2017 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Nominees

Urban Fantasy Novel

• Hungry Ghosts, Stephen Blackmoore (DAW)
• Silence Fallen, Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault, James Alan Gardner (Tor)
• Heroine Worship, Sarah Kuhn (DAW)
• White Trash Zombie Unchained, Diana Rowland (DAW)
• The Ghoul Vendetta, Lisa Shearin (Ace)

Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding

• Etched in Bone, Anne Bishop (Roc)
• Snared, Jennifer Estep (Pocket)
• Bound, Benedict Jacka (Ace)
• Blade Bound, Chloe Neill (Berkley)
• Battle Hill Bolero, Daniel José Older (Ace)

Indie Press/Self-Pub Urban Fantasy

• A Dragon of a Different Color, Rachel Aaron (self-published)
  
• Blue Blooded, Amanda Carlson (self-published)
• Midnight Labyrinth, Elizabeth Hunter (self-published)
• Godkiller, Colleen Vanderlinden (self-published)
• Volatile Bonds, Jaye Wells (self-published)

Paranormal Romance

• Wildfire, Ilona Andrews (Avon)
• Red Wolf, Jennifer Ashley (Berkley)
• Bound Together, Christine Feehan (Berkley)
• Thirst, Jacquelyn Frank (Loveswept)
• Into the Fire, Jeaniene Frost (Avon)
• Booke of the Hidden, Jeri Westerson (Diversion)

Paranormal Worldbuilding

• The Demon Prince, Ann Aguirre (Ann/Aguirre)
• Wicked Abyss, Kresley Cole (Gallery)
• The Unyielding, Shelly Laurenston (Kensington)
• Silver Silence, Nalini Singh (Berkley)

Fantasy Romance

• Breath of Fire, Amanda Bouchet (Sourcebooks Casablanca)
• The Kingpin of Camelot, Cassandra Gannon (Star Turtle)
• Heart Sight, Robin D. Owens (Berkley)
• Wardance, Elizabeth Vaughan (Birch Cove)
• The Sea King, C.L. Wilson (Avon)

Futuristic Romance

• One Fell Sweep, Ilona Andrews (self-published)
• Sky Raiders, Michelle Diener (Eclipse)
• Born of Vengeance, Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s)

Young Adult Fantasy

• Flame in the Mist, Renee Ahdieh (Putnam)
• One Dark Throne, Kendare Blake (HarperTeen)
• Caraval, Stephanie Garber (Flatiron)
• A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury USA)
• Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
• Shimmer and Burn, Mary Taranta (McElderry)

Young Adult Paranormal/SF

• Loved, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (Blackstone)
• Freeks, Amanda Hocking (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• The Mortician’s Daughter: One Foot in the Grave, C.C. Hunter (EverAfter Romance)
• Body Parts, Jessica Kapp (Diversion)
• Our Dark Duet, Victoria Schwab (Greenwillow)

Paranormal Romantic Suspense

• Stormchaser, Cherry Adair (St. Martin’s)
• Her True Match, Paige Tyler (Sourcebooks Casablanca)
• Twisted Truths, Rebecca Zanetti (Forever)

Sci-Fi Novel

• Sea of Rust, C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager)
• A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)
• The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager)
• Tomorrow’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tor)
• The Will to Battle, Ada Palmer (Tor)
• All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Fantasy Novel

• Within the Sanctuary of Wings, Marie Brennan (Tor)
• Winter Tide, Ruthanna Emrys (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Long Past & Other Stories, Ginn Hale (Blind Eye)
• Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

Epic Fantasy Novel

• The Queen of Swords, R.S. Belcher (Tor)
• Death’s Mistress, Terry Goodkind (Tor)
• The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
• The Witchwood Crown, Tad Williams (DAW)

Fantasy Adventure

• The Sapphire Manticore, Marie Andreas (self-published)
• The Dreamer’s Song, Lynn Kurland (Berkley)
• Ruins & Revenge, Lisa Shearin (NLA Digital)
• Heartstone, Elle Katharine White (Harper Voyager)

Winners will be honored at the RT Awards Ceremony on May 18, 2018 during the 2018 RT Booklovers Convention at the Peppermill Resort in Reno NV.