1985 Golden Heart Winners

1984 Golden Heart Contest

Fee: $10 Entries: 178

Winners & Finalists

Category Historical Romance “Deception So Agreeable” Mary E. Butler “Gentle Warrior” Julie Garwood “Olivia” Karla Hocker

Contemporary Romance 65,000-80,000 Words “Bittersweet Dreams” Barbara Dawson Smith “In the Heart of the Mountain” Marianne Kelly “Love's Serenade” Diann Egert “The Loving Season” Nancy Morgan “The Summer of the Stranger's Kiss” Billie Weide “Undercover Angel” Suzanne Forster

Contemporary Romance over 80,000 Words “Beloved Rescuer” Susan Fox “Cherished Deceiver” Catherine Beyer “Lessons in Love” Char Woodard “A Message of Equals” Mary McNeill “Trial Marriage” Annette Broderick “Uncharted Course” Judy Whitten

Contemporary Romance under 65,000 Words “Love Leads the Parade” Christine DeSmet “Highway to Love” Helen Craig “Picture Perfect Love ” Linda Hartman “Silent Song” Leslie Knowles “Sweet Delaney” Julie Kistler

Historical Romance “The Crown and the Longship” Maureen E. Kurr “Fortune's Choice” Michal Ann Perry “The Irish Witch” Linda Wichman “Milady Wells” Regina Pounds “Savage Surrender” Laury Lennox

Traditional Romance “The Cutting Edge” Lisbeth Chance “A Dance of Passion” Linda Magee “Heartless Affair” Connie Ward Knapp “Porcelain Season” Heather MacAllister “Race for the Roses” Lorraine Snelling “Snow Angel” Cathy Redd

Young Adult Romance “It Adds Up” Janice Boies “Love Comes Riding” Kathy Stacy “We Vote Love” Mary Smith