The Road Back, Coffee Time Romance Book of the Year

by Liz | Feb 6, 2013 | Writing | 33 comments

The Coffee Time Romance Book of the Year Award

I was absolutely thrilled when I learned that THE ROAD BACK had been awarded the Coffee Time Romance & More Book of the Year. My scream of delight will have been heard on the other side of the Atlantic!

Apart from the sheer excitement of being given the award, there was a huge thrill in knowing that this was a US forum. Most of you know how much I love the US and that I go there as often as I can, so to know that American readers have enjoyed my novel so much is a source of great pleasure.

And the winner is …

To those of you at Coffee Time Romance who nominated The Road Back for this award, a huge THANK YOU!

Before signing off, with the US still firmly in my head, I can’t resist a photo of me in Wyoming last August. Happy days!

Yes, me on a horse about to go riding at the foot of The Rockies

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33 Comments

Mandy on 06/02/2013 at 07:58

Fantastic news, Liz! As you know I love America too and part of my new book is set there! Once again, congratulations on your fantastic award! x
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 08:02
  
  Many thanks, Mandy. I was over the moon at the award.
  
  I can’t wait to read your A Stitch in Time, as part of that takes place in the US, I know. It’s a fab country.
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Sue Moorcroft on 06/02/2013 at 08:38

Brilliant, Liz! What a great accolade. (And look at all that sunshine in Wyoming … Roll on our time in Kansas City for the RT BookLovers’ conference.)
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 08:41
  
  I’m so looking forward to Kansas, Sue. We’ll have a brilliant time. Now that I have the flight tickets in my hand, it makes it very real. Yay!
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Sarah Tranter on 06/02/2013 at 09:36

Congratulations, Liz – The Road Back is a great book so well deserved. We all seem to love the States. Hubs and I are finally taking the boys there for a family holiday in May. And I may just have my eye on next year’s conference in New Orleans.
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 09:49
  
  Wow, Sarah – New Orleans. I’ve never been there but would love to go *runs to piggy bank and starts counting*
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Aliison Morton on 06/02/2013 at 09:47

Scream probably reached the West Coast, I should think!

Well deserved – it’s a lovely book.
So pleased with your success :-))
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 09:49
  
  Many thanks, Alison. That’s very kind of you.
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Alison Morton on 06/02/2013 at 09:48

OK, I can’t spell my own name this morning…
Another chance for me to say ‘Congrats’.
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 09:50
  
  And another chance for me to thank you 🙂
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Christina Courtenay on 06/02/2013 at 09:56

Huge congratulations, Liz, that’s wonderful! Rather you than me on that horse though … 🙂
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 10:06
  
  From the calm demeanour of the horse, I don’t think the poor beast yet realised what it was letting itself in for!!
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Henriette Gyland on 06/02/2013 at 11:05

That’s fantastic news, Liz! Mega congratulations, and fingers crossed.
Hx
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 12:33
  
  I’m so pleased to have won it. It’s wonderful news. You know how much I love the States, so an accolade from there is something to treasure.
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Beverley Eikli on 06/02/2013 at 11:51

How Exciting, Liz! What brilliant news! And absolutely well deserved.

Can’t wait to actually meet ‘the author’ in Kansas City!
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 12:20
  
  The feeling’s mutual, Beverley. What fun it’s going to be!
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Julie Eberhart Painter on 06/02/2013 at 12:21

Blessings, Liz.

Full disclosure: the reviewer wept! This is an unforgetable story.
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 12:23
  
  Oh, Wow, Julie! Thank you so much for stopping by and telling me that. It’s made my day.
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Margaret James on 06/02/2013 at 15:04

That’s brilliant, Liz – well done you, and well deserved, too. Margaret X
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 17:42
  
  Many thanks, Margaret. It’s been a truly amazing week, with the Coffee Time Romance award and being shortlisted for The Big Red Read. Forget the glass when I go to the Thame quiz tonight; I shall need the bottle 🙂
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Susan Alison on 06/02/2013 at 15:10

Woohoo – how totally fab!!!
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 17:43
  
  Thank you, Susan. It is, isn’t it, and I’m woohooing with you!
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Nikki on 06/02/2013 at 16:26

Congratulations, Liz – makes all the hard work feel worthwhile! 🙂
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- Liz on 06/02/2013 at 17:44
  
  It really does, Nikki.
  
  Thank you, and thanks to Liv, for your kind comments.
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Liv Thomas on 06/02/2013 at 16:48

Congratulations, Liz. So well deserved. x
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Anita Chapman on 06/02/2013 at 22:59

Congratulations Liz! Love the pic.
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- Liz on 07/02/2013 at 07:27
  
  That poor sagging horse! It didn’t know what it was about to undergo. I hadn’t ridden for 34 years – not since I was pregnant with my first child – and it was wonderful to leap (weeny exaggeration) into the saddle again.
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Victoria Lamb on 06/02/2013 at 23:50

Liz, you utterly deserve this! Well done!!
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- Liz on 07/02/2013 at 07:28
  
  Many thanks, Victoria. That’s very kind of you. I’m looking forward to saying so in person at the RoNAs on 26th February. Good luck with ‘Witchstruck’!
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Chris Stovell on 11/02/2013 at 11:27

Many congratulations, Liz – what a fabulous award! Brilliant news!
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- Liz on 11/02/2013 at 11:30
  
  Many thanks, Chris. I was delighted to hear the news. I’m in American mode, anyway, with Kansas City and the RT Booklovers Convention fast approaching, and this is the icing on the (chocolate) cake.
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Carol McGrath on 12/02/2013 at 12:32

Congratulations Liz and well deserved.
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- Liz on 12/02/2013 at 12:59
  
  Thank you, Carol. I feel very lucky that The Road Back has been given such an accolade.
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