2001 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

In The Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind

Kiss And Tell by Cherry Adair

Twelve Days by Teresa Hill

The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann

The Wrong Child by Patricia Kay

First Book

A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson

By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter

Cowboy For Keeps by Kristi Gold

In The Shadow Of The Moon by Karen White

My Champion by Glynnis Campbell

Passing By Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster

Reilly's Law by Elizabeth Keys

Remember The Night by Linda Castillo

Ties Of Love by Anita Wall

Inspirational Romance

The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher

Awakening Mercy by Angela Benson

The Negotiator by Dee Henderson

Passing By Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster

True Devotion by Dee Henderson

When Joy Came To Stay by Karen Kingsbury

Long Contemporary Romance

Rogue's Reform by Marilyn Pappano

Beginning With Baby by Christie Ridgway

The Brands Who Came For Christmas by Maggie Shayne

The Comeback Of Con MacNeill by Virginia Kantra

The Daughter Merger by Janice Kay Johnson

The Fourth Child by C. J. Carmichael

Get Lucky by Suzanne Brockmann

Mad Dog And Annie by Virginia Kantra

Saving Grace by RaeAnne Thayne

Long Historical Romance

Devilish by Jo Beverley

Here Comes The Bride by Pamela Morsi

I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne

Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James

Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne

The Stone Maiden by Susan Fraser King

The Sun And The Moon by Patricia Ryan

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

Paranormal Romance

The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning

Catch A Fallen Angel by Kathleen Kane

Dark Magic by Christine Feehan

In The Shadow Of The Moon by Karen White

Prince Of Time by Glenna McReynolds

The Star King by Susan Grant

Regency Romance

A Grand Design by Emma Jensen

Lord Nightingale's Debut by Judith A. Lansdowne

Once Upon A Christmas by Diane Farr

The Ramshackle Suitor by Nancy Butler

Saved By Scandal by Barbara Metzger

Romance Novella

"Final Approach...To Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Millennium Baby by Kristine Rolofson

"The Enchantment" in Once Upon A Dream by Ruth Ryan Langan

"In Dreams" in Once Upon A Dream by Nora Roberts

Romantic Suspense

Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts

Blade's Lady by Fiona Brand

Brown-Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart

Renegade Heart by Gayle Wilson

Witness In Death by J.D. Robb

Short Contemporary Romance

It Takes A Rebel by Stephanie Bond

Callan's Proposition by Barbara McCauley

First Comes Love by Elizabeth Bevarly

In Name Only by Peggy Moreland

Moonlighting by Heather MacAllister

Out Of The Blue (aka The Wrong Bed) by Jill Shalvis

Rough And Rugged by Colleen Collins

The Taming Of Tyler Kincaid by Sandra Marton

Short Historical Romance

The Mistress by Susan Wiggs

Donovan's Bed by Debra Mullins

Dove's Way by Linda Francis Lee

The Duke And I by Julia Quinn

The Gentleman Thief by Deborah Simmons

The Last Bride In Texas by Judith Stacy

Never Kiss A Duke by Eileen Putman

Silk And Steel by Kat Martin

Traditional Romance

The Best Man And The Bridesmaid by Liz Fielding

The Bride's Proposition by Day Leclaire

The Lyon's Den by Selina Sinclair

Mixing Business...With Baby by Diana Whitney

To Marry A Sheikh by Day Leclaire

Tom Bradley's Babies by Marion Lennox