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===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Long|'''Contemporary Romance: Long''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Long|'''Contemporary Romance: Long''']]===
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''[[Brokedown Cowboy]]'' by [[Maisey Yates]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Margo Lipschultz
 +
:''[[Fire Me Up]]'' by [[Kimberly Kincaid]] - Kensington, Zebra - Alicia Condon
 +
:''[[Love Me Sweet]]'' by [[Tracy Brogan]] - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Kelli Martin
 +
:''[[Love Somebody Like You]]'' by [[Susan Fox]] - Kensington, Zebra - Martin Biro
 +
:''[[Once Kissed]]'' by [[Cecy Robson]] - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw
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:''[[Ransom Canyon]]'' by [[Jodi Thomas]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Susan Swinwood
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:''[[Redemption Bay]]'' by [[RaeAnne Thayne]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Gail Chasan
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:''[[Searching for Beautiful]]'' by [[Jennifer Probst]] - Simon & Schuster, Gallery - Lauren McKenna
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:''[[Second Chance Summer]]'' by [[Jill Shalvis]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Leah Hultenschmidt
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:''[[The Secret Sister]]'' by [[Brenda Novak]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Paula Eykelhof
  
 
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length|'''Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length|'''Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length''']]===
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''[[Him]]'' by [[Sarina Bowen]] & [[Elle Kennedy]] - Self-published - Edie Danford
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:''[[A Cold Creek Christmas Story]]'' by [[RaeAnne Thayne]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
 +
:''[[Dances under the Harvest Moon]]'' by [[Joanne Rock]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Adrrienne Macintosh
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:''[[Falling for Mister Wrong]]'' by [[Lizzie Shane]] - Self-published - Kristan Andrews
 +
:''[[Just Say Yes]]'' by [[Elizabeth Hayley]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Laura Fazio
 +
:''[[Love After All]]'' by [[Jaci Burton]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Kate Seaver
 +
:''[[The Marriage Contract]]'' by [[Katee Robert]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Leah Hultenschmidt
 +
:''[[Not a Fairy Tale]]'' by [[Romy Sommer]] - HarperCollins, HarperImpulse - Charlotte Ledger
 +
:''[[Once Pure]]'' by [[Cecy Robson]] - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw
 +
:''[[Romancing Miss Right]]'' by [[Lizzie Shane]] - Self-published - Kristan Andrews
  
 
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Short|'''Contemporary Romance: Short''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Contemporary Romance: Short|'''Contemporary Romance: Short''']]===
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''[[The Nanny Plan]]'' by [[Sarah M. Anderson]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Stacy Boyd
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:''[[A Bramble House Christmas]]'' by [[C. J. Carmichael]] - Tule Publishing - Sinclair Sawhney
 +
:''[[Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride]]'' by [[Christine Rimmer]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
 +
:''[[Chance of a Lifetime]]'' by [[Marissa Clarke]] - Entangled Publishing, Lovestruck - Liz Pelletier
 +
:''[[Heated Moments]]'' by [[Phyllis Bourne]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Kimani - Glenda Howard
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:''[[His Lost-and-Found Bride]]'' by [[Scarlet Wilson]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, Romance - Carly Byrne
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:''[[One Night with Her Bachelor]]'' by [[Kat Latham]] - Tule, Montana Born - Sinclair Sawhney
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:''[[The Prince She Never Forgot]]'' by [[Scarlet Wilson]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, Romance - Carly Byrne
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:''[[Tempting the Knight]]'' by [[Heidi Rice]] - Tule - Kelly Hunter
 +
:''[[Three Nights Before Christmas]]'' by [[Kat Latham]] - Tule - Sinclair Sawhney
  
 
===[[RITA®: Erotic Romance|'''Erotic Romance''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Erotic Romance|'''Erotic Romance''']]===
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''[[For Real: A Spires Story]]'' by [[Alexis Hall]] - Riptide - Sarah Lyons
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:''[[Break Me Down]]'' by [[Roni Loren]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Intermix - Kate Seaver
 +
:''[[Say My Name]]'' by [[J. Kenner]] - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
 +
:''[[Sugar]]'' by [[Seressia Glass]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang
 +
:''[[Three Little Mistakes]]'' by [[Nikki Sloane]] - Self-published - Lori Whitwam
  
