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===[[RITA®: Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure|'''Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure|'''Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure''']]===
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* ''[[Soldier's Last Stand]]'' by [[Cindy Dees]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Patience Bloom, editor)
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*Finalists:  
 
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** ''[[Cooper Vengeance]]'' by Paula Graves]] ([[Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
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** ''[[Cooper Vengeance]]'' by [[Paula Graves]] ([[Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
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** ''[[The Doctor’s Deadly Affair]]'' by Stephanie Doyle]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Wanda Ottewell, editor)
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** ''[[The Doctor’s Deadly Affair]]'' by [[Stephanie Doyle]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Wanda Ottewell, editor)
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** ''[[The Man from Gossamer Ridge]]'' by Paula Graves]] ([[Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
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** ''[[The Man from Gossamer Ridge]]'' by [[Paula Graves]] ([[Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
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** ''[[Nothing But the Truth]]'' by Kara Lennox]] ([[Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
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** ''[[Nothing But the Truth]]'' by [[Kara Lennox]] ([[Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
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** ''[[Soldier's Last Stand]]'' by Cindy Dees]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Patience Bloom, editor)
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** ''[[Stranded with Her Ex]]'' by [[Jill Sorenson]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Stacy Boyd, editor)
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** ''[[Stranded with Her Ex]]'' by Jill Sorenson]] ([[Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Stacy Boyd, editor)
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** ''[[Taken to the Edge]]'' by [[Kara Lennox]] ([[Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
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** ''[[Taken to the Edge]]'' by Kara Lennox]] ([[Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
 
  
  
 
===[[RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title|'''Best Contemporary Single Title''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title|'''Best Contemporary Single Title''']]===
 
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** ''[[At Hidden Falls]]'' by Barbara Freethy  
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** ''[[At Hidden Falls]]'' by [[Barbara Freethy]] (Pocket Books; Micki Nuding, editor)
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Pocket Books; Micki Nuding, editor)
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** ''[[Black Ties And Lullabies]]'' by [[Jane Graves]] (Grand Central Publishing Forever; Michele Bidelspach, editor
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** ''[[Black Ties and Lullabies]]'' by Jane Graves  
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** ''[[Boomerang Bride]]'' by [[Fiona Lowe]] (Carina Press; Charlotte Herscher, editor
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Grand Central Publishing Forever; Michele Bidelspach, editor
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** ''[[Heartstrings And Diamond Rings]]'' by [[Jane Graves]] (Grand Central Publishing Forever; Michele Bidelspach, editor
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** ''[[Boomerang Bride]]'' by Fiona Lowe  
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** ''[[Silver Sparks]]'' by [[Starr Ambrose]] (Pocket Books; Abby Zidle, editor
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Carina Press; Charlotte Herscher, editor
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** ''[[Slow Dancing On Price's Pier]]'' by [[Lisa Dale]] (Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor
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** ''[[Heartstrings and Diamond Rings]]'' by Jane Graves
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** ''[[Summer At Seaside Cove]]'' by [[Jacquie D’Alessandro]] (Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor
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Grand Central Publishing Forever; Michele Bidelspach, editor
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** ''[[The Welcome Home Garden Club]]'' by [[Lori Wilde]] (Avon Books; Lucia Macro, editor
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** ''[[Silver Sparks]]'' by Starr Ambrose  
 
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Pocket Books; Abby Zidle, editor
 
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** ''[[Slow Dancing on Price's Pier]]'' by Lisa Dale  
 
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Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor
 
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** ''[[Summer at Seaside Cove]]'' by Jacquie D’Alessandro
 
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Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor
 
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** ''[[The Welcome Home Garden Club]]'' by Lori Wilde  
 
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Avon Books; Lucia Macro, editor
 
  
  

Revision as of 04:16, 29 July 2012

The following authors and books are finalists in the 2012 RITA contest. Over 1,000 novels and novellas were judged in 12 categories. Winners of the awards were announced in July 2012 at the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony at the RWA's 32th Annual National Conference in Anaheim, California.


Best First Book


Best Contemporary Series Romance


Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure


Best Contemporary Single Title


Best Historical Romance


Best Inspirational Romance

Best Novel With Strong Romantic Elements


Best Paranormal Romance

  • Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison]] (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor
  • Finalists:
    • Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh]] (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor
    • Changeling Moon by Dani Harper]] (Kensington Brava; Alicia Condon, editor
    • Envy by J.R. Ward]] (NAL Signet; Kara Welsh, editor
    • Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh]] (Harlequin Nocture; Tara Gavin, editor
    • The Lost by Caridad Piñeiro]] (Grand Central Publishing Forever; Selina McLemore, editor
    • Nightfall by Ellen Connor (writing team Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty) (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor
    • The Restorer by Amanda Stevens]] (Harlequin MIRA; Denise Zaza, editor

Best Regency Historical Romance


Best Romantic Novella

    • [[I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden

Avon Impulse; Lyssa Keusch, editor

  • Finalists:
    • "Angel's Wolf" by Nalini Singh

in Angels of Darkness Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor

    • "Chaos in Death" by J.D. Robb

in The Unquiet Berkley Publishing Group; Leslie Gelbman, editor

    • "Compassion Can't Wait" by Carly Phillips

in More Than Words, Vol. 7 Harlequin Enterprises; Marsha Zinberg, editor

    • "One Wish: a Christmas Story" by Jodi Thomas

in A Texas Christmas Kensington Zebra; Peter Senftleben, editor

    • "Resolution" by Linda Winstead Jones

in The Heart of Winter Harlequin Enterprises; Stacy Boyd, editor

    • "The Storm Within” by Trish Morey

in A Royal Engagement Harlequin Presents; Joanne Grant, editor

    • "Unforgiven" by Ruth Ryan Langan

in The Unquiet Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor


Best Romantic Suspense

  • Finalists:
    • Hidden Away by Maya Banks]] (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor
    • Hot Zone by Catherine Mann]] (Sourcebooks Casablanca; Deb Werksman, editor
    • Hush by Cherry Adair]] (Pocket Star; Lauren McKenna, editor
    • New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb]] (Penguin Putnam; Leslie Gelbman, editor
    • Secrets of Bella Terra by Christina Dodd]] (New American Library; Kerry Donovan, editor
    • True Colors by Joyce Lamb]] (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Wendy McCurdy, editor
    • True Shot by Joyce Lamb]] (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Wendy McCurdy, editor
    • Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison]] (Harlequin MIRA; Adam Wilson and Miranda Indrigo, editors

Best Young Adult Romance

  • Finalists:
    • Enclave by Ann Aguirre]] (Macmillan Feiwel & Freinds; Liz Szabla, editor
    • Flawless by Lara Chapman]] (Bloomsbury Publishing; Caroline Abbey, editor
    • Hourglass by Myra McEntire]] (Egmont USA; Regina Griffin, editor
    • I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler]] (Sourcebooks Fire; Leah Hultenschmidt, editor
    • Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep]] (Kensington Teen; Alicia Condon, editor
    • Warped by Maurissa Guibord]] (Delacorte Press; Michelle Poploff, editor
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