Romance Fiction Award

The CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works of Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction. The CHATELAINE Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions (Contemporary Romance, Adventure & Suspense, Historical Romance, Inspirational/Restorative/Clean, and Romantic/Steamy/Sensual)  Book Awards Packages for the 2017 Chatelaine Book Awards.

Congratulations to all those who made the SHORT LIST!

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the highly competitive Short-List (aka The Semi-Finalists) of the Chatelaine 2017 Book Awards are:

Good Luck to All! 

  • Diane Wylie – Magic of the Pentacle
  • Phillip Vega – Last Exit to Montauk
  • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
  • Abbie Roads – Hunt the Dawn
  • Anna Durbin – King of Swords
  • J.L.Oakley – Mist-chi-mas: An Novel of Captivity
  • Nick Rester – Darlings
  • Ryan K. Nelson – Cash Valley
  • Eileen Charbonneau – Watch Over Me
  • Kate Vale – Chance Encounter
  • F. E. Greene – The Best-Left Questions
  • Cynthia A. Crowner – Blinded by the Night
  • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Passage Home to Meuse
  • Cheri Champagne – The Trouble With Love
  • Cheri Champagne – Love and Deceit 
  • Cheri Champagne – Love’s Misadventure
  • Michelle Cox – A Ring of Truth 
  • Lucinda Brant – Proud Mary: A Georgian Historical Romance (Book 5)
  • Cerella Sechrist – A Song for Rory
  • Leigh Grant – Mask of Dreams
  • Keith Zwingelberg/Rory Church – Kindred Spirits the Healers
  • Sara Dahmen – Wine & Children
  • Dana Faletti – Beautiful Secret

The 2017 Chatelaine Short Listers will compete for the Chatelaine First-In-Category Positions.  First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Chatelaine GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book.

Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner M. A. Clarke Scott

All Short Listers will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

Nicole Evelina awarded Chatelaine Grand Prize for DAUGHTER OF DESTINY

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest! 

Good Luck to each of you as each one of your works competes for the Chatelaine Awards  First Class Category Positions. 

Janet Shawgo Won the Chatelaine Grand Prize

The Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner and the  First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

To compete in the 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards or for more information, please click here.

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