The Romantic Novelists Association has released the shortlists for the 2023 Romantic Novel Awards.

The awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction in all its forms, and this year includes a new category, the Christmas / Festive Holiday Romantic Novel Award.  The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on March 6.

The nominees of genre interest follow. The complete list is here.

The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award

• Hidden in the Mists, Christina Courtenay, Headline Review
• I Let You Fall, Sara Downing, Quilla Books (TCK Publishing)
• Skip to the End, Molly James, Quercus
• Impossible, Sarah Lotz, HarperCollins
• Ocean’s Echo, Everina Maxwell, Orbit UK