2001 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

* Winner: First Lady - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

• Finalists:

In The Midnight Rain - Ruth Wind

Kiss And Tell - Cherry Adair

Twelve Days - Teresa Hill

The Unsung Hero - Suzanne Brockmann

The Wrong Child - Patricia Kay

First Book

* Winner: A Man Like Mac - Fay Robinson

• Finalists:

By Arrangement - Madeline Hunter

Cowboy For Keeps - Kristi Gold

In The Shadow Of The Moon - Karen White

My Champion - Glynnis Campbell

Passing By Samaria - Sharon Ewell Foster

Reilly's Law - Elizabeth Keys

Remember The Night - Linda Castillo

Ties Of Love by Anita Wall

Inspirational Romance

* Winner: The Shepherd's Voice - Robin Lee Hatcher

• Finalists:

Awakening Mercy - Angela Benson

The Negotiator - Dee Henderson

Passing By Samaria - Sharon Ewell Foster

True Devotion - Dee Henderson

When Joy Came To Stay - Karen Kingsbury

Long Contemporary Romance

* Winner: Rogue's Reform - Marilyn Pappano

• Finalists:

Beginning With Baby - Christie Ridgway

The Brands Who Came For Christmas - Maggie Shayne

The Comeback Of Con MacNeill - Virginia Kantra

The Daughter Merger - Janice Kay Johnson

The Fourth Child - C. J. Carmichael

Get Lucky - Suzanne Brockmann

Mad Dog And Annie - Virginia Kantra

Saving Grace - RaeAnne Thayne

Long Historical Romance

* Winner: Devilish - Jo Beverley

• Finalists:

Here Comes The Bride - Pamela Morsi

I Do, I Do, I Do - Maggie Osborne

Midnight Pleasures - Eloisa James

Silver Lining - Maggie Osborne

The Stone Maiden - Susan Fraser King

The Sun And The Moon - Patricia Ryan

The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn

Paranormal Romance

* Winner: The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning

• Finalists:

Catch A Fallen Angel - Kathleen Kane

Dark Magic - Christine Feehan

In The Shadow Of The Moon - Karen White

Prince Of Time - Glenna McReynolds

The Star King - Susan Grant

Regency Romance

* Winner: A Grand Design - Emma Jensen

• Finalists:

Lord Nightingale's Debut - Judith A. Lansdowne

Once Upon A Christmas - Diane Farr

The Ramshackle Suitor - Nancy Butler

Saved By Scandal - Barbara Metzger

Romance Novella

* Winner: "Final Approach...To Forever" in Special Report - Merline Lovelace

• Finalists:

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Millennium Baby - Kristine Rolofson

"The Enchantment" in Once Upon A Dream - Ruth Ryan Langan

"In Dreams" in Once Upon A Dream - Nora Roberts

Romantic Suspense

* Winner: Carolina Moon - Nora Roberts

• Finalists:

Blade's Lady - Fiona Brand

Brown-Eyed Girl - Mariah Stewart

Renegade Heart - Gayle Wilson

Witness In Death - J.D. Robb

Short Contemporary Romance

* Winner: It Takes A Rebel - Stephanie Bond

• Finalists:

Callan's Proposition - Barbara McCauley

First Comes Love - Elizabeth Bevarly

In Name Only - Peggy Moreland

Moonlighting - Heather MacAllister

Out Of The Blue (aka The Wrong Bed) - Jill Shalvis

Rough And Rugged - Colleen Collins

The Taming Of Tyler Kincaid - Sandra Marton

Short Historical Romance

* Winner: The Mistress - Susan Wiggs

• Finalists:

Donovan's Bed - Debra Mullins

Dove's Way - Linda Francis Lee

The Duke And I - Julia Quinn

The Gentleman Thief - Deborah Simmons

The Last Bride In Texas - Judith Stacy

Never Kiss A Duke - Eileen Putman

Silk And Steel - Kat Martin

Traditional Romance

* Winner: The Best Man And The Bridesmaid - Liz Fielding

• Finalists:

The Bride's Proposition - Day Leclaire

The Lyon's Den - Selina Sinclair

Mixing Business...With Baby - Diana Whitney

To Marry A Sheikh - Day Leclaire

Tom Bradley's Babies - Marion Lennox