Christina Courtenay - Author

Christina Courtenay lives in Herefordshire and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East.

Christina is vice chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. In 2011, Christina’s first novel Trade Winds (September 2010) was short listed for The Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Award for Best Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Scarlet Kimono, won the Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award. In 2012, Highland Storms (November 2011) won the Best Historical Romantic Novel of the year award (RoNA). And The Silent Touch of Shadows (July 2012), Christina’s fourth novel, won the award for Best Historical Read at the Festival of Romance.

Author photo © Marte Lundby Rekaa

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The Gilded Fan Christina Courtenay From the author of four successful award-winning novels, this is a gorgeous historical romance and the sequel to Christina’s second novel, The Scarlet Kimono, that won The Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction award in 2011. The orphaned daughter... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Silent Touch of Shadows Christina Courtenay Winner of the Best Historical Read Award from the Festival of Romance 2012. An intriguingly romantic and supernatural time slip mystery from Award winning historical novelist Christina Courtenay. Could the vivid life like dreams that Melissa Grantham and fellow villager Jake... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Highland Storms Christina Courtenay Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel Award 2012. Although following on from the excellent Trade Winds, which was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Pure Passion Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011 this is a romantic and historical novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Scarlet Kimono Christina Courtenay Winner of the Big Red Reads Historical Fiction Award 2011. Following on from the success of her first novel Trade Winds (which we featured) The Scarlet Kimono is another beautifully written, historically accurate story with a real romance at its... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Trade Winds Christina Courtenay Shortlisted for the RNA Historical Novel of the Year 2011. December 2010 Book of the Month. It's a real pleasure to read a well written, historically accurate book, that is still a romance novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/08/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)