The Swoony Awards

Saturday, December 31, 2022

2022 Swoony Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 Swoony Award! We had so much awesome participation this year! We had over 650 books nominated this year and thousands of people voting each round. We were happy to see all the posts promoting the different books and loved all the participation we had this year. So, let's get to our winners!!

BEST AMERICAN HERO

The Contract by Jess Mastorakos

BEST ANTHOLOGY
Christmas Wishes and Cowboy Kisses

BEST CELEBRITY ROMANCE
It Started With a Glance by Meg Easton

BEST CHRISTMAS ROMANCE
Dare to Love My Best Friend by Ellie Hall

BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
The Love List by Elana Johnson

BEST CONTEMPORARY YA
The Ruse by Judy Corry

DEBUT AUTHOR
Speak Your Truth by Marie Soleil

BEST DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE
Girl in the Snow by Nicole Adiranne

BEST FAIRYTALE RETELLING
The Thief and the Noble by Dana LeCheminant

BEST HIGH FANTASY
Seeds of Glory and Ruin by Melanie Cellier

BEST HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Lily of the Valley by Sarah M. Eden

BEST MEDICAL ROMANCE
Second Chances: Her Wilderness Doctor by Lucy McConnell, Hannah Peterson

BEST MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Facing the Enemy by Paige Edwards

BEST NOVELLA
Snowed in at the Concert Hall by Ellie Thornton

BEST REGENCY
A Game of Hearts by Joanna Barker

BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY
The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair

BEST SPORTS ROMANCE
Dreams of Gold by Traci Hunter Abramson

BEST URBAN FANTASY
Hunted by K.M. Shea

BEST VICTORIAN
Healing Hazel by Jennifer Moore

BEST WESTERN CONTEMPORARY
More Than a Pair of Jeans by Remi Carrington

BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL
Where Her Heart Lies by Carolyn Twede Frank

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair

Katie's Choice - Host Award
Double or Nothing by Cindy Steel

Kathy's Choice - Host Award
Cinder-Nanny by Sariah Wilson

Heidi's Choice
Edward and Amelia by Karen Thornell

Kathy Jo's Choice
Censor(shipped) by Savannah Scott

We wanted to thank everyone for participating this year, especially to all the authors who wrote such amazing books for us to enjoy!

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

2023 Swoony Awards Eligibility Guidelines

The Swoony Awards are a Reader’s Choice Award recognizing excellence in clean secular, wholesome romance. We wanted a way to show our appreciation to these awesome authors who write the kind of books that we love. It’s also a great way to find new books and a good go-to when looking for something fun to read.

Eligibility

-ONLY books PUBLISHED December 1, 2022 – November 30, 2023 are eligible.
-Intimacy: No sex, no/low closed door/fade-to-black, no/low innuendo, nothing crude or crass. G-PG13.
-Language: None/mild (No F words) nothing overly crude.
-Violence: Mild/low.
-Page Count: 100 pages or higher, anthologies are okay. No short stories. No collections.
-Age: Only Young Adult, New Adult and Adult. NO children’s or middle grade.
-Religious: No Christian Fiction (mild religious content will be allowed).

The Swoony's will not be accepting nominations from ghostwriters, scammers, book stuffers or click farmers. As we come across these "authors" they will be removed from the nomination list. If you are aware of any of these profiles, please let us know so I can add them to our ever growing list.

Thank you for your participation!

While we check each book added to make sure it meets our eligibility requirements, we have not personally read every book on the list to verify the level of content. We allow books that generally fall between G-PG13 rated.

Award Hosts: Kathy from Bookworm Nation and Katie from Hiding in the Pages

Saturday, January 1, 2022

2021 Swoony Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2021 Swoony Award! We had so much awesome participation this year! We had over 600 books nominated and after three intense rounds of voting we narrowed it down to the top 27 books in each genre, plus four bonus Host awards and of course our overall best book of the year!