2024 NERFA Winners & Finalists

2024 Winners and Finalists of the First Coast Romance Writers' National Excellence In Romance Fiction Award

Best First Book

Winner: The Witch Whisperer - Barb DeLong

The Gangster's Daughter - Jodie Leigh Murray

Sanctuary On Victoria Island - Karen Andover

Contemporary Romance

Winner: A Guide To Being Just Friends - Sophie Sullivan

Mistletow Latte - Ellen Mint

Royal Caleva - Nancy Herkness

Historical Romance

Winner: Forgiven Never Forgotten - Susan Leigh Furlong

Highland Beast - Heather McCollum

Two Scandals And A Scot - Tracy Sumner

Mainstream Romance

Winner: The Buried Hours - R.S. Grant

His Montana Star - Shirley Hailstock

Never On Monday - Maggie FitzRoy

Romance Novella

Winner: Staging Christmas: A Dicken Holiday Romance - Kathryn Hills

A Barking Chance - Leah Miles

Holidate Fail - Abigail Sharpe

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Trust Me - Rachel Grant

Delayed Redemption - Kel O'Connor

Ranch Showdown - Tina Wheeler

Speculative Romance

Winner: The Witch Whisperer - Barb DeLong

Leopold - Dania Voss

Lost In The Dark - Gail Chianese