ASSEGNATI I RITA AWARDS 2013



IERI SERA, 20 LUGLIO 2013, NELLA CORNICE DELL'HOTEL MARRIOTT MARQUIS DI ATALANTA, GEORGIA, SI E'SVOLTA LA SERATA DI GALA E FINALE DEL 33° MEETING ANNUALE DELLA ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA, LA PIU' IMPORTANTE ASSOCIAZIONE AMERICANA DI SCRITTRICI ROMANCE, CHE RIUNISCE OLTRE AI NOMI PIU 'IMPORTANTI DEL GENERE, ANCHE SCRITTRICI MINORI ED ASPIRANTI TALI. 
AL MEETING  RWA CONVENGONO OGNI ANNO  DA TUTTE LA PARTI DEGLI USA NON SOLO LE AUTRICI MA ANCHE TANTI ADDETTI AI LAVORI E MOLTISSIME APPASSIONATE DEL GENERE CHE, DURANTE LA GIORNATA DEDICATA AL LITERACY AUTOGRAPHING POSSONO FAR FIRMARE  I ROMANZI DALLE LORO AUTRICI PREFERITE FRA QUELLE ( LETTERALMENTE CENTINAIA) INTERVENUTE AL MEETING. IN CAMBIO LORO ACQUISTANO I LIBRI CHE FANNO FIRMARE.   IL RICAVATO DI QUESTA GIORNATA VIENE POI DEVOLUTO AD UNA O PIU' ASSOCIAZIONI CHE COMBATTONO L'ANALFABETISMO. QUEST'ANNO SONO STATI RACCOLTI BEN 52,309 DOLLARI!


DURANTE LA SERATA DI GALA, COM'E' ORMAI ABITUDINE, SONO STATI CONSEGNATI I  PREMI PER I MIGLIORI  LIBRI NEI VARI SOTTOGENERI ROMANCE USCITI NEL 2012 ED E' STATO CONFERITO IL PREMIO 'ALLA CARRIERA', IL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD A MARY JO PUTNEY

APPUNTAMENTO AL PROSSIMO RWA MEETING CHE SI SVOLGERA'  A SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS NEL LUGLIO DEL 2014.


I VINCITORI DEI 
RITA AWARDS 2013 

Best First Book

The Haunting of Maddy ClareSimone St. James


The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
TRAMA: Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, scarred by World War I, and obsessed with ghosts- has been summoned to investigate the spirit of nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is haunting the barn where she committed suicide. Since Maddy hated men in life, it is Sarah's task to confront her in death. Soon Sarah is caught up in a deperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Can Sarah and Alistair's assistant, the rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, discover who Maddy was, whereshe came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance-before she destroys them all?

Contemporary Single Title Romance

Barbara FreethyThe Way Back Home

The Way Back Home by Barbara Freethy
TRAMA: Ex-Marine Gabe Ryder is fulfilling the last request of his best friend, Rob, who was killed in a firefight during their final days of service. He promised to help Rob’s family— especially Rob’s twin sister, Alicia—with their struggling river rafting business. Gabe has a hidden past with Alicia, though. She’s the woman who taught him that love might exist, yet he walked away from her.
Alicia has more than enough on her plate with her brother’s death, her father’s injury from a tragic rafting accident, the entire town turning against them, and a series of dangerous attacks on her business. She doesn’t need this rugged loner who broke her heart. But passion flares between them, and this time, they can’t walk away. Alicia can’t help wondering: did Rob really send Gabe to watch over her—or did he want her to show Gabe the way home?

Historical Romance 

Sarah MacLeanA Rogue by Any Other Name

A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
TRAMA:New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean has taken the world of historical romance fiction by storm! With A Rogue by Any Other Name, she once again boldly breaks new ground. 
The first book in her remarkably fresh and original Fallen Angels series—featuring four dark Regency Era heroes who will steal the hearts of their heroines and the readers alike—A Rogue will captivate fans of Julia Quinn and Suzanne Enoch while bringing new romance readers eagerly into the fold. The scintillating story of a disgraced Marquess reduced to running a London gambling hall who hopes to restore his good fortune by marrying a very proper lady who’s secretly drawn to sin, A Rogue by Any Other Name is sexy and wicked fun.

Inspirational Romance 

Elizabeth CamdenAgainst the Tide

Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden
 TRAMA: Love and Lives are Threatened in Camden's Latest Offering
As a child, Lydia Pallas became all too familiar with uncertainty when it came to the future. Now, she's finally carved out a perfect life for herself--a life of stability and order with no changes, surprises, or chaos of any kind. She adores her apartment overlooking the bustling Boston Harbor, and her skill with languages has landed her a secure position as a translator for the U.S. Navy.
However, it is her talent for translation that brings her into contact with Alexander Banebridge, or "Bane," a man who equally attracts and aggravates her. When Bane hires Lydia to translate a seemingly innocuous collection of European documents, she hesitantly agrees, only to discover she is in over her head.
Just as Bane's charm begins to win her over, Lydia learns he is driven by a secret campaign against some of the most dangerous criminals on the East Coast, compelled by his faith and his past. Bane forbids any involvement on Lydia's part, but when the criminals gain the upper hand, it is Lydia on whom he must depend.

