Difference between revisions of "2003 RITA® Winners & Finalists"

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+[[Category:RITA Winners]] [[Category:RITA Finalists]]
+===[[RITA®: Contemporary Single Title Romance|'''Contemporary Single Title Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[No Place Like Home - Barbara Samuel|No Place Like Home]]'' - [[Barbara Samuel]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[The Beach House]]'' - [[Mary Alice Monroe]]
+:''[[The Boy Next Door - Meggin Cabot|The Boy Next Door]]'' - [[Meggin Cabot]]
+:''[[Chesapeake Blue]]'' - [[Nora Roberts]]
+:''[[Love In Bloom's]]'' - [[Judith Arnold]]
+:''[[Once Upon A Wedding - Kathleen Eagle|Once Upon A Wedding]]'' - [[Kathleen Eagle]]
+:''[[Twice Burned - Jan Coffey|Twice Burned]]'' - [[Jan Coffey]]
+===[[RITA®: First Book|'''First Book''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[Shades Of Honor]]'' - [[Wendy Lindstrom]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[The Baby Plan - Susan Gable|The Baby Plan]]'' - [[Susan Gable]]
+:''[[Danger's Promise]]'' - [[Marliss Moon]]
+:''[[Falling Star]]'' - [[Diana Dempsey]]
+:''[[A Perilous Attraction]]'' - [[Patricia Frances Rowell]]
+:''[[Silver Dagger]]'' - [[T.L. Sinclare]]
+:''[[Wedding At White Sands]]'' - [[Catherine Mann]]
+===[[RITA®: Inspirational Romance|'''Inspirational Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[Never Say Goodbye - Irene Hannon|Never Say Goodbye]]'' - [[Irene Hannon]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[Firstborn]]'' - [[Robin Lee Hatcher]]
+:''[[Gifts Of Love]]'' - [[Crystal Stovall]]
+:''[[Ruth]]'' - [[Lori Copeland]]
+:''[[Summer Shadows]]'' - [[Gayle Roper]]
+:''[[Whirlpool]]'' - [[Lorena McCourtney]]
+===[[RITA®: Long Contemporary Series Romance|'''Long Contemporary Series Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[Taking Cover]]'' - [[Catherine Mann]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[Babes In Arms - Kathleen O'Brien|Babes In Arms]]'' - [[Kathleen O'Brien]]
+:''[[Capturing Cleo]]'' - [[Linda Winstead Jones]]
+:''[[The Secret Son]]'' - [[Tara Taylor Quinn]]
+:''[[Seduced By The Enemy - Jamie Ann Denton|Seduced By The Enemy]]'' - [[Jamie Ann Denton]]
+:''[[Wedding At White Sands]]'' - [[Catherine Mann]]
+:''[[What A Woman Wants]]'' - [[Tori Carrington]]
+:''[[What The Heart Wants]]'' - [[Jean Brashear]]
+===[[RITA®: Long Historical Romance|'''Long Historical Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[Stealing Heaven - Madeline Hunter|Stealing Heaven]]'' - [[Madeline Hunter]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[Lost In Your Arms]]'' - [[Christina Dodd]]
+:''[[Magnolia Creek]]'' - [[Jill Marie Landis]]
+:''[[Prairie Moon]]'' - [[Maggie Osborne]]
+:''[[Romancing Mister Bridgerton]]'' - [[Julia Quinn]]
+:''[[A Summer To Remember - Mary Balogh|A Summer To Remember]]'' - [[Mary Balogh]]
+:''[[Tempted By Your Touch]]'' - [[Jen Holling]]
+===[[RITA®: Paranormal Romance|'''Paranormal Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[Contact - Susan Grant|Contact]]'' - [[Susan Grant]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[The Charm Stone]]'' - [[Donna Kauffman]]
+:''[[The Forest Lord]]'' - [[Susan Krinard]]
+:''[[Twilight Hunger]]'' - [[Maggie Shayne]]
+===[[RITA®: Regency Romance|'''Regency Romance''']]===
+'''* Winner: ''[[A Debt To Delia]]'' - [[Barbara Metzger]]'''
+* Finalists:
+:''[[The Former Fiancé ]]'' - [[Teresa DesJardien]]
+:''[[Kissing Cousins]]'' - [[Nadine Miller]]
+:''[[The Storybook Hero]]'' - [[Andrea Pickens]]
+:''[[The Errant Earl]]'' - [[Amanda McCabe]]
-Contemporary Single Title Romance - 7
+===[[RITA®: Romance Novella|'''Romance Novella''']]===
-No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel
+'''* Winner: ''[[To Kiss In the Shadows|"To Kiss In the Shadows"]]'' in ''[[Tapestry - Anthology|Tapestry]]'' - [[Lynn Kurland]]'''
-PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
+* Finalists:
-The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
+:"The Bed Is Made" (aka ''[[Her Captive]]'') in ''[[Once Upon A Pillow]]'' - [[Connie Brockway]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Martha Keenan
+:"The Bed Is Unmade" (aka ''[[Last Night]]'') in ''[[Once Upon A Pillow]]'' - [[Christina Dodd]]
-The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot
+:"The Breeding Season" in ''[[A Mother's Way]]'' - [[Lisa Cach]]
-HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron
+:"An Interrupted Tapestry" in ''[[Tapestry]]'' - [[Madeline Hunter]]
-Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
+:"Kismet" in ''[[Sheiks Of Summer]]'' - [[Fiona Brand]]
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
+:"A Rancher In Her Stocking" in ''[[So This Is Christmas]]'' - [[Leanne Banks]]
-Love in Bloom's by Judith Arnold
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Beverley Sotolov
-Once Upon a Wedding by Kathleen Eagle
