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:''[[Followed By Frost]]'' - [[Charlie N. Holmberg]]
 
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:''[[Rikki]]'' - [[Abigail Strom]]
 
:''[[Rikki]]'' - [[Abigail Strom]]
:''[[Unspoken]]'' - [[C. C. Hunter]]
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:''[[Unspoken]]'' - [[C.C. Hunter]]

Latest revision as of 14:23, 11 November 2024


Contemporary Romance: Long

Winner: Brokedown Cowboy - Maisey Yates

  • Finalists:
Fire Me Up - Kimberly Kincaid
Love Me Sweet - Tracy Brogan
Love Somebody Like You - Susan Fox
Once Kissed - Cecy Robson
Ransom Canyon - Jodi Thomas
Redemption Bay - RaeAnne Thayne
Searching For Beautiful - Jennifer Probst
Second Chance Summer - Jill Shalvis
The Secret Sister - Brenda Novak

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Winner: Him - Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

  • Finalists:
A Cold Creek Christmas Story - RaeAnne Thayne
Dances Under The Harvest Moon - Joanne Rock
Falling For Mister Wrong - Lizzie Shane
Just Say Yes - Elizabeth Hayley
Love After All - Jaci Burton
The Marriage Contract - Katee Robert
Not A Fairy Tale - Romy Sommer
Once Pure - Cecy Robson
Romancing Miss Right - Lizzie Shane

Contemporary Romance: Short

Winner: The Nanny Plan - Sarah M. Anderson

  • Finalists:
A Bramble House Christmas - C. J. Carmichael
Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride - Christine Rimmer
Chance Of A Lifetime - Marissa Clarke
Heated Moments - Phyllis Bourne
His Lost-and-Found Bride - Scarlet Wilson
One Night With Her Bachelor - Kat Latham
The Prince She Never Forgot - Scarlet Wilson
Tempting The Knight - Heidi Rice
Three Nights Before Christmas - Kat Latham

Erotic Romance

Winner: For Real: A Spires Story - Alexis Hall

  • Finalists:
Break Me Down - Roni Loren
Say My Name - J. Kenner
Sugar - Seressia Glass
Three Little Mistakes - Nikki Sloane

First Book

Winner: Forget Tomorrow - Pintip Dunn

  • Finalists:
Altered - Marnee Blake
Night Hush - Leslie Jones
No Better Man - Sara Richardson
A Noble Masquerade - Kristi Ann Hunter
Pairing Off - Elizabeth Harmon
The Strongest Steel - Scarlett Cole
Viking Warrior Rising - Asa Maria Bradley

Historical Romance: Long

Winner: Tiffany Girl - Deeanne Gist

  • Finalists:
Bella And The Beast - Olivia Drake
Earls Just Want to Have Fun - Shana Galen
If The Viscount Falls - Sabrina Jeffries
Tremaine's True Love - Grace Burrowes

Historical Romance: Short

Winner: It Started With A Scandal - Julie Anne Long

  • Finalists:
Falling Into Bed With A Duke - Lorraine Heath
Say Yes To The Marquess - Tessa Dare
Secrets Of A Scandalous Heiress - Theresa Romain
The Secrets Of Sir Richard Kenworthy - Julia Quinn
Sweetest Scoundrel - Elizabeth Hoyt

Inspirational Romance

Winner: A Noble Masquerade - Kristi Ann Hunter

  • Finalists:
A Love Like Ours - Becky Wade
Mistletoe Justice - Carol J. Post
The Mountain Midwife - Laurie Alice Eakes
The Rescued - Marta Perry

Paranormal Romance

Winner: Must Love Chainmail - Angela Quarles

  • Finalists:
Midnight's Kiss - Thea Harrison
Possessed By A Wolf - Sharon Ashwood
The Shattered Court - M. J. Scott
Soulbound - Kristen Callihan
Stars Of Fortune - Nora Roberts
Viking Warrior Rising - Asa Maria Bradley

Romance Novella

Winner: Nice Girls Don't Ride - Roni Loren

  • Finalists:
All's Fair In Love And Scandal - Caroline Linden
Blue Streak (aka Hookup Master) - Jules Barnard
"Desert Heat" in Course Of Action: Crossfire - Merline Lovelace
"Her Secret Prince" in Royal Holiday - Madeline Ash
"Let It Shine" in The Brightest Day, A Juneteenth Historical Anthology - Alyssa Cole
One Little Kiss - Robin Covington
"The Resurrection Of Sam Sloan" in Dark And Damaged - Erin Quinn
Toward The Sunrise - Elizabeth Camden

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Flash Fire - Dana Marton

  • Finalists:
Barefoot With A Bodyguard - Roxanne St. Claire
Barefoot With A Stranger - Roxanne St. Claire
Facing Fire - HelenKay Dimon
Fatal Frenzy - Marie Force
In The Waning Light - Loreth Anne White
She Can Kill - Melinda Leigh
The Strongest Steel - Scarlett Cole
Target Engaged - M. L. Buchman

Young Adult Romance

Winner: The Anatomical Shape Of A Heart - Jenn Bennett

  • Finalists:
Followed By Frost - Charlie N. Holmberg
Rikki - Abigail Strom
Unspoken - C.C. Hunter