Congrats to the 2020 Ripped Bodice Award winners!

What do romance authors do for Valentine’s Day?

We can think of at least one G-rated activity that a particular dozen certainly did: shout for joy upon learning they’d won a Ripped Bodice Award!

The awards for excellence in romantic fiction were launched two years ago by Leah and Bea Koch, who own The Ripped Bodice Bookstore in Culver City, California.

Each author receives $1,000 and the right to designate a $100 donation to a charity of their choosing.

The 2020 winners are:

• Go Deep, by Rilzy Adams

• Harbor, by Rebekah Weatherspoon

• Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade

• Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert

• The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, by Olivia Waite

• The Duke Who Didn’t, by Courtney Milan

• The Rakess, by Scarlett Peckham

• The Roommate, by Rosie Danan

• The Worst Best Man, by Mia Sosa

• You Had Me at Hola, by Alexis Daria (PS: we interviewed her a while back!)

• You Should See Me in a Crown, by Leah Johnson

• Written in the Stars, by Alexandria Bellefleur