-HarperCollins, Avon - Lucia Macro
-Twice Burned by Jan Coffey
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Miranda Stecyk
-First Book - 7
+===[[RITA®: Romantic Suspense|'''Romantic Suspense''']]===
-Shades of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom
+'''* Winner: ''[[Three Fates]]'' - [[Nora Roberts]]'''
-St. Martin's - Jennifer Weis
+* Finalists:
-The Baby Plan by Susan Gable
+:''[[Hush - Anne Frasier|Hush]]'' - [[Anne Frasier]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Zilla Soriano & Paula Eykelhof
+:''[[Purity In Death]]'' - [[J.D. Robb]]
-Danger's Promise by Marliss Moon
+:''[[Reunion In Death]]'' - [[J.D. Robb]]
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Kelly Sinanis
+:''[[Someone Knows]]'' - [[Karen Young]]
-Falling Star by Diana Dempsey
+:''[[Wild At Heart - Jane Graves|Wild At Heart]]'' - [[Jane Graves]]
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Onyx - Audrey LaFehr
-A Perilous Attraction by Patricia Frances Rowell
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Ann Leslie Tuttle
-Silver Dagger by T. L. Sinclare
-ImaJinn - Linda Kichline
-Wedding at White Sands by Catherine Mann
-Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Melissa Jeglinski
-Inspirational Romance - 6
+===[[RITA®: Short Contemporary Romance|'''Short Contemporary Romance''']]===
-Never Say Goodbye by Irene Hannon
+'''* Winner: ''[[Taming The Outlaw]]'' - [[Cindy Gerard]]'''
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Steeple Hill, Love Inspired - Melissa Endlich
+* Finalists:
-Firstborn by Robin Lee Hatcher
+:''[[The Doctor's Mistress]]'' - [[Lilian Darcy]]
-Tyndale House - Becky Nesbitt & Traci DePree
+:''[[Good Time Girl]]'' - [[Candace Schuler]]
-Gifts of Love by Crystal Stovall
+:''[[Lazaro's Revenge]]'' - [[Jane Porter]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Steeple Hill, Love Inspired - Ann Leslie Tuttle
+:''[[Private Investigations - Tori Carrington|Private Investigations]]'' - [[Tori Carrington]]
-Ruth by Lori Copeland
+:''[[Take Me - Cherry Adair|Take Me]]''- [[Cherry Adair]]
-Tyndale House - Diane Eble & Becky Nesbitt
+:''[[Taming Blackhawk]]'' - [[Barbara McCauley]]
-Summer Shadows by Gayle Roper
+:''[[Two Catch A Fox]]'' - [[Isabel Sharpe]]
-PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Julee Schwarzburg
+:''[[Two To Tangle]]'' - [[Leslie Kelly]]
-Whirlpool by Lorena McCourtney
-Baker, Bethany House - Lonnie Hull Dupont
-Long Contemporary Series Romance - 8
+===[[RITA®: Short Historical Romance|'''Short Historical Romance''']]===
-Taking Cover by Catherine Mann
+'''* Winner: ''[[The Bride Fair]]'' - [[Cheryl Reavis]]'''
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Melissa Jeglinski
+* Finalists:
-Babes in Arms by Kathleen O'Brien
+:''[[The Colonel's Daughter]]'' - [[Merline Lovelace]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Laura Shin
+:''[[Diamond In The Rough - Patricia Waddell|Diamond In The Rough]]'' - [[Patricia Waddell]]
-Capturing Cleo by Linda Winstead Jones
+:''[[Embrace The Sun]]'' - [[Linda Lea Castle]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Mary-Theresa Hussey
+:''[[Shades Of Honor]]'' - [[Wendy Lindstrom]]
-The Secret Son by Tara Taylor Quinn
+:''[[Tess And The Highlander]]'' - [[May McGoldrick]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Paula Eykelhof
+:''[[The Texan's Wager]]'' - [[Jodi Thomas]]
-Seduced by the Enemy by Jamie Ann Denton
+:''[[The Willing Wife]]'' - [[Claudia Dain]]
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Blaze - Jennifer Green
-Wedding at White Sands by Catherine Mann
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Melissa Jeglinski
-What a Woman Wants by Tori Carrington
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Kim Nadelson
-What the Heart Wants by Jean Brashear
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Beverley Sotolov
-Long Historical Romance - 7
+===[[RITA®: Traditional Romance|'''Traditional Romance''']]===
-Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter
+'''* Winner: ''[[The Christmas Basket]]'' - [[Debbie Macomber]]'''
-PRH/Random House, Bantam - Wendy McCurdy
+* Finalists:
-Lost in Your Arms by Christina Dodd
+:''[[City Girl In Training]]'' - [[Liz Fielding]]
-HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron
+:''[[Finding Her Prince]]'' - [[Lilian Darcy]]
-Magnolia Creek by Jill Marie Landis
+:''[[A Millionaire For Molly]]'' - [[Marion Lennox]]
-PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
+:''[[A Royal Proposition]]'' - [[Marion Lennox]]
-Prairie Moon by Maggie Osborne
+:''[[True Love, Inc.]]'' - [[Jackie Braun]]
-PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
+:''[[The Tycoon's Takeover]]'' - [[Liz Fielding]]
-Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
-HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch
-A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
-PRH/Random House, Bantam - Wendy McCurdy
