2024 HOLT Medallion Winners

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2024 Winners and Finalists for the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Winner: Wolf's Keep - K.E. Turner

  • Finalists:
Abounding Hope - Cindy Kay Stewart
The Earl Was Wrong - [[Britt Belle]
Julia Monroe Begins Again - Rebekah Millet
Something I Haven't Told You - Pearl Ada Pridham

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: The Dark Reckoning - Sarah Hamaker

  • Finalists:
Date The Alphabet - Laura Langa
The Earl Was Wrong - Britt Belle
Gemini Wild - Laura Navarre
Naughty And Nice - Mari Carr

Extra Spicy/Erotic Romance

Winner: Beautiful Sin - Jennilyn Wyer

  • Finalists:
Gemini Wild - Laura Navarre
Pony Camp - Roz Lee
Radiant Sin - Katee Robert
Salt Kiss - Sierra Simone

Historical Romance

Winner: A Reluctant Debut - Teresa Sweeney

  • Finalists:
A Duke, Love & Sunshine - Tabetha Waite
The Earl Was Wrong_Britt Belle
Lion Of TWilight - Lathryn LeVeque
The Moonstone Duke - Meara Platt

Long Contemporary Romance

Winner: Challenging The Chef - Shanna Hatfield

  • Finalists:
Press Release - Leslie O'Sullivan
Something Old, Something New - Amy Clipston
Starstruck - Amy Clipston
Things We Left Behind - Lucy Score

Long Inspirational Romance

Winner: The Color Of Sky And Stone - Sara Davison

  • Finalists:
26 Below - Kimberley Woodhouse
Cold Light Of Day - Elizabeth Goddard
Fairest Of Heart - Karen Witemeyer
Wildflower Falls - Denise Hunter

Mid-Length Contemporary Romance

Winner: Date The Alphabet - Laura Langa

  • Finalists:
Caught By The Cowgirl - Tanya Agler
Haley And The Yeti - Laura Langa
Influence - Peggy Jaeger
Look Smart - Aly Stiles

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner: The Christmas Love Letters - Sue Moorcroft

  • Finalists:
Dead Keen - Anise Eden
Guardian Of Time - J.R. Lesperance
One Southern Summer - Heidi McCahan
Something I Haven't Told You - Pearl Ada Pridham

Romance Novella

Winner: Mountains Made Of Glass - Scarlett St. Clair

  • Finalists:
How The Hitman Stole Christmas - Katie Reus
The Lyone Who Loved Me - Tracy Sumner
Naughty And Nice - Mari Carr
True Stars Collide - Claire Marti

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Into The Fire - Irene Hannon

  • Finalists:
Above 'N' Beyond - Tee O'Fallon
Final Shot - Kaylea Cross
Lost In The Dark - [[Gail Chianese]
To Hold And Protect - Sandra Owens

Short Contemporary Romance

Winner: Love At First Cowboy - Jennie Marts

  • Finalists:
Almost In Amalfi - Leigh Adams
Fortune's Fatherhood Dare - Makenna Lee
Reunited With The Children's Doc - Susan Carlisle
Second Chance For The Heart Doctor - Susan Carlisle

Short Inspirational Romance

Winner: Amish Wilderness Survival - Mary Alford

  • Finalists:
Dedicated To The One I Love - Beth K. Vogt
Hunted At Christmas - Dana R. Lyn
A Steadfast Companion - Myra Johnson
The Shifting Current - Dani Pettrey

Speculative Romance

Winner: Unleashed - Aria Glazki

  • Finalists:
Bitten By Surpise - Lizzy Gayle
Guardian Reassign - Catherine Rull
Logan: The Shadow And The Pen Dragon - Susan Lute
Sight Beyond The Sun - Melody Johnson

Young Adult Romance

Winner: Bring Me Your Midnight - Rachel Friffin

  • Finalists:
Night Of The Witch - Sara Raasch, Beth Revis
Please Live For Me - M.W. McKinley
Unwanted: Finding Where You're Loved - Elise Manion