2016 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Romance: Long

Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates

Fire Me Up by Kimberly Kincaid

Love Me Sweet by Tracy Brogan

Love Somebody Like You by Susan Fox

Once Kissed by Cecy Robson

Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas

Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne

Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst

Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis

The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne

Dances under the Harvest Moon by Joanne Rock

Falling for Mister Wrong by Lizzie Shane

Just Say Yes by Elizabeth Hayley

Love After All by Jaci Burton

The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert

Not a Fairy Tale by Romy Sommer

Once Pure by Cecy Robson

Romancing Miss Right by Lizzie Shane

Contemporary Romance: Short

The Nanny Plan by Sarah M. Anderson

A Bramble House Christmas by C. J. Carmichael

Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride by Christine Rimmer

Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke

Heated Moments by Phyllis Bourne

His Lost-and-Found Bride by Scarlet Wilson

One Night with Her Bachelor by Kat Latham

The Prince She Never Forgot by Scarlet Wilson

Tempting the Knight by Heidi Rice

Three Nights Before Christmas by Kat Latham

Erotic Romance

For Real: A Spires Story by Alexis Hall

Break Me Down by Roni Loren

Say My Name by J. Kenner

Sugar by Seressia Glass

Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane

First Book

Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn

Altered by Marnee Blake

Night Hush by Leslie Jones

No Better Man by Sara Richardson

A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter

Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon

The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole

Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley

Historical Romance: Long

Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist

Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake

Earls Just Want to Have Fun by Shana Galen

If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries

Tremaine's True Love by Grace Burrowes

Historical Romance: Short

It Started with a Scandal by Julie Anne Long

Falling into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn

Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt

Inspirational Romance

A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter

A Love Like Ours by Becky Wade

Mistletoe Justice by Carol J. Post

The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes

The Rescued by Marta Perry

Paranormal Romance

Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles

Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison

Possessed by a Wolf by Sharon Ashwood

The Shattered Court by M. J. Scott

Soulbound by Kristen Callihan

Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts

Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley

Romance Novella

Nice Girls Don't Ride by Roni Loren

All's Fair in Love and Scandal by Caroline Linden

Blue Streak (aka Hookup Master) by Jules Barnard

"Desert Heat" in Course of Action: Crossfire by Merline Lovelace

"Her Secret Prince" in Royal Holiday by Madeline Ash

"Let It Shine" in The Brightest Day, a Juneteenth Historical Anthology by Alyssa Cole

One Little Kiss by Robin Covington

"The Resurrection of Sam Sloan" in Dark and Damaged by Erin Quinn

Toward the Sunrise by Elizabeth Camden

Romantic Suspense

Flash Fire by Dana Marton

Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire

Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon

Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White

She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh

The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole

Target Engaged by M. L. Buchman

Ygoun Adult Romance

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett

Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg

Rikki by Abigail Strom - Self-published

Unspoken by C. C. Hunter