''1976''' Winner: ''[[The Look Of Innocence]]'' - [[Anna Gilbert]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]]) and Winner - Best Modern Award: ''[[The Moon Is Square]]'' - [[Margaret Maddocks]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1975''' Winner: ''[[Vote For A Silk Gown]]'' - [[Jay Allerton]] ([[Troubadour]])

'''1974''' Winner: ''[[The Burning Lamp]]'' - [[Frances Murray]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''1973''' Winner: ''[[The House Of Kuragin]]'' - [[Constance Heaven]] ([[Heinemann]])

'''1972''' Winner: ''[[The Pride Of Innocence]]'' - [[Maynah Lewis]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1971''' Winner: ''[[Flower Of Silence]]'' - [[Joanne Marshall]] ([[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]])

'''1970''' Winner: ''[[Thea]]'' - [[Margaret Maddocks]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]]) and ''[[Broken Tapestry]]'' - [[Rona Randall]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]]) and ''[[Cat On A Broomstick]]'' - [[Joanne Marshall]] ([[Herbert Jenkins]])

'''1969''' Winner: ''[[Comfort And Keep]]'' - [[Doris E. Smith]] ([[Ward Lock]])

'''1968''' Winner: ''[[The Future Is Forever]]'' - [[Maynah Lewis]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1967''' Winner: ''[[The Truth Game]]'' - [[Anne Betteridge]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1965''' Winner: ''[[The Silver Answer]]'' - [[Margaret Maddocks]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1964''' Winner: ''[[Journey From Yesterday]]'' - [[Suzanne Ebel]] ([[HarperCollins|Collins]])

'''1963''' Winner: ''[[House Divided]]'' - [[Dorothy M. Gray]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1962''' Winner: ''[[Larksbrook]]'' - [[Margaret Maddocks]] ([[Hurst and Blackett|Hurst & Blackett]])

'''1961''' Winner: ''[[The Witches Sabbath]]'' - [[Paula Allardyce]] ([[Hodder and Stoughton|Hodder & Stoughton]])

'''1960''' Winner: ''[[More Than Friendship]]'' - [[Mary Howard]] ([[HarperCollins|Collins]])

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