 
===[[RITA®: First Book|'''First Book''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: First Book|'''First Book''']]===
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''[[Forget Tomorrow]]'' by [[Pintip Dunn]] - Entangled, Teen - Liz Pelletier
 +
:''[[Altered]]'' by [[Marnee Blake]] - Entangled, Embrace - Candace Havens
 +
:''[[Night Hush]]'' by [[Leslie Jones]] - HarperCollins, HarperImpulse - Nicole Fischer
 +
:''[[No Better Man]]'' by [[Sara Richardson]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Megha Parekh
 +
:''[[A Noble Masquerade]]'' by [[Kristi Ann Hunter]] - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr
 +
:''[[Pairing Off]]'' by [[Elizabeth Harmon]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Kerri Buckley
 +
:''[[The Strongest Steel]]'' by [[Scarlett Cole]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Elizabeth Poteet
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:''[[Viking Warrior Rising]]'' by [[Asa Maria Bradley]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Cat Clyne
  
 
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Long|'''Historical Romance: Long''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Long|'''Historical Romance: Long''']]===
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''[[Tiffany Girl]]'' by [[Deeanne Gist]] - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams
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:''[[Bella and the Beast]]'' by [[Olivia Drake]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin
 +
:''[[Earls Just Want to Have Fun]]'' by [[Shana Galen]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
 +
:''[[If the Viscount Falls]]'' by [[Sabrina Jeffries]] - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Micki Nuding
 +
:''[[Tremaine's True Love]]'' by [[Grace Burrowes]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
  
 
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Short|'''Historical Romance: Short''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Historical Romance: Short|'''Historical Romance: Short''']]===
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''[[It Started with a Scandal]]'' by [[Julie Anne Long]] - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
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:''[[Falling into Bed with a Duke]]'' by [[Lorraine Heath]] - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
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:''[[Say Yes to the Marquess]]'' by [[Tessa Dare]] - HarperCollins, Avon - Tessa Woodward
 +
:''[[Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress]]'' by [[Theresa Romain]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
 +
:''[[The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy]]'' by [[Julia Quinn]] - HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch
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:''[[Sweetest Scoundrel]]'' by [[Elizabeth Hoyt]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Amy Pierpont
  
 
===[[RITA®: Inspirational Romance|'''Inspirational Romance''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Inspirational Romance|'''Inspirational Romance''']]===
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''[[A Noble Masquerade]]'' by [[Kristi Ann Hunter]] - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr
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:''[[A Love Like Ours]]'' by [[Becky Wade]] - Baker, Bethany House - Charlene Patterson & Raela Schoenherr
 +
:''[[Mistletoe Justice]]'' by [[Carol J. Post]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Love Inspired Suspense - Rachel Burkot
 +
:''[[The Mountain Midwife]]'' by [[Laurie Alice Eakes]] - HarperCollins, Zondervan - Becky Phillpot
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:''[[The Rescued]]'' by [[Marta Perry]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Ellen Edwards
  
 
===[[RITA®: Paranormal Romance|'''Paranormal Romance''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Paranormal Romance|'''Paranormal Romance''']]===
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''[[Must Love Chainmail]]'' by [[Angela Quarles]] - Self-published - Erynn Newman & Jessa Slade
 +
:''[[Midnight's Kiss]]'' by [[Thea Harrison]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Sensation - Cindy Hwang
 +
:''[[Possessed by a Wolf]]'' by [[Sharon Ashwood]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle
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:''[[The Shattered Court]]'' by [[M. J. Scott]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL ROC - Jessica Wade
 +
:''[[Soulbound]]'' by [[Kristen Callihan]] - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan
 +
:''[[Stars of Fortune]]'' by [[Nora Roberts]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
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:''[[Viking Warrior Rising]]'' by [[Asa Maria Bradley]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Cat Clyne
  
 
===[[RITA®: Romance Novella|'''Romance Novella''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Romance Novella|'''Romance Novella''']]===
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''[[Nice Girls Don't Ride]]'' by [[Roni Loren]] - PRH/Penguin, Berkley Intermix - Kate Seaver
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:''[[All's Fair in Love and Scandal]]'' by [[Caroline Linden]] - HarperCollins, Avon Impulse - Lyssa Keusch
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:''[[Blue Streak]]'' (aka ''[[Hookup Master]]'') by [[Jules Barnard]] - Self-published - Shelley Bates
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:"Desert Heat" in ''[[Course of Action: Crossfire]]'' by [[Merline Lovelace]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense - Patience Bloom
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:"Her Secret Prince" in ''[[Royal Holiday]]'' by [[Madeline Ash]] - Tule - Laurie Johnson
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:"Let It Shine" in ''[[The Brightest Day, a Juneteenth Historical Anthology]]'' by [[Alyssa Cole]] - Self-published - Arynn Nichols
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:''[[One Little Kiss]]'' by [[Robin Covington]] - Self-published - Nicole Bailey
 +
:"The Resurrection of Sam Sloan" in ''[[Dark and Damaged]]'' by [[Erin Quinn]] - Self-published
 +
:''[[Toward the Sunrise]]'' by [[Elizabeth Camden]] - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr
  
