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===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Long|'''Contemporary Romance: Long''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Long|'''Contemporary Romance: Long''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Miracle on 5th Avenue]]'' by [[Sarah Morgan]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Flo Nicholl | ||
| + | :''[[Always a Bridesmaid]]'' by [[Lizzie Shane]] - Self-published - Kristan Andrews | ||
| + | :''[[Hot in Hellcat Canyon]]'' by [[Julie Anne Long]] - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen | ||
| + | :''[[Make Me Sin]]'' by [[J. T. Geissinger]] - Amazon, Montlake - Maria Gomez | ||
| + | :''[[Pansies]]'' by [[Alexis Hall]] - Riptide - Sarah Lyons | ||
| + | :''[[Snowfall on Haven Point]]'' by [[RaeAnne Thayne]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Gail Chasan | ||
| + | :''[[Tender Is the Night]]'' by [[Barbara Freethy]] - Hyde Street Press | ||
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length|'''Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length|'''Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length''']]=== | ||
| + | :''[[Carolina Dreaming]]'' by [[Virginia Kantra]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang | ||
| + | :''[[Back in the Saddle]]'' by [[Karen Templeton]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan | ||
| + | :''[[Barefoot at Midnight]]'' by [[Roxanne St. Claire]] - Self-published - Kristi Yanta | ||
| + | :''[[Fast Connection]]'' by [[Megan Erickson]] & [[Santino Hassell]] - Self-published | ||
| + | :''[[Lone Heart Pass]]'' by [[Jodi Thomas]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Brittany Lawery & Susan Swinwood | ||
| + | :''[[Off the Hook]]'' by [[Laura Drewry]] - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Junessa Viloria | ||
| + | :''[[Once and for All: An American Valor Novel]]'' by [[Cheryl Etchison]] - HarperCollins, Avon, Impulse - Priyanka Krishnan & Rebecca Lucash | ||
| + | :''[[Tell Me How This Ends]]'' by [[Victoria De La O]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Swerve - Eileen Rothschild | ||
| + | :''[[The Turning Point]]'' by [[Marie Meyer]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever Yours - Megha Parekh | ||
| + | :''[[Wanderlust]]'' by [[Roni Loren]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kate Seaver | ||
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Short|'''Contemporary Romance: Short''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Short|'''Contemporary Romance: Short''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Christmas on Crimson Mountain]]'' by [[Michelle Major]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan | ||
| + | :''[[APB: Baby]]'' by [[Julie Miller]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Allison Lyons | ||
| + | :''[[Breaking Good]]'' by [[Madeline Ash]] - Tule, Holiday - Sinclaire Sawhney | ||
| + | :''[[Falling for the Rancher]]'' by [[Tanya Michaels]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Johanna Raisanen | ||
| + | :''[[Far from Home]]'' by [[Lorelie Brown]] - Riptide - Gwen Hayes & Sarah Lyons | ||
| + | :''[[His Stolen Bride]]'' by [[Barbara Dunlop]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Kathryn Lye | ||
| + | :''[[A Malibu Kind of Romance]]'' by [[Synithia Williams]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Kimani - Shannon Criss | ||
| + | :''[[Overwhelming Force]]'' by [[Janie Crouch]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Allison Lyons | ||
| + | :''[[Searching for Disaster]]'' by [[Jennifer Probst]] - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Star - Lauren McKenna | ||
| + | :''[[Two Doctors and a Baby]]'' by [[Brenda Harlen]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Susan Litman | ||
===[[RITA®: Erotic Romance|'''Erotic Romance''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Erotic Romance|'''Erotic Romance''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Off the Clock]]'' by [[Roni Loren]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kate Seaver | ||
| + | :''[[The Dirty Secret]]'' by [[Kira A. Gold]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Libby Murphy | ||
| + | :''[[The Master]]'' by [[Tara Sue Me]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Claire Zion | ||
| + | :''[[Ravenous]]'' by [[M. S. Force]] - HTJB - Linda Ingmanson | ||
| + | :''[[Three Sweet Nothings]]'' by [[Nikki Sloane]] - Self-published - Lori Whitwam | ||
===[[RITA®: First Book|'''First Book''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: First Book|'''First Book''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Once and for All: An American Valor Novel]]'' by [[Cheryl Etchison]] - HarperCollins, Avon, Impulse - Priyanka Krishnan & Rebecca Lucash | ||
| + | :''[[Alterations]]'' by [[Stephanie Scott]] - Bloomsbury, Spark - Meredith Rich | ||
