Romance Fiction Chatelaine AwardThe Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction.  The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

  • Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
  • K.S. Jones – Once In a Bluebonnet Moon
  • T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
  • Morgan Sloan – Stableshoes
  • Edie Cay – A Viscount’s Vengeance
  • Kathleen Stone – Hey Jude
  • Gail Avery Halverson – A Sea of Glass
  • Hope Gibbs – Where the Grass Grows Blue
  • Alice McVeigh – Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
  • Bonnie Rose Ward – Loving Beth
  • Catherine Tinley – A Laird for the Highland Lady
  • KB Taylor – Hattie’s Family: Through the Eyes of a Dairymaid
  • Suzanne Baginskie – Dangerous Revenge- Book 2 of The FBI Affairs Series
  • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
  • Lynn Yvonne Moon – Fish Scales
  • Rose Prendeville – Mistress Mackintosh and the Shaw Wretch
  • Wendy Rich Stetson – Heartsong Hills
  • Marie Jones – Those We Seek
  • Eve M. Riley – The Outcast
  • Carol Van Den Hende – Always Orchid
  • KD Sherrinford – Song for Someone
  • Nancy Herkness – Royal Caleva: Gabriel
  • Evie Alexander – Love ad Lib

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Blue and Gold Finalist Badge for the Chatelaine Awards

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CHATELAINE Book Awards is:

Operation Mom:

My plan to get my Mom a life and a man

by Reenita Malhotra Hora 

The Chatelaine 2022 Grand Prize for Operation Mom by Reenita Malhotra Hora

See the full list of Chatelaine 2022 Winners here

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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