2015 Golden Leaf

2016 Winners and Finalists of the New Jersey Romance Writers' Golden Leaf Award

• * denotes New Jersey Romance Writers member

Contemporary Romance

Winner: Reunion In October - Gina Ardito*

All Or Nothing - Cheri Allan

Riding Steele - Opal Carew

Summer On Kendall Farm - Shirley Hailstock*

Historical Romance

Winner: Sinfully Yours - Cara Elliott

A Scandalous Rogue - Janmarie Anello

A Lady Of Notoriety - Diane Gaston*

Novella

Winner: One Little Kiss - Robin Covington

Christmas Rose - Christine Bush*

Flirting On Ice - Veronica Forand & Susan Scott

Paranormal Romance

Winner: Rising Fire: A Novel Of The Stone Circles - Terri Brisbin*

Knight Of Rapture - Ruth A. Casie*

Three Wishes - Debra Dunbar

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Meant To Be - Jessica James

Minutes To Kill - Melinda Leigh

Exchange Of Fire - P.A. DePaul*

Short Contemporary

Winner: Carry Her Heart - Holly Jacobs

The Magnate's Manifesto - Jennifer Hayward

Secret Obsession - Robin Perini*

Best First Book

Winner: For The Love Of The Dame - Miriam Allenson*

Triple Threat - Regina Kyle

The Dressmaker's Duke - Jess Russell