2015 HOLT Medallion Winners

2015 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Winner: Chasing The Dollar - Ellie Ashe

The Price Of A Pearl - Laura Carroll Butler

"A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas" in Christmas Revels: Four Regency Novellas - Louisa Cornell

Adirondack Audacity - L.R. Smolarek

The Winds Of Fate - Elizabeth St. Michel

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: Unexpected Reunion - Carolyn Greene

Primal Instinct - Janie Crouch

High-Heeled Wonder - Avery Flynn

More To Give - Terri Osburn

The Promise Of Rain - Rula Sinara

Short Contemporary

Winner: At No Man's Command - Melanie Milburne

At Home In Barbourville - Carolynn Carey

Accidentally Married On Purpose - Rachel Harris

Alaskan Adventure - Crystal Jordan

Cowboy On Her Doorstep - Pam Mantovani

Long Contemporary

Winner: Wind Chime Cafe - Sophie Moss

That Summer Night - Barbara Freethy

Christmas In Cupid Falls - Holly Jacobs

Resisting The Hero - Cindi Madsen

All For A Cowboy - Jeannie Watt

Short Inspirational

Winner: Unexpected Reunion - Carolyn Greene

Small-Town Billionaire - Renee Andrews

Finally A Mother - Dana Corbit

Hazardous Homecoming - Dana Mentink

Identity Withheld - Sandra Orchard

Long Inspirational

Winner: When I Fall In Love - Susan May Warren

A Dream Of Home - Amy Clipston

Nowhere To Turn - Lynette Eason

Firewall - DiAnn Mills

The Forgiven - Marta Perry

Historical

Winner: Traitor's Moon - Janet Lane

Once Upon A Highland Autumn - Lecia Cornwall

Dark Secrets, Deep Bayous - Meg Hennessy

Captured By A Laird - Margaret Mallory

Shadowed By Grace - Cara Putman

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Lovely, Dark, And Deep - Susannah Sandlin

A Cold Dark Place - Toni Anderson

Cold Light Of Day - Toni Anderson

Love's Touch Of Justice - Yvonne Kohano

Convicted - Dee Tenorio

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic

Winner: Taken - Angelina Fortin

Never Forget - Heather Ashby

Heart Of Stone - Debra Mullins

Love Potions - Michelle M. Pillow

This Weakness For You - Sendy Sparrow

Extra Spicy Romance

Winner: Divine Solace - Joey W. Hill

No More Mr. Nice Guy - Amy Andrews

Staking His Claim - Tessa Bailey

Drive Me Crazy - Tracy Wolff

Rising Assets - Rebecca Zanetti

Mainstream/Single Title

Winner: Adirondack Audacity - L.R. Smolarek

The Red Bikini - Lauren Christopher

Shoreline Drive - Lily Everett

When Shadows Fall - Barbara Freethy

A Scandalous Husband - Bev Pettersen

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner: Chasing The Dollar - Ellie Ashe

Waking Up Joy - Tina Ann Forkner

Sealing The Deal - Sandy James

Cypher - Cathy Perkins

The In-Between Hour - Barbara Claypole White

Romance Novella

Winner: "A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas" in Christmas Revels" Four Regency Novellas - Louisa Cornell

"Dance With A Cowboy" in Wild West Christmas - Kathryn Albright

Dare To Resist - Laura Kaye

One Night Of Sin - Elle Kennedy

The Duke's Shotgun Wedding - Stacy Reid