2013 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Nominees

Romantic Times Book Reviews has announced the nominees for their 2013 Reviewers’ Choice Awards. There are over a dozen categories of SF/Fantasy/Horror interest.

The Book of the Year category includes the following works of genre interest: Omens, Kelley Armstrong (Dutton); The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (Mullholland); Written in Red, Anne Bishop (Roc); Wicked as She Wants, Delilah S. Dawson (Pocket); The Chocolate Kiss, Laura Florand (Kensington); The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Lord, (Del Rey); Broken, Cj Lyons (Sourcebooks);  Sleep with the Lights On, Maggie Shayne (Mira).

Historical Fantasy/Paranormal

• Shadowdance, Kristen Callihan (Forever)
• Legend of the Highland Dragon, Isabel Cooper (Sourcebooks)
• The Magic of “I Do”, Tammy Falkner (Sourcebooks)
• If He’s Tempted, Hannah Howell (Zebra)
• Everlasting Enchantment, Kathryne Kennedy (Sourcebooks Casablanca)

Steampunk

• His Clockwork Canary, Beth Ciotta (Signet Eclipse)
• Gilded, Karina Cooper (Avon)
• Breath of Iron, Kate Cross (Signet Eclipse)
• Wicked as She Wants, Delilah S. Dawson (Pocket)
• The Queen is Dead, Kate Locke (Orbit)
• Heart of Iron, Bec Mcmaster (Sourcebooks)

Shapeshifter Romance

• Only Lycans Need Apply, Michele Bardsley (Signet Eclipse)
• Macrieve, Kresley Cole (Gallery)
• Kinked, Thea Harrison (Berkley Sensation)
• Breath of Fire, Liliana Hart (Samhainpublishing.com)
• Wolf with Benefits, Shelly Laurenston (Brava)
• Savage Betrayal, Shelli Stevens (Samhain)

Vampire Romance

• Darkness Rises, Dianne Duvall (Zebra)
• Twice Tempted, Jeaniene Frost (Avon)
• The Dark Heroine, Abigail Gibbs (Morrow)
• Prince of Shadows, Tes Hilaire (Sourcebooks)
• Darkness Avenged, Alexandra Ivy (Zebra)
• Gates of Rapture, Caris Roane (St. Martin’s)

Paranormal Romance

• Fury of Desire, Coreene Callahan (Montlake)
• The Cursed, Alyssa Day (Berkley Sensation)
• Demon Hunting in a Dive Bar, Lexi George (Brava)
• A Witch’s Handbook of Kisses and Curses, Molly Harper (Pocket)
• The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love, Erin Quinn (Pocket)
• Omega, Susannah Sandlin (Montlake)
• Black and Blue, Gena Showalter (Pocket)
• Heart of Obsidian, Nalini Singh (Berkley)

Paranormal Worldbuilding

• Naughty Karma, Vivi Andrews (Samhainpublishing.com)
• Guardian Demon, Meljean Brook (Berkley Sensation)
• The Night Is Forever, Heather Graham (Mira)
• Reaver, Larissa Ione (Grand Central)
• Styxx, Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s)
• Blood Warrior, Lindsey Piper (Pocket)

Indie Press/Self-Published Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

• Night Blade, J.C. Daniels (Shilohwalker.com)
• Shifting Selves, Mia Marshall (Matchbookspress.com)
• The End of Darkness, Jaime Rush (Jaimerush.com)

Futuristic Romance

• Deception Cove, Jayne Castle (Jove)
• Alien in the House, Gini Koch (DAW)
• Gameboard of the Gods, Richelle Mead (Dutton)
• Heart Fortune, Robin D. Owens (Berkley)
• Night Whispers, Alisha Rai (Samhain)

Urban Fantasy Novel

• Magic Rises, Ilona Andrews (Ace)
• Written in Red, Anne Bishop (Roc)
• Dead Things, Stephen Blackmoore (DAW)
• The Shambling Guide to New York City, Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
• Mountain Echoes, C.E. Murphy (Luna)
• Blood Oranges, Kathleen Tierney (Roc)

Urban Fantasy Protagonist

• Binding the Shadows, Jenn Bennett (Pocket)
• Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• Hot Blooded, Amanda Carlson (Orbit)
• Watcher of the Dark, Joseph Nassise (Tor)
• Tempest Reborn, Nicole Peeler (Orbit)
• Blood Bond, Jeanne C. Stein (Ace)

Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding

• Heart of Venom, Jennifer Estep (Pocket)
• Blood Winter, Diana Pharaoh Francis (Pocket)
• Last Blood, Kristen Painter (Orbit)
• Touch of the Demon, Diana Rowland (DAW)
• Trickster, Jeff Somers (Pocket)
• Ritual Magic, Eileen Wilks (Berkley Sensation)

Science Fiction Novel

• The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Tor)
• Fortune’s Pawn, Rachel Bach (Orbit)
• The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Lord (Del Rey)
• The Severed Tower, J. Barton Mitchell (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• The Human Division, John Scalzi (Tor)
• The Melancholy of Mechagirl, Catherynne M. Valente (Haikasoru)

Fantasy Novel

• Masks, E.C. Blake (DAW)
• London Falling, Paul Cornell (Tor)
• Cold Steel, Kate Elliott (Orbit)
• The City, Stella Gemmell (Ace)
• Without a Summer, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

Epic Fantasy Novel

• Blood of Dragons, Robin Hobb (Harper Voyager)
• Children of Fire, Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey)

Harlequin Nocturne

• Taming the Demon, Doranna Durgin (Harlequin)
• Keeper of the Night, Heather Graham (Harlequin)
• This Wicked Magic, Michele Hauf (Harlequin)
• Keeper of the Moon, Harley Jane Kozak (Harlequin)
• Phantom Wolf, Bonnie Vanak (Harlequin)

Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal

• Relic, Renee Collins (Entangled)
• Unbreakable, Kami Garcia (Little, Brown)
• Shades of Earth, Beth Revis (Razorbill)
• Allegiant, Veronica Roth (Harpercollins)
• The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)