RITA® Finalist Forged By Desire

Very excited to announce that Forged By Desire has been named as a finalist in the Paranormal Romance Category of RWA's RITA award.

Basically that is the formal announcement. In reality? You could knock me over with a feather right now. I want to do cartwheels everywhere.

I rarely know what date it is (month even sometimes), so I was totally unprepared for a phone call on the 26th May. I looked at my phone and thought, ‘Huh, that's a weird number. Why is someone from San Antonio, Texas, calling me?' A second later I think my eyebrows hit the roof, as I realised the only possible reason someone from America – and specifically that city – might be calling me. What was the date? OMG, my calendar flashed up the 26th. Cue nervous excitement.

I had a lovely phone call – or the first minute of it actually – when the lady let me know that Forged By Desire was a finalist. Then the connection broke down and I couldn't hear anything else, except the odd half-word. Thank goodness she emailed me, or I might have thought the whole thing was a dream!

So tonight is champagne, dessert and any item on the menu that I want to order. Cheers to Perry and Garrett, and a big thank you to all of those who have invested time in the series!