| + | :''[[Close to You]]'' by [[Kara Isaac]] - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams | ||
| + | :''[[The Distance from A to Z]]'' by [[Natalie Blitt]] - HarperCollins, HarperTeen - Annie Berger | ||
| + | :''[[Summer of Supernovas]]'' by [[Darcy Woods]] - PRH/Crown BFYR - Emily Easton | ||
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Long|'''Historical Romance: Long''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Long|'''Historical Romance: Long''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[No Mistress of Mine]]'' by [[Laura Lee Guhrke]] - HarperCollins, Avon - Erika Tsang | ||
| + | :''[[Dukes Prefer Blondes]]'' by [[Loretta Chase]] - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen | ||
| + | :''[[How I Married a Marquess]]'' by [[Anna Harrington]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Michele Bidelspach | ||
| + | :''[[Susana and the Scot]]'' by [[Sabrina York]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Monique Patterson | ||
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Short|'''Historical Romance: Short''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Short|'''Historical Romance: Short''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[A Duke to Remember]]'' by [[Kelly Bowen]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan | ||
| + | :''[[Do You Want to Start a Scandal?]]'' by [[Tessa Dare]] - HarperCollins, Avon - Tessa Woodward | ||
| + | :''[[Duke of Sin]]'' by [[Elizabeth Hoyt]] - Hachette, Grand Central - Amy Pierpont | ||
| + | :''[[Left at the Altar]]'' by [[Margaret Brownley]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Mary Altman | ||
| + | :''[[Study of Seduction]]'' by [[Sabrina Jeffries]] - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books - Micki Nuding | ||
| + | :''[[Taming the Highlander]]'' by [[May McGoldrick]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Swerve - Elizabeth Poteet | ||
| − | ===[[RITA®: | + | ===[[RITA®: Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance|'''Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance''']]=== |
| + | ''[[The Moon in the Palace]]'' by [[Weina Dai Randel]] - Sourcebooks, Landmark - Shana Drehs & Anna Michels | ||
| + | :''[[The Color of a Promise]]'' by [[Julianne MacLean]] - Self-published - Pat Thomas | ||
| + | :''[[The Depth of Beauty]]'' by [[A. B. Michaels]] - Red Trumpet - Rachel Daven Skinner | ||
| + | :''[[Now That It's You]]'' by [[Tawna Fenske]] - Amazon, Montlake - Krista Stroever & Christopher Werner | ||
===[[RITA®: Paranormal Romance|'''Paranormal Romance''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Paranormal Romance|'''Paranormal Romance''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[The Pages of the Mind]]'' by [[Jeffe Kennedy]] - Kensington - Peter Senftleben, editor | ||
| + | :''[[Bayou Shadow Hunter]]'' by [[Debbie Herbert]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle | ||
| + | :''[[The Beast]]'' by [[J. R. Ward]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kara Welsh | ||
| + | :''[[The Champion of Baresh]]'' (aka ''[[Star Champion]]'') by [[Susan Grant]] - Self-published - Mary Moran, editor | ||
| + | :''[[Enchanted Warrior]]'' by [[Sharon Ashwood]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle | ||
| + | :''[[Ghost Gifts]]'' by [[Laura Lee Spinella]] - Amazon, Montlake - Alison Dasho | ||
| + | :''[[The Leopard King]]'' by [[Ann Aguirre]] - Self-published - Sasha Knight | ||
| + | :''[[Where the Wild Things Bite]]'' by [[Molly Harper]] - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books - Abby Zidle | ||
===[[RITA®: Romance Novella|'''Romance Novella''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Romance Novella|'''Romance Novella''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Her Every Wish]]'' by [[Courtney Milan]] - Self-published - Lindsey Faber | ||
| + | :"The Husband Maneuver" in ''[[With This Ring]]'' by [[Karen Witemeyer]] - Baker, Bethany House - Charlene Patterson | ||
| + | :''[[Let It Snow]]'' by [[Jeanette Grey]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever Yours - Megha Parekh & Lexi Smail | ||
| + | :"Let Us Dream" in ''[[Daughter of a Nation]]'' by [[Alyssa Cole]] - Self-published - Nina S. Gooden | ||
| + | :''[[Searching for Mine]]'' by [[Jennifer Probst]] - Evil Eye Concepts - Liz Berry & M. J. Rose | ||
| + | :''[[Tycoon]]'' by [[Joanna Shupe]] - Kensington - Peter Senftleben | ||
| + | :''[[Wild in Rio]]'' by [[Lyssa Kay Adams]] - Self-published - Elaine Kulhanek | ||
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| + | ===[[RITA®: Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements|'''Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[My Hope Next Door]]'' by [[Tammy L. Gray]] - Amazon, Waterfall - Amy Hosford | ||
| + | :''[[Close to You]]'' by [[Kara Isaac]] - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams | ||
| + | :''[[Keeper of the Stars]]'' by [[Robin Lee Hatcher]] - Thomas Nelson - Ami McConnell & Leslie Peterson | ||
