Dani Atkins has won the Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award at the 2023 Romantic Novel Awards for her compelling novel SIX DAYS. Dani was announced as winner at last night’s Romantic Novel Award ceremony at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City, with actor Peter Davison presenting.
Launched in 2015, the Romantic Novel Awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction, and the Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award is for stories featuring a substantial thriller, suspense, mystery or crime story, alongside or fully entwined with a romantic story. Dani is already a recipient of three Romantic Novel Awards, with THIS LOVE winning the Goldsboro Romantic Book of the Year Award 2018 and the Epic Novel of the Year Award 2018, and A SKY FULL OF STARS winning the Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2022.
SIX DAYS was published by Head of Zeus in the UK in hardback in April 2022 and in paperback in January 2023. It follows one love story between two people across six days.
In SIX DAYS, Gemma knows that she and Finn are destined to be together. They are soulmates. But then, on their wedding day, he never arrives at the church. Gemma is convinced Finn wouldn't abandon her like this, even though he has disappeared once before. But back then he had a reason. She feels sure something terrible has happened, but no one else is convinced. Even the police aren't concerned, telling Gemma most people who disappear usually turn up in a week... assuming they want to be found, that is.
For the next six days Gemma frantically searches for Finn, even though every shocking revelation is telling her to give up on him. Before long, even she begins to doubt her own memories of their love. How long can she hold on to her faith in Finn if everyone is telling her to let him go?
Dani is currently writing her next novel for Head of Zeus.
Praise for SIX DAYS
‘A well-paced, good-natured and emotional novel.’ – Wendy Holden, The Daily Mail
‘A page-turner that packs a real emotional punch.’ – Zoe West, Women’s Weekly
‘Emotional and compelling.’ – Claire Frost, Fabulous Magazine
‘A tender and emotional tale, SIX DAYS will have readers frantically turning the pages to see if Gemma's faith in Finn is justified.’ – Sinead Crowley
‘Guaranteed to keep late night page-turners agog, Dani Atkins gives us a heroine who takes nothing lying down, not even being abandoned at the altar. I loved Gemma’s tenacity. Trusting the power of love is tougher than it looks, as this delicious romantic mystery proves.’ – Fiona Walker
‘This engaging and expressive relationship story examines love, trust, and resolve when a groom goes missing, leaving his bride at the altar. A gorgeous and thoughtful relationship tale with bite and intrigue as well as love and friendship. This novel takes you by the hand and expands through your thoughts as you live alongside Gemma when her fiancé fails to turn up at their wedding… Dani Atkins has the most thought-provoking pen, her words don’t just reach inside and touch my heart, they also shake emotions, hit thoughts, and leave the characters and story a part of me. I always look forward to her novels, she is such a consistent writer, though she certainly knows how to keep your feelings hovering on the edge of free-fall... This is most definitely a story about a love, it also successfully balances tension, particularly as it weaves its way towards the end. SIX DAYS is a page-turning, stimulating absolute beauty of a novel, that I can recommend heart and soul.’ – Liz Robinson, LoveReading
‘I couldn’t put it down… [a] truly captivating romantic read…It’s an emotional character-driven weepie that I absolutely adored.’ – Janet Gordon, Annabel & Grace
‘A heart-tugging romance with lovely characters.’ – The People’s Friend
About Dani Atkins
Dani Atkins was born in London, and grew up in Cockfosters, Hertfordshire. She now lives in a 350-year-old cottage with her husband, one Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.
Dani has been writing for fun all her life but, following the 2013 publication of her novel FRACTURED (Head of Zeus), she has made writing her full-time career. FRACTURED has since been published in sixteen languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK.
