2021 NERFA Winners & Finalists

2021 Winners and Finalists of the First Coast Romance Writers' National Excellence In Romance Fiction Award

Best First Book

Winner: Please Stay For Me - M.W. McKinley

Home Waters - Elizabeth Devlin

Dangerous Exposure - Dianna Shuford

Contemporary Romance

Winner: The Bartender's Secret - Caro Carson

Wrong Number, Right Woman - Jae

The Road Home - LA Witt

Erotic Romance

Winner: Hannah's Bliss - Dania Voss

Steal My Heart - Aimee O'Brian

The Wall Between Hearts - LA Witt

Historical Romance

Winner: Scandal's Promise - Pamela Gibson

Regarding The Duke - Grace Callaway

Felice - Kathleen Bittner Roth

Inspirational Romance

Winner: Dangerous Exposure - Dianna Shuford

An Unexpected Arrangement - Heidi McCahan

At Love's Command - Karen Witemeyer

Mainstream Fiction With A Central Romance

Winner: Christmas Charms - Teri Wilson

A Ghoulish MIdlife - Lia Davis & LA Boruff

Home Waters - Elizabeth Devlin

Paranormal Romance

Winner: Tears Of The Wolf - Sharon Buchbinder

Last Kiss Under The Mistletoe - Melanie A. Smith

Ripples And Waves - LA Witt

Romantic Novella

Winner: Chasing The Duke - Tracy Sumner

Meet Me At The Inn - Roni Denholtz

A Merry Royal Layover - Teri Wilson

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Cold Horizon - Kristy McCaffrey

Cold & Deadly - Toni Anderson

Shattered Vows - Kaylea Cross

Young Adult

Winner: Please Stay For Me - M.W. McKinley

Evergreen - Marissa Doyle

Enduring Destiny - Shaila Patel