2001 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron

In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperTorch - Laura Cifelli

Kiss and Tell by Cherry Adair - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers

Twelve Days by Teresa Hill - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Cecilia Oh

The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers

The Wrong Child by Patricia Kay - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang

First Book - 9 A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Paula Eykelhof By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter PRH/Random House, Bantam - Wendy McCurdy Cowboy for Keeps by Kristi Gold HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Jennifer Walsh In the Shadow of the Moon by Karen White Dorchester, Love Spell My Champion by Glynnis Campbell PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Cindy Hwang Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball Reilly's Law by Elizabeth Keys Kensington, Zebra, Ballad - Amy Garvey Remember the Night by Linda Castillo HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Jennifer Nauss Ties of Love by Anita Wall Kensington, Zebra, Historical - Karen Taylor-Richman

Inspirational Romance - 6 The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher PRH/Crown, WaterBrook - Traci DePree Awakening Mercy by Angela Benson Tyndale House - Becky Nesbitt & Diane Elbe The Negotiator by Dee Henderson PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Julee Schwarzburg Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball True Devotion by Dee Henderson PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Julee Schwarzburg When Joy Came to Stay by Karen Kingsbury PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball

Long Contemporary Series Romance - 9 Rogue's Reform by Marilyn Pappano HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger Beginning with Baby by Christie Ridgway HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Lynda Curnyn The Brands Who Came for Christmas by Maggie Shayne HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger The Comeback of Conn MacNeill by Virginia Kantra HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Mary-Theresa Hussey The Daughter Merger by Janice Kay Johnson HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Laura Shin The Fourth Child by C. J. Carmichael HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Beverley Sotolov Get Lucky by Suzanne Brockmann HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan Mad Dog and Annie by Virginia Kantra HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Mary-Theresa Hussey Saving Grace by RaeAnne Thayne HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan & Karen Kosztolnyik

Long Historical Romance - 8 Devilish by Jo Beverley PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Audrey LaFehr Here Comes the Bride by Pamela Morsi HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James PRH/Random House, Delacorte - Jacqueline Cantor Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers The Stone Maiden by Susan Fraser King PRH, Penguin, Putnam - Audrey LaFehr The Sun and the Moon by Patricia Ryan PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Cecilia Oh The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch

Paranormal Romance - 6 The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning PRH/Random House, Dell - Wendy McCurdy Catch A Fallen Angel by Kathleen Kane Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin Dark Magic by Christine Feehan Dorchester, Love Spell - Leslie Kazanjian In the Shadow of the Moon by Karen White Dorchester, Love Spell - Kate Collins Prince of Time by Glenna McReynolds PRH/Random House, Bantam - Elizabeth Barrett The Star King by Susan Grant Dorchester, Love Spell - Christopher Keeslar

Regency Romance - 5 A Grand Design by Emma Jensen PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross Lord Nightingale's Debut by Judith A. Lansdowne Kensington, Zebra, Regency - Kate Duffy Once upon a Christmas by Diane Farr PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross The Ramshackle Suitor by Nancy Butler PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross Saved by Scandal by Barbara Metzger PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

Romance Novella - 4 "Final Approach...to Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Millennium Baby by Kristine Rolofson HarperCollins, Harlequin - Malle Vallik "The Enchantment" in Once Upon a Dream by Ruth Ryan Langan PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Judith Stern Palais "In Dreams" in Once Upon a Dream by Nora Roberts PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman

Romantic Suspense - 5 Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman Blade's Lady by Fiona Brand HarperCollins, Harlequin, Silhouette - Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger Brown-Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Kate Collins Renegade Heart by Gayle Wilson HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Angela Catalano Witness in Death by J. D. Robb PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman

Short Contemporary Romance - 8 It Takes a Rebel by Stephanie Bond HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin Callan's Proposition by Barbara McCauley HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Melissa Jeglinski First Comes Love by Elizabeth Bevarly HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Gail Chasan In Name Only by Peggy Moreland HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lynda Curnyn Moonlighting by Heather MacAllister HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin Out of the Blue (aka The Wrong Bed) by Jill Shalvis HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Susan Sheppard Rough and Rugged by Colleen Collins HarperCollins, Harlequin, Duets - Malle Vallik The Taming of Tyler Kincaid by Sandra Marton HarperCollins, Harlequin, Presents - Tessa Shapcott

Short Historical Romance - 8 The Mistress by Susan Wiggs HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Dianne Moggy & Martha Keenan Donovan's Bed by Debra Mullins HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding Dove's Way by Linda Francis Lee PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers The Duke and I by Julia Quinn HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch The Gentleman Thief by Deborah Simmons HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury The Last Bride in Texas by Judith Stacy HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury Never Kiss a Duke by Eileen Putman HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding Silk and Steel by Kat Martin Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin

Traditional Romance - 6 The Best Man & the Bridesmaid by Liz Fielding HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Ceri Tomlins The Bride's Proposition by Day Leclaire HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Samantha Bell The Lyon's Den by Selina Sinclair HarperCollins, Harlequin, Duets- Susan Sheppard Mixing Business...with Baby by Diana Whitney HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Jennifer Walsh To Marry a Sheikh by Day Leclaire HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Samantha Bell Tom Bradley's Babies by Marion Lennox HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Ceri Tomlins