| + | :''[[Trust My Heart]]'' by [[Carol J. Post]] - Amazon, Waterfall - Erin Calligan Mooney | ||
===[[RITA®: Romantic Suspense|'''Romantic Suspense''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Romantic Suspense|'''Romantic Suspense''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[Repressed]]'' by [[Elisabeth Naughton]] - Amazon, Montlake - Charlotte Herscher & Christopher Werner | ||
| + | :''[[All the Dead Girls]]'' by [[Rita Herron]] - Amazon, Montlake - Alison Dasho | ||
| + | :''[[Atone]]'' by [[Beth Yarnall]] - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw | ||
| + | :''[[Field of Graves]]'' by [[J. T. Ellison]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA Books - Nicole Brebner | ||
| + | :''[[Killer Countdown]]'' by [[Amelia Autin]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense - Carly Silver | ||
| + | :''[[Mr. and Mr. Smith]]'' by [[HelenKay Dimon]] - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Shauna Summers | ||
| + | :''[[One Minute to Midnight]]'' by [[Nico Rosso]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Rhonda Stapleton | ||
| + | :''[[Tall, Dark and Damaged]]'' by [[Sarah Andre]] - Self-published - Anya Kagan, Touchstone Editing | ||
===[[RITA®: Young Adult Romance|'''Young Adult Romance''']]=== | ===[[RITA®: Young Adult Romance|'''Young Adult Romance''']]=== | ||
| + | ''[[The Problem with Forever]]'' by [[Jennifer L. Armentrout]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN Teen - Margo Lipschultz | ||
| + | :''[[Affective Needs]]'' by [[Rebecca Taylor]] - Ophelia House - Maya Packard | ||
| + | :''[[The Distance from A to Z]]'' by [[Natalie Blitt]] - HarperCollins, HarperTeen - Annie Berger | ||
| + | :''[[Summer of Supernovas]]'' by [[Darcy Woods]] - PRH/Crown BFYR - Emily Easton | ||
Revision as of 01:47, 16 June 2021
Contents
- 1 Contemporary Romance: Long
- 2 Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length
- 3 Contemporary Romance: Short
- 4 Erotic Romance
- 5 First Book
- 6 Historical Romance: Long
- 7 Historical Romance: Short
- 8 Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
- 9 Paranormal Romance
- 10 Romance Novella
- 11 Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements
- 12 Romantic Suspense
- 13 Young Adult Romance
Contemporary Romance: Long
Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Flo Nicholl
- Always a Bridesmaid by Lizzie Shane - Self-published - Kristan Andrews
- Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
- Make Me Sin by J. T. Geissinger - Amazon, Montlake - Maria Gomez
- Pansies by Alexis Hall - Riptide - Sarah Lyons
- Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Gail Chasan
- Tender Is the Night by Barbara Freethy - Hyde Street Press
Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length
- Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang
- Back in the Saddle by Karen Templeton - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
- Barefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Claire - Self-published - Kristi Yanta
- Fast Connection by Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell - Self-published
- Lone Heart Pass by Jodi Thomas - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Brittany Lawery & Susan Swinwood
- Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Junessa Viloria
- Once and for All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison - HarperCollins, Avon, Impulse - Priyanka Krishnan & Rebecca Lucash
- Tell Me How This Ends by Victoria De La O - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Swerve - Eileen Rothschild
- The Turning Point by Marie Meyer - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever Yours - Megha Parekh
- Wanderlust by Roni Loren - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kate Seaver
Contemporary Romance: Short
Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
- APB: Baby by Julie Miller - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Allison Lyons
- Breaking Good by Madeline Ash - Tule, Holiday - Sinclaire Sawhney
- Falling for the Rancher by Tanya Michaels - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Johanna Raisanen
- Far from Home by Lorelie Brown - Riptide - Gwen Hayes & Sarah Lyons
- His Stolen Bride by Barbara Dunlop - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Kathryn Lye
- A Malibu Kind of Romance by Synithia Williams - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Kimani - Shannon Criss
- Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Allison Lyons
- Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Star - Lauren McKenna
- Two Doctors and a Baby by Brenda Harlen - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Susan Litman
Erotic Romance
Off the Clock by Roni Loren - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kate Seaver
- The Dirty Secret by Kira A. Gold - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Libby Murphy
