1991 RITA® Winners & Finalists

First Book

Black Horse Island by Dee Holmes - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Beth deGuzman & Leslie Wainger

Always by Jo Morrison - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Malle Vallik & Susan Shepard

Catherine's Song by Marie Beaumont - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Nancy Roher

Eden's Angel by Katherine Compton - HarperCollins, Avon - Nancy Yost

The Enchanter by Christina Hamlett - Rowman & Littlefield, M. Evans - Roz Nonnan

Hoops by Patricia McLinn - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Beth deGuzman

Jake's Child by Lindsay Longford - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Lucia Macro

Historical Series Romance

A Wild Yearning by Penelope Williamson - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

Dreamspinner (aka Dream Spinner - Olivia Drake) by Barbara Dawson Smith - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

Freedom Flame by Caryn Cameron - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Eliza Shallcross

Heaven and Earth by Kathleen Eagle - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Leslie Wainger

A Hint of Rapture by Miriam Minger - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

Long Contemporary Romance

Patrick Gallagher's Widow by Cheryl Reavis - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Leslie Kazanjian

Broken Blossom by Jennifer Greene - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Lucia Macro

Jessica's Song by Virginia Nielsen - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance- Birgit Davis-Todd

Miracles by Mary Kirk - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition- Leslie Kazanjian

Runaway by Emilie Richards - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

A Summer to Come Home by Dallas Schulze - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Debra Matteucci

Words to Treasure by Lynda Trent - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Marsha Zinberg

Regency Romance

The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase - Bloomsbury, Walker - Mary Elizabeth Allen

Miss Osborne Misbehaves by Marian Devon - Fawcett, Regency - Barbara Dicks

Miss Ware's Refusal by Marjorie Farrell - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

The Rogue and the Runaway (aka Angel Rogue) by Mary Jo Putney - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency -Hilary Ross

Romantic Suspense

Night Spice by Karen Keast - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Leslie Kazanjian

Brady's Law - Mary Anne Wilson - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Special Gifts by Anne Stuart - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Without a Trace by Nora Roberts - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Isabel Swift

Short Contemporary Romance

Step into My Parlor by Jan Hudson - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Carrie Feron

Dateline: Kydd and Rios by Glenna McReynolds - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Susann Brailey

Echoes from the Heart by Kelly Jamison - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lucia Macro

Hotshot by Kathleen Korbel - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lucia Macro

The Pirate - Jayne Ann Krentz - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Dominique Mondoulet-Wise

Remembrance by Lynn Michaels - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Malle Vallik

Rhyme or Reason by Erica Spindler - PRH/Random House, Bantam Loveswept - Carrie Feron

Single Title Contemporary Romance

Public Secrets by Nora Roberts - PRH/Random House, Bantam - Carolyn Nichols

Maybe This Time by Kathleen Gilles Seidel - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Claire Zion

Promise Me a Rainbow by Cheryl Reavis - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Damaris Rowland

Single Title Historical Romance

Where Love Dwells by Elizabeth Stuart - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Weis

Beyond the Savage Sea by Jo Ann Wendt - Simon & Schuster, Popular Library, Fredda Isaacson

Rose by Jill Marie Landis - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Damaris Rowland & Hilary Cige

Scarlet Angel by Elizabeth Thornton - Kensington, Pinnacle - Wendy McCurdy

This Time Forever by Constance O'Day-Flannery - Kensington, Zebra - Carin Cohen

Traditional Romance

Song of the Lorelei by Lucy Gordon - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Wendy Corsi Staub

Faith, Hope and Love by Geeta Kingsley - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Tara Gavin

The Homing Instinct by Dixie Browning - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Lucia Macro

Rainy Day Kisses by Debbie Macomber - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Paula Eykelhof

Tiger by the Tail by Pat Tracy - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Jackie Brilliant