2016 Golden Leaf

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

• * denotes New Jersey Romance Writers member

Contemporary Romance: Long

Winner: Sunset At Lake Crane - Casey Hagen*

The CEO Buys In - Nancy Herkness*

The All-Star Antes Up - Nancy Herkness*

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Winner: Carolina Dreaming - Virginia Kantra*

Her Second-Chance Family - Holly Jacobs

These Three Words - Holly Jacobs

Contemporary Romance: Short

Winner: Two Doctors & A Baby - Brenda Harlen

Wedding Date For Hire - Jennifer Shirk*

The Rancher's Surprise Son - Christine Wenger

The Lawman's Christmas Proposal - Barbara White Daille*

Erotic Romance

Winner: Hard Ride - Opal Carew*

My Best Friends's Stepfather - Opal Carew*

Operation: Desire Me - Christina James

Historical Romance

Winner: Magnate - Joanna Shupe*

What To Do With A Duke - Sally MacKenzie

The Daughter Of An Earl - Victoria Morgan

Novella

Winner: Christmas Laurel - Christine Bush*

In The Spinster's Bed - Sally MacKenzie

Guarding The Quarterback - Liz Matis

Paranormal Romance

Winner: Skin Deep - Marissa Doyle

Cottage In The Mist - Dee Davis*

Forbidden - Katrina Snow

Heir To The Pack - Laura Welling

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Seconds To Live - Melinda Leigh*

Energized - Mary Behre*

True Peril - Veronica Forand

When Secrets Strike - Marta Perry

Best First Book

Winner: The Ghost Chronicles - Marlo Berliner*

The Love Square - Jessica Calla*

Tiger Lily - Wende Dikec