2020 HOLT Medallion Winners

2020 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: Only One Life - Ashley Farley

• Finalists:

All That I Dread – Linda J. White

Callie’s Second Chance For Love – Allie Kincaid

A Ghost Of A Chance - Katie Baldwin – Katie Baldwin

Nothing To Fear – Juno Rushdan

Best First Book

Winner: Wrecking Christmas - Liza Jonathan

• Finalists:

Fae Touched – Lisa Rae Roman

Fatal Flashback – Kellie VanHorn

In The Shadow Of Croft Towers – Abigail Wilson

Jesse’s Girl – Tara September

Extra Spicy/Erotic Romance

Winner: Royally Bitten - Lexi C. Foss

• Finalists:

Cabin 1 (Steele Shadows Security) – Amanda McKinney

Jake: Southern Crime Family – Carla Swafford

Learn My Lesson – Katee Robert

Work For It – Ashley Bostock

Historical Romance

Winner: The Work Of Art - Mimi Matthews

• Finalists:

Healing Hearts – Sarah M. Eden

Reckless In Red – Rachael Miles

Rogue Most Wanted – Janna MacGregor

A Rogue To Remember – Chasity Bowlin

Long Contemporary Romance

Winner: Drove All Night - Sarah Hegger

• Finalists:

Can’t Stop The Feeling – Janet Elizabeth Henderson

Cowboy To The Core – Maisey Yates

It’s Not PMS, It’s You – Rich Amooi

The Secret Ingredient – Kilby Blades

Long Inspirational Romance

Winner: The Express Bride - Kimberley Woodhouse

• Finalists:

Brunch At Bittersweet Cafe – Carla Laureano

Driftwood Bay – Irene Hannon

More Than Words Can Say – Karen Witemeyer

Now And Then And Always – Melissa Tagg

Mainstream/Single Title Romance

Winner: One Year Home - Marie Force

• Finalists:

The Christmas Dare – Lori Wilde

Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy – Caitlin Crews

Dating By The Book – Mary Ann Marlowe

Low Country Christmas – Lee Tobin McClain

Novel with Romantic Elements

Winner: Only One Life - Ashley Farley

• Finalists:

The Family Journal – Carolyn Brown

A Fire Sparkling – Julianne MacLean

Lacewood – Jessica James

The Military Wife – Laura Trentham

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic/Fantasy Romance

Winner: Vermilion Lies - L.D. Rose

• Finallists:

Eden’s Voice – Catherine Stein

Jungle Salvation, The Jaguar Queens Book II – M.A. Jewell

Red Awakening – Janet Elizabeth Henderson

Wrecking Christmas – Liza Jonathan

Romance Novella

Winner: Earl Of Darby - Aubrey Wynne

Caitlyn’s Christmas Wish – Sandra Owens

Jesse’s Girl – Tara September

Meant To Be – Alison Bliss

A Winter Knight – Barbara Bettis

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Covert Vengeance - Kaylea Cross

• Finalists:

Cold & Deadly – Toni Anderson

Hollywood – Zoe Dawson

Securing Piper – Susan Stoker

Sniper’s Pride – Megan Crane

Short Contemporary Romance

:Winner: The Colonel's Texas Promise - Caro Carson

• Finalists:

A Christmas Rendezvous - Karen Booth

A Dog Called Valentine – Roxanne Snopek

Love At The Shore – Teri Wilson

Rancher Next Door – Marie Johnston

Short Inspirational Romance

Winner: Her Colorado Cowboy - Mindy Oberhaus

• Finalists:

Fatal Flashback – Kellie VanHorn

Hallowed Ground – Mary Alford

A Rancher To Trust – Laurel Blount

Remembering Daisy – Dana R. Lynn