Short Romance (2016-2018)
Short Category (2008)
Short Novel (2007)
Subcategory of Romance Writers of Australia, Romantic Book of the Year Award
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History

Split into 'Short Sexy' and 'Short Sweet' from 2009 to 2016, and then briefly revived as 'Short Romance', before being dropped in favour of the novella category, first introduced in 2017.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2018

winner y separately published work icon Conveniently Wed to the Greek Kandy Shepherd , Toronto : Harlequin , 2017 10773860 2017 single work novel romance

'A marriage for the sake of her baby...

'When luxury hotelier Alex Mikhalis encounters the blogger who once nearly destroyed his reputation, he wants to get even. Only Adele Hudson isn't exactly as he remembers. She's pregnant and alone, and he can't stop his protective instincts kicking in!

'After a difficult breakup, Adele is very wary of all relationships. She has no choice but to accept the Greek tycoon's offer of a job, despite their complicated past. But his next suggestion is much more intimate: becoming his convenient wife!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2017

winner y separately published work icon Breaking Good Madeline Ash , California : Tule Publishing , 2016 11202725 2016 single work novel romance

'He wasn’t good for her. He never would be.

'At eighteen, Stevie Case finally surrendered to her attraction to bad boy Ethan Rafters, sharing one night with him before she graduated and he skipped town on a one-way road to destruction. Years later, Stevie has hit back life’s curveballs and is no stranger to hard work, but when she finds herself working for Ethan, who’s turned his life around, her world shatters not only because their chemistry is still fierce and undeniable but because fate separated them before she could tell him he has a son.

'Ethan desperately wants to be a good father and a partner yet he believes he’ll never be normal. The chaos that defines his life has destroyed his relationships, yet Stevie’s acceptance of his flaws tempts him with a life he thought impossible.

'Dare he risk Stevie's life of hard-fought stability for his own chance at happiness?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2008

Indexed selectively. Also finalist: New Zealand writer Robyn Donald.
winner y separately published work icon One Night before Marriage Anne Oliver , Richmond : Mills and Boon , 2006 Z1526326 2006 single work novel romance

'Carissa Grace can play a downright dreamy Chopin nocturne. But her own dreams have fizzled in the hot Australian summer. Her fiancé’s gone and she must be the last twenty-six-year old virgin this side of the Pacific. Until she meets hunk Bill Jamieson, whose warm whisky voice and hard-packed masculinity arouses her interest… and her desire.

'Though their one-night stand leaves her yearning for more, when she discovers she’s pregnant, it’s no-strings, millionaire Bill who’s humming the wedding march. Too bad their marriage is in name only, because she’s falling for his soul-searing kisses and generous heart. But Bill is haunted by his past. Can she heal this emotionally scarred man and turn their marriage into the intimate relationship they both need?'

Source: Author's website.

Year: 2007

Indexed selectively. Also finalist: New Zealand write Yvonne Lindsay.
winner y separately published work icon Behind Closed Doors Anne Oliver , Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2006 Z1421242 2006 single work novel romance
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