 
===[[RITA®: Romantic Suspense|'''Romantic Suspense''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Romantic Suspense|'''Romantic Suspense''']]===
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''[[Flash Fire]]'' by [[Dana Marton]] - Self-published
 +
:''[[Barefoot with a Bodyguard]]'' by [[Roxanne St. Claire]] - Self-published - Kristi Yanta
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:''[[Barefoot with a Stranger]]'' by [[Roxanne St. Claire]] - Self-published - Kristi Yanta
 +
:''[[Facing Fire]]'' by [[HelenKay Dimon]] - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
 +
:''[[Fatal Frenzy]]'' by [[Marie Force]] - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Alissa Davis
 +
:''[[In the Waning Light]]'' by [[Loreth Anne White]] - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Charlotte Herscher & JoVon Sotak
 +
:''[[She Can Kill]]'' by [[Melinda Leigh]] - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Charlotte Herscher & Anh Schluep
 +
:''[[The Strongest Steel]]'' by [[Scarlett Cole]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Elizabeth Poteet
 +
:''[[Target Engaged]]'' by [[M. L. Buchman]] - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
  
 
===[[RITA®: Young Adult Romance|'''Young Adult Romance''']]===
 
===[[RITA®: Young Adult Romance|'''Young Adult Romance''']]===
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''[[The Anatomical Shape of a Heart]]'' by [[Jenn Bennett]] - Macmillan, Feiwel & Friends - Anna Roberto
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:''[[Followed by Frost]]'' by [[Charlie N. Holmberg]] - Amazon, 47North - Jason Kirk
 +
:''[[Rikki]]'' by [[Abigail Strom]] - Self-published
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:''[[Unspoken]]'' by [[C. C. Hunter]] - Macmillan, St. Martin's, Griffin - Rose Hilliard

Revision as of 21:19, 16 June 2021


Contemporary Romance: Long

Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Margo Lipschultz

Fire Me Up by Kimberly Kincaid - Kensington, Zebra - Alicia Condon
Love Me Sweet by Tracy Brogan - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Kelli Martin
Love Somebody Like You by Susan Fox - Kensington, Zebra - Martin Biro
Once Kissed by Cecy Robson - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw
Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Susan Swinwood
Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Gail Chasan
Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst - Simon & Schuster, Gallery - Lauren McKenna
Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Leah Hultenschmidt
The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Paula Eykelhof

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy - Self-published - Edie Danford

A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
Dances under the Harvest Moon by Joanne Rock - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Adrrienne Macintosh
Falling for Mister Wrong by Lizzie Shane - Self-published - Kristan Andrews
Just Say Yes by Elizabeth Hayley - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Laura Fazio
Love After All by Jaci Burton - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Kate Seaver
The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Leah Hultenschmidt
Not a Fairy Tale by Romy Sommer - HarperCollins, HarperImpulse - Charlotte Ledger
Once Pure by Cecy Robson - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw
Romancing Miss Right by Lizzie Shane - Self-published - Kristan Andrews

Contemporary Romance: Short

The Nanny Plan by Sarah M. Anderson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Stacy Boyd

A Bramble House Christmas by C. J. Carmichael - Tule Publishing - Sinclair Sawhney
Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride by Christine Rimmer - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan
Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke - Entangled Publishing, Lovestruck - Liz Pelletier
Heated Moments by Phyllis Bourne - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Kimani - Glenda Howard
His Lost-and-Found Bride by Scarlet Wilson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, Romance - Carly Byrne
One Night with Her Bachelor by Kat Latham - Tule, Montana Born - Sinclair Sawhney
The Prince She Never Forgot by Scarlet Wilson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, Romance - Carly Byrne
Tempting the Knight by Heidi Rice - Tule - Kelly Hunter
Three Nights Before Christmas by Kat Latham - Tule - Sinclair Sawhney

Erotic Romance

For Real: A Spires Story by Alexis Hall - Riptide - Sarah Lyons

Break Me Down by Roni Loren - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Intermix - Kate Seaver
Say My Name by J. Kenner - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers
Sugar by Seressia Glass - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang
Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane - Self-published - Lori Whitwam

