2018 HOLT Medallion Winners

2018 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Winner: Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders

Snapdragon – Kilby Blades

Some Kind Of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe

Hold Me Down – Sara Taylor Woods

Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher – Seana Kelly

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: The Viscount And The Valet – Abigail Dane

The Charmer – Avery Flynn

Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders

Falling For The Right Brother – Kerri Carpenter

Some Kind Of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe

Short Contemporary

Winner: Risking It – Angela Quarles

Falling For The Right Brother – Kerri Carpenter

All He Wants For Christmas – Lizzie Shane

A Ring For The Greek’s Baby – Melanie Milburne

A Wedding And A White Christmas – Suzanne Stengl

Long Contemporary

Winner: The Charmer – Avery Flynn

Forever Mine – Erin Nicholas

Some Kind Of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe

Cooking With Kandy – Peggy Jaeger

Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher – Seana Kelly

Short Inspirational

Winner: A Tempting Taste Of Mystery – Elizabeth Ludwig

Gloria’s Song – Kathryn Albright

Sheriff – Laura Scott

Secret Christmas Twins – Lee Tobin McClain

The Keeper Of Her Heart – Stacy Henrie

Long Inspirational

Winner: A Stolen Heart – Amanda Cabot

Shine Like The Dawn – Carrie Turansky

Then There Was You – Kara Isaac

On Love’s Gentle Shore – Liz Johnson

Deadly Proof – Rachel Dylan

Historical

Winner: When The Scoundrel Sins – Anna Harrington

Marry In Haste – Anne Gracie

The Scoundrel’s Honor – Christi Caldwell

Enchanted By The Highlander – Lecia Cornwall

The Unseducible Earl – Sheri Humphreys

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Saving Grace – Aubrey Wynne

Dangerous Illusions – Irene Hannon

Rage – Janet Elizabeth Henderson

Resurrection – Katie Reus

Tinderbox – Rachel Grant

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic

Winner: To Have And To Howl – AE Jones

Saved By Darkness – Katie Reus

To Enthrall The Demon Lord – Nadine Mutas

Saving Jace – Rebecca Rivard

Haunted – Shari Nichols

Extra Spicy Romance

Winner: Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders

Snapdragon – Kilby Blades

The Rivalry – Nikki Sloane

Hold Me Down – Sara Taylor Woods

At His Mercy – Shelly Bell

Mainstream/Single Title

Winner: If Ever – Angie Stanton

The Lilac Bouquet – Carolyn Brown

Then Came You – Jeannie Moon

Scandalous – L. J. Shen

Million Dollar Cowboy – Lori Wilde

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner: Before The Rain Falls – Camille Di Maio

Searching For Billy Shakespeare – Crista McHugh

Unloved, A Love Story – Katy Regnery

Bless Her Heart – Sally Kilpatrick

Man Down – Tracy Tappan

Novella

Winner: A Scot For Christmas – Bronwen Evans

Mistletoe Me, Baby – Katie Reus

The Art Of Worship – Kilby Blades

Bedding The Highlander – Sabrina York

Christmas At Carnton – Tamera Alexander