-Tempted by Your Touch by Jen Holling
-Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Lauren McKenna
-Paranormal Romance - 4
-Contact by Susan Grant
-Dorchester, Love Spell - Christopher Keeslar
-The Charm Stone by Donna Kauffman
-PRH/Random House, Bantam - Liz Scheier
-The Forest Lord by Susan Krinard
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Gail Fortune
-Twilight Hunger by Maggie Shayne
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Leslie Wainger
-Regency Romance - 5
-A Debt to Delia by Barbara Metzger
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross
-The Former Fiance by Teresa DesJardien
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross
-Kissing Cousins by Nadine Miller
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross
-The Storybook Hero by Andrea Pickens
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross
-The Errant Earl by Amanda McCabe
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross
-Romance Novella - 7
-"To Kiss in the Shadows" in Tapestry by Lynn Kurland
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Gail Fortune
-"The Bed Is Made" (aka Her Captive) in Once Upon a Pillow by Connie Brockway
-Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Maggie Crawford
-"The Bed Is Unmade" (aka Last Night) in Once Upon a Pillow by Christina Dodd
-Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Maggie Crawford
-"The Breeding Season" in A Mother's Way by Lisa Cach
-Dorchester, Love Spell - Christopher Keeslar
-"An Interrupted Tapestry" in Tapestry by Madeline Hunter
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Cindy Hwang
-"Kismet" in Sheiks of Summer by Fiona Brand
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Leslie Wainger
-"A Rancher in Her Stocking" in So This Is Christmas by Leanne Banks
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Joan Marlow Golon
-Romantic Suspense - 6
-Three Fates by Nora Roberts
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman
-Hush by Anne Frasier
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Onyx - Ellen Edwards
-Purity in Death by J. D. Robb
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
-Reunion in Death by J. D. Robb
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
-Someone Knows by Karen Young
-Kensington, Zebra - John Scognamiglio
-Wild at Heart by Jane Graves
-PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
-Short Contemporary Romance - 9
-Taming the Outlaw by Cindy Gerard
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Kim Nadelson
-The Doctor's Mistress by Lilian Darcy
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Medical - Bryony Green
-Good Time Girl by Candace Schuler
-Harper Collins, Harlequin, Blaze - Susan Sheppard
-Lazaro's Revenge by Jane Porter
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Presents - Tessa Shapcott
-Private Investigations by Tori Carrington
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin
-Take Me by Cherry Adair
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Blaze - Birgit Davis-Todd
-Taming Blackhawk by Barbara McCauley
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Melissa Jeglinski
-Two Catch a Fox by Isabel Sharpe
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Duets - Susan Sheppard
-Two to Tangle by Leslie Kelly
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin
-Short Historical Romance - 8
-The Bride Fair by Cheryl Reavis
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Tracy Farrell
-The Colonel's Daughter by Merline Lovelace
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Martha Keenan
-Diamond in the Rough by Patricia Waddell
-Kensington, Zebra - Kate Duffy
-Embrace the Sun by Linda Lea Castle
-Kensington, Zebra, Ballad - Amy Garvey
-Shades of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom
-Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Weis
-Tess and the Highlander by May McGoldrick
-	HarperCollins, Harper, HarperTeen - Abby McAden
-The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas
-PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Gail Fortune
-The Willing Wife by Claudia Dain
-Dorchester, Leisure - Alicia Condon
-Traditional Romance - 7
-The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Paula Eykelhof
-City Girl in Training by Liz Fielding
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Bryony Green
-Finding Her Prince by Lilian Darcy
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Ann Leslie Tuttle
-A Millionaire for Molly by Marion Lennox
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Ceri Tomlins
-A Royal Proposition by Marion Lennox
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Suzy Harding
-True Love, Inc. by Jackie Braun
-HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Jennifer Walsh & Julie Barrett
-The Tycoon's Takeover by Liz Fielding
-HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Bryony Green