The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt

Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayneīarefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Once and For All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt The winners will be announced July 27 at the 2017 RWA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.Ĭongratulations to the finalists! RITA Finalists After the first round of judging by published romance authors, entries that meet the qualifications to become a finalist then advance to the final round. A novel may be entered either by the author or by the book’s publisher in one of the contest categories. Up to 2,000 romance novels are entered in the RITA competition. The Golden Heart recognizes excellence in unpublished romance manuscripts. The RITA - the highest award of distinction in romance fiction - recognizes excellence in published romance novels and novellas. Romance Writers of America (RWA), the trade association for romance fiction authors, announces the finalists for the 2017 RITA ® and Golden Heart ® Awards. The two of them together were fun to read and overall I think this book was a good, quick, fun read.Romance Writers of America Announces 2017 Contest Finalists Zeke I pretty much liked from the beginning, and I must say he was a lot more patient with Abby than I would be. The French to English translation which was constant was a little bit annoying as someone who can understand more French than not.Ībby at first seemed like a really unforgiving character and it could bother me a little bit, but I grew to like her over time as she was so good in her friendship with Alice. Long-suffering and everything but not as long as the Cubs.) (Sorry, I’m a true dyed blue Blue Jays fan. Originally from Canada, she now lives in the Chicago. How can anyone hate baseball? Or the Cubs? I don’t even follow the Cubs and I like them. Natalie Blitt is the author of Carols and Crushes and the young adult novel The Distance from A to Z. As Abby begins to suspect that Zeke is hiding something, she has to decide if bridging the gap between the distance between who she is and who he is, is worth the risk.įirst things first. And Abby can’t help but fall for him, hard.

80 hours of conversation practice with someone who seems to exclusively wear baseball caps and jerseys.īut Zeke in French is a different person than Zeke in English. That turns out to be impossible, though, because her French partner is the exact kind of boy she was hoping to avoid.

A summer of culture and language, with no sports in sight. Seventeen-year old Abby has only one goal for her summer: to make sure she is fluent in French-well, that, and to get as far away from baseball and her Cubs-obsessed family as possible.