Have you heard of the Swoony Awards? It's and event run by readers for readers and it focuses on finding the best books each year in clean secular romance across several sub-genres. And it's been running since 2015 so there have been a LOT of great books nominated and voted on for the past 10+ years!
The first book in the Magic on Main Street Series, The Lies of Vampires and Slayers, was nominated for the 2024 Swoony Awards and I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that it pushed through three rounds of reader voting to win the title for the Urban Fantasy category!
Thank you so much to each and every Champion who rallied to support Jade and Considine with your vote! The organizers mentioned that they received a record number of votes per round (in the thousands!) and I'm so honored and proud to know that the Champions had a large part in that! Thank you!
In case you are wondering the Champions also clinched the Swoony Award for Gate of Myth and Power (2023), Pack of Dawn and Destiny (2022), and Court of Midnight and Deception (2022)! It's pretty clear that the Champions are a force to be reckoned with!
Are you looking for some clean fantasy romances for your 2025 TBR pile?
The best part of the Swoony Awards is you can always go back and look at the nominations to find new books from familiar or new-to-you authors to read!
To find all the 2024 nominations I recommend checking the Swoony Awards Facebook group (it's public, so you'll be able to see the posts) or their Instagram account:
If you want to look at the 2022 or earlier nominations you might find it easier to review the list on their blog:
And please support the Swoony Awards organizers by giving them a heart/like and a comment on social media. They were considering skipping the awards this year due to lack of time (it takes them a ton of work to put all of this together) but the overwhelming support from readers is what convinced them to move forward!