Long Contemporary Series Romance 

Karen TempletonA Gift for all Seasons

A Gift for All Seasons by Karen Templeton
TRAMA: Hiring Patrick Shaughnessy to landscape her new inn was strictly a business arrangement. Until April Ross got to know the war-scarred single father…and his irrepressible little girl. Patrick made it clear he wasn't looking for romance. Neither was April. But could she make him see that some risks were worth taking?The lively, widowed blonde might be the most tempting woman Patrick had ever known, but the returning vet knew a happy ending wasn't in the cards. Still, that was before April started working her magic on his daughter…and on him. Maybe this Christmas was a time for new beginnings—if Patrick had the courage to go with the powerful feelings April had awakened in him….

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements 

The Haunting of Maddy ClareSimone St. James


The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
TRAMA: VEDI SOPRA

Paranormal Romance 

Kresley ColeShadow's Claim

Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole
TRAMA: Shadow's Claim features Prince Trehan, a ruthless master assassin who will do anything to possess Bettina, his beautiful sorceress mate, even compete for her hand in a blood-sport tournament—to the death.
Trehan Daciano, known as the Prince of Shadows, has spent his life serving his people, striking in the night, quietly executing any threat to their realm. The coldly disciplined swordsman has never desired anything for himself—until he beholds Bettina, the sheltered ward of two of the Lore's most fearsome villains.
Desperate to earn her guardians' approval after a life-shattering mistake, young Bettina has no choice but to marry whichever suitor prevails—even though she's lost her heart to another. Yet one lethal competitor, a mysterious cloaked swordsman, invades her dreams, tempting her with forbidden pleasure.
Even if Trehan can survive the punishing contests to claim her as his wife, the true battle for Bettina's heart is yet to come. And unleashing a millennium's worth of savage need will either frighten his Bride away—or stoke Bettina's own desires to a fever-pitch.

Romance Novella 

Eloisa JamesSeduced by a Pirate

Seduced by a Pirate by Eloisa James
 TRAMA: Sir Griffin Barry leapt out of the bedchamber window at age seventeen after a very disappointing wedding night, drank a bit too much at the pub...and woke to find that he'd joined the crew of a pirate ship! Years later, he's become one of the most feared pirates on the high seas, piloting the Flying Poppy, a ship he named after the wife whom he fondly (if vaguely) remembers. What happens when a pirate decides to come home to his wife...if she is his wife, given that the marriage was never consummated? And what happens when that pirate strolls through his front door and is met by... Well, that's a surprise!

Romantic Suspense

Laura GriffinScorched

Scorched by Laura Griffin
TRAMA: Kelsey Quinn set out to trace a murder victim. Now she may become one.
The dead don’t speak, but Kelsey knows their secrets. As a forensic anthropologist at the Delphi Center crime lab, Kelsey makes it her mission to identify bodies using no more than shards of bone, and her find at a remote Philippines dig hints at a sinister story. When Kelsey’s search for answers puts her at the scene of her exfiancé’s murder, only one man can help her. The same man who broke her heart just months before, and who is also a prime suspect. Faced with an ultimatum— Kelsey or his job—Gage Brewer did the only thing a Navy SEAL could . . . but that doesn’t mean he stopped wanting Kelsey. Now Kelsey is running for her life and Gage is her last line of defense. As the threats escalate, Kelsey realizes this conspiracy goes deeper and higher than they could have guessed. With the clock ticking down on a madman’s plot, the slightest misstep will have unthinkable consequences. . . .

Short Contemporary Series Romance 

Sarah MorganA Night of No Return

A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan
 TRAMA: Money, charm and sensual skills don't make up for a heart colder than ice...

Wild parties, wanton women, relentless work-nothing helps tycoon L ucas Jackson escape his dark and haunting past. Arriving at his rural castle in a snarling snowstorm, he craves only complete isolation.... But it seems oblivion can take an unexpected and highly intoxicating form!
Personally delivering the vital file left on her boss's desk, secretary Emma Gray starts to seriously regret her dutiful overtime mission. She never expected the dark side of the usually controlled Lucas could generate such a primitive, powerful-and entirely inappropriate-reaction.

Young Adult Romance 

Emily McKayThe Farm

The Farm by Emily McKay
TRAMA: Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…
And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.
Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…
Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race...


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5 commenti:

  1. Sono felicissima per Kresley Cole, anche se, vista la doppia nomination, mi ha stupido che abbia vinto con Shadow's Claim e non con Lothaire, che a mio parere è nettamente superiore! Dei libri premiati ho letto appunto solo quello della Cole, che spero venga tradotto, soprattutto per completezza della serie degli Immortal After Dark, visto che pur essendo uno spin off fa diversi riferimenti alla serie principale.
    Sarebbe effettivamente molto bello se una manifestazione del genere ci fosse anche da noi, un bel coronamento al lavoro delle nostre autrici italiane (con però un premio anche per il miglior libro estero, visto quanto ancora importiamo come romance.)

    RispondiElimina
  2. speriamo che i nostri editori nostrani sappiano pescare bene in mezzo a tutto questo materiale!

    RispondiElimina
  3. Per favore mi traducete i profili delle vincitrici e le trame dei loro romanzi? La traduzione simultanea è vergognosa. grazie. Filomena

    RispondiElimina
    Risposte
    1. Eh, ma è questo il nostro intento...farvi usare il vostro inglese,cara Filomena! ( Sempre che a scuola non abbiate studiato francese ;o) In ogni caso usa il traduttore google settato su italiano che trovi sulla banda laterale sinistra del blog dopo la box Le Ricette del cuore...non una traduzione perfetta, ma passabile!

      Elimina

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