Allie Spencer's Tug of Love was the winner of this year's Romance Novelists Association's Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award. Outgoing RNA chairman Catherine Jones (aka Kate Lace) summed up the book as: "Laugh-out-loud funny, clever, sassy and believable. A wonderfully flawed heroine and a great supporting cast." Its summary says: "Divorce barrister Lucy Stone is a bit of a cynic when it comes to love. And working with egotistical weasel Hugo Spade doesn't help matters. Then Mark comes along, ticking all the boxes, and Lucy can't believe her luck. But when Lucy has to choose between the man of her dreams and the career opportunity of a lifetime, it seems there really is no justice in the world. And the re-appearance of sexy ex Jonathan is the last thing she needs. Is Lucy about to be found guilty of making the biggest mistake of her life?" Spencer has practised in family and matrimonial law but is now at work on her second novel, a "credit crunch rom com" called The Not-so-secret Diary of a City Girl. Tug of Love is out in October.

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