1998 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

* Winner: Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

• Finalists:

Ask Mariah by Barbara Freethy

Finding The Dream by Nora Roberts

The Night Remembers by Kathleen Eagle

First Book

* Winner: Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle

• Finalists:

Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins

The Only Child by Carolyn McSparren

Remember The Time by Annette Reynolds

Winter Hearts by Maureen McKade

Inspirational Romance

* Winner: Homeward by Melody Carlson

• Finalists:

Brothers by Angela Elwell Hunt

Presumption of Guilt by Terri Blackstock

Long Contemporary Series Romance

* Winner: Reckless by Ruth Wind

• Finalists:

The 14th...And Forever by Merline Lovelace

Adam's Kiss by Mindy Neff

Her Ideal Man by Ruth Wind

MacNamara's Woman by Alicia Scott

Nighthawk by Rachel Lee

Saving Susannah by Beverly Bird

The Twenty-Third Man by Peggy Nicholson

Long Historical Romance

* Winner: The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne

• Finalists:

As You Desire by Connie Brockway

Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle

The Guardian by Joan Wolf

My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale

One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney

The Randolph Legacy by Eileen Charbonneau

Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney

Paranormal Romance

* Winner: Fire Hawk by Justine Davis

• Finalists:

Dangerous Waters by Amy J. Fetzer

Heaven In West Texas by Susan Kay Law

Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins

Somewhere My Love by Karen Fox

Time Enough For Love by Suzanne Brockmann

Twice Upon A Time by Emilie Richards

Regency Romance

* Winner: Love's Reward by Jean R. Ewing

Romantic Suspense

* Winner: On the Way to a Wedding... by Ingrid Weaver

• Finalists:

Better Watch Out by Dani Sinclair

For Your Eyes Only by Rebecca York

Framed by Karen Leabo

Night Whispers by Lynn Erickson

Secret Sins by Jasmine Cresswell

Until You by Sandra Marton

Short Contemporary Romance

* Winner: Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene

• Finalists:

Bride Overboard by Heather MacAllister

Daddy by Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs

Finn's Twins! by Anne McAllister

A Hard-Hearted Hero by Pamela Burford

Look What The Stork Brought by Dixie Browning

Mr. Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Short Historical Romance

* Winner: Heart Of A Knight by Barbara Samuel

• Finalists:

All But The Queen Of Hearts by Rae Muir

Jake by Leigh Greenwood

A Knight To Remember by Christina Dodd

The Lady And The Knight by Lois Greiman

Once Upon A Scandal by Barbara Dawson Smith

Outlaw In Paradise by Patricia Gaffney

Wonderful by Jill Barnett

Traditional Romance

* Winner: His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon

• Finalists:

Her Secret Santa by Day Leclaire

Mommy And The Policeman Next Door by Marie Ferrarella

My Baby, Your Son by Anne Peters

Porcupine Ranch by Sally Carleen

Pregnant With His Child... by Carla Cassidy

The Secret Baby by Day Leclaire

Wife Without a Past by Elizabeth Harbison