2017 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Winners

Sci-Fi Novel

• WINNER: The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager)

• Sea of Rust, C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager)
• A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (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

• WINNER: 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

• WINNER: The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

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

Fantasy Adventure

• WINNER: 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)

Urban Fantasy Novel

• WINNER: The Ghoul Vendetta, Lisa Shearin (Ace)

• 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)

Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding

• WINNER: 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)

Digital Urban Fantasy

• WINNER: Blue Blooded, Amanda Carlson (self-published)

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

Paranormal Romance

• WINNER: Bound Together, Christine Feehan (Berkley)

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

Paranormal Worldbuilding

• WINNER: Silver Silence, Nalini Singh (Berkley)

• The Demon Prince, Ann Aguirre (Ann/Aguirre)
• Wicked Abyss, Kresley Cole (Gallery)
• The Unyielding, Shelly Laurenston (Kensington)

Fantasy Romance

• WINNER: The Kingpin of Camelot, Cassandra Gannon (Star Turtle)

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

Futuristic Romance

• WINNER: Sky Raiders, Michelle Diener (Eclipse)

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

Young Adult Fantasy

• WINNER: Caraval, Stephanie Garber (Flatiron)

• Flame in the Mist, Renee Ahdieh (Putnam)
• One Dark Throne, Kendare Blake (HarperTeen)
• 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

• WINNER: The Mortician’s Daughter: One Foot in the Grave, C.C. Hunter (EverAfter Romance)

• Loved, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (Blackstone)
• Freeks, Amanda Hocking (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Body Parts, Jessica Kapp (Diversion)
• Our Dark Duet, Victoria Schwab (Greenwillow)

Paranormal Romantic Suspense

• WINNER: Twisted Truths, Rebecca Zanetti (Forever)

• Stormchaser, Cherry Adair (St. Martin’s)
• Her True Match, Paige Tyler (Sourcebooks Casablanca)

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.