A thrilled Jenny Colgan collected the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy on Tuesday evening from host Jo Brand at a gala bash in London for her novel Meet Me At The Cupcake Cafe. The Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy is dedicated to the memory of novelist Melissa Nathan who died of cancer and is sponsored by National Express. Chair of the judges was Joanna Trollope. The shortlisted books for this year's award were The other shortlisted novels were: An Autumn Crush by Milly Johnson; Girl on the Run by  Jane Costello (both Simon and Schuster); Summer Loving by Allie Spencer (Arrow/Random); You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning (Transworld); and Please Don’t Stop The Music by Jane Lovering (Choc Lit).