- The Master by Tara Sue Me - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Claire Zion
- Ravenous by M. S. Force - HTJB - Linda Ingmanson
- Three Sweet Nothings by Nikki Sloane - Self-published - Lori Whitwam
First Book
Once and for All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison - HarperCollins, Avon, Impulse - Priyanka Krishnan & Rebecca Lucash
- Alterations by Stephanie Scott - Bloomsbury, Spark - Meredith Rich
- Close to You by Kara Isaac - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams
- The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt - HarperCollins, HarperTeen - Annie Berger
- Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods - PRH/Crown BFYR - Emily Easton
Historical Romance: Long
No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke - HarperCollins, Avon - Erika Tsang
- Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
- How I Married a Marquess by Anna Harrington - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Michele Bidelspach
- Susana and the Scot by Sabrina York - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Monique Patterson
Historical Romance: Short
A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan
- Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare - HarperCollins, Avon - Tessa Woodward
- Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt - Hachette, Grand Central - Amy Pierpont
- Left at the Altar by Margaret Brownley - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Mary Altman
- Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books - Micki Nuding
- Taming the Highlander by May McGoldrick - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Swerve - Elizabeth Poteet
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel - Sourcebooks, Landmark - Shana Drehs & Anna Michels
- The Color of a Promise by Julianne MacLean - Self-published - Pat Thomas
- The Depth of Beauty by A. B. Michaels - Red Trumpet - Rachel Daven Skinner
- Now That It's You by Tawna Fenske - Amazon, Montlake - Krista Stroever & Christopher Werner
Paranormal Romance
The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy - Kensington - Peter Senftleben, editor
- Bayou Shadow Hunter by Debbie Herbert - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle
- The Beast by J. R. Ward - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Kara Welsh
- The Champion of Baresh (aka Star Champion) by Susan Grant - Self-published - Mary Moran, editor
- Enchanted Warrior by Sharon Ashwood - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle
- Ghost Gifts by Laura Lee Spinella - Amazon, Montlake - Alison Dasho
- The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre - Self-published - Sasha Knight
- Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books - Abby Zidle
Romance Novella
Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan - Self-published - Lindsey Faber
- "The Husband Maneuver" in With This Ring by Karen Witemeyer - Baker, Bethany House - Charlene Patterson
- Let It Snow by Jeanette Grey - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever Yours - Megha Parekh & Lexi Smail
- "Let Us Dream" in Daughter of a Nation by Alyssa Cole - Self-published - Nina S. Gooden
- Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst - Evil Eye Concepts - Liz Berry & M. J. Rose
- Tycoon by Joanna Shupe - Kensington - Peter Senftleben
- Wild in Rio by Lyssa Kay Adams - Self-published - Elaine Kulhanek
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements
My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray - Amazon, Waterfall - Amy Hosford
- Close to You by Kara Isaac - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams
- Keeper of the Stars by Robin Lee Hatcher - Thomas Nelson - Ami McConnell & Leslie Peterson
- Trust My Heart by Carol J. Post - Amazon, Waterfall - Erin Calligan Mooney
Romantic Suspense
Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton - Amazon, Montlake - Charlotte Herscher & Christopher Werner
- All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron - Amazon, Montlake - Alison Dasho
- Atone by Beth Yarnall - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw
- Field of Graves by J. T. Ellison - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA Books - Nicole Brebner
- Killer Countdown by Amelia Autin - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense - Carly Silver
- Mr. and Mr. Smith by HelenKay Dimon - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Shauna Summers
- One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Rhonda Stapleton
- Tall, Dark and Damaged by Sarah Andre - Self-published - Anya Kagan, Touchstone Editing
Young Adult Romance
The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN Teen - Margo Lipschultz
- Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor - Ophelia House - Maya Packard
- The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt - HarperCollins, HarperTeen - Annie Berger
- Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods - PRH/Crown BFYR - Emily Easton
