It may still be the tail-end of 2007, but the RNA has announced the long list for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2008.
Kate Lace's The Chalet Girl is there, along with Young Wives' Tales by Adele Parks and Pillow Talk by Freya North.
Susan Fletcher, who won the Whitbread for her first novel, is also in the running with Oystercatchers.
Related post: Rosie Thomas wins Romantic Novel of the Year 2007
