1983 Golden Heart Winners

1983 Golden Heart Contest

Fee: $10 Entries: 140

Winners & Finalists

Category Historical Romance “Shadow Queen” Vivian Doering “Bed of Scarlet” Betina Lindsey “Impossible Baggage” Louise Chatterton “Lady Lisette” Lori Carleton

Contemporary Mainstream Romance “Someday Soon” Kathleen Eagle “Awakening” Betina Lindsey “Cinnabar” Suzanne Forster “From Africa with Love” Christine Poodt “Long Ago and Far Away” Bonna Lee Cook “Touched by Magic” Mary Ann Wilson

Contemporary Sensual Romance “Change of Heart” Melanie Catley “Chesapeake Sands” Patricia Dutton “Compassionate Spirit” Pat Pinianski “Coral Promise” Sarah Brooke Smith “Seven Oaks” Susan Horton “Wild Risk, Gentle Promise” Kathy Lloyd

Contemporary Sweet Romance “The Gentling” Virginia Gray “The Darling Jade” Peggy Nicholson “The Love of the Irish” Carol Dennis “A Scent of Jasmine” Kathleen Beck “Tormenting Memories” Eleanor Robbins “The Woman Within” Elaine Lakso

Mainstream Historical Romance “Swan Bride” Betina Lindsey “Alexander, My Lord” Judith French “Lost Gods of the Navidad” Pat Bercier “Private Treaty” Kathleen Eagle “Tidewater Destiny” Barbara Dawson Smith “Wild Roses for Katie” Dian Egert

Young Adult Romance “What Are Friends for Anyway?” Pat Pinianski “Beyond Tomorrow” Louise Chatterton “Spanish Shadows” Paula Gorgas “Summer's Challenge” Julie Garwood “What Love Did to Randy” Dorothy Renko