2017 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Romance: Long

Winner: Miracle On 5th Avenue - Sarah Morgan

• Finalists:

Always A Bridesmaid - Lizzie Shane

Hot In Hellcat Canyon - Julie Anne Long

Make Me Sin - J.T. Geissinger

Pansies - Alexis Hall

Snowfall On Haven Point - RaeAnne Thayne

Tender Is The Night - Barbara Freethy

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Winner: Carolina Dreaming - Virginia Kantra

• Finalists:

Back In The Saddle - Karen Templeton

Barefoot At Midnight - Roxanne St. Claire

Fast Connection - Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell

Lone Heart Pass - Jodi Thomas

Off The Hook - Laura Drewry

Once And For All: An American Valor Novel - Cheryl Etchison

Tell Me How This Ends - Victoria De La O

The Turning Point - Marie Meyer

Wanderlust - Roni Loren

Contemporary Romance: Short

Winner: Christmas On Crimson Mountain - Michelle Major

• Finalists:

APB: Baby - Julie Miller

Breaking Good - Madeline Ash

Falling For The Rancher - Tanya Michaels

Far From Home - Lorelie Brown

His Stolen Bride - Barbara Dunlop

A Malibu Kind Of Romance - Synithia Williams

Overwhelming Force - Janie Crouch

Searching For Disaster - Jennifer Probst

Two Doctors And A Baby - Brenda Harlen

Erotic Romance

Winner: Off The Clock - Roni Loren

• Finalists:

The Dirty Secret - Kira A. Gold

The Master - Tara Sue Me

Ravenous - M. S. Force

Three Sweet Nothings - Nikki Sloane

First Book

Winner: Once And For All: An American Valor Novel - Cheryl Etchison

• Finalists:

Alterations - Stephanie Scott

Close To You - Kara Isaac

The Distance From A To Z - Natalie Blitt

Summer Of Supernovas - Darcy Woods

Historical Romance: Long

Winner: No Mistress Of Mine - Laura Lee Guhrke

• Finalists:

Dukes Prefer Blondes - Loretta Chase

How I Married A Marquess - Anna Harrington

Susana And The Scot - Sabrina York

Historical Romance: Short

Winner: A Duke To Remember - Kelly Bowen

• Finalists:

Do You Want To Start A Scandal? - Tessa Dare

Duke Of Sin - Elizabeth Hoyt

Left At The Altar - Margaret Brownley

The Study Of Seduction - Sabrina Jeffries

Taming The Highlander - May McGoldrick

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

Winner: The Moon In The Palace - Weina Dai Randel

• Finalists:

The Color Of A Promise - Julianne MacLean

The Depth Of Beauty - A. B. Michaels

Now That It's You - Tawna Fenske

-Paranormal Romance

Winner: The Pages Of The Mind - Jeffe Kennedy

• Finalists:

Bayou Shadow Hunter - Debbie Herbert

The Beast - J.R. Ward

The Champion Of Baresh (aka Star Champion) - Susan Grant

Enchanted Warrior - Sharon Ashwood

Ghost Gifts - Laura Lee Spinella

The Leopard King - Ann Aguirre

Where The Wild Things Bite - Molly Harper

Romance Novella

Winner: Her Every Wish - Courtney Milan

• Finalists:

"The Husband Maneuver" in With This Ring?: A Novella Collection of Proposals Gone Awry - Karen Witemeyer

Let It Snow - Jeanette Grey

"Let Us Dream" in Daughters Of A Nation - Alyssa Cole

Searching For Mine - Jennifer Probst

Tycoon - Joanna Shupe

Wild In Rio - Lyssa Kay Adams

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

Winner: My Hope Next Door - Tammy L. Gray

• Finalists:

Close To You - Kara Isaac

Keeper Of The Stars - Robin Lee Hatcher

Trust My Heart - Carol J. Post

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Repressed - Elisabeth Naughton

• Finalists:

All The Dead Girls - Rita Herron

Atone - Beth Yarnall

Field Of Graves - J. T. Ellison

Killer Countdown - Amelia Autin

Mr. And Mr. Smith - HelenKay Dimon

One Minute To Midnight - Nico Rosso

Tall, Dark And Damaged - Sarah Andre

Young Adult Romance

Winner: The Problem With Forever - Jennifer L. Armentrout

• Finalists:

Affective Needs - Rebecca Taylor

The Distance From A To Z - Natalie Blitt

Summer Of Supernovas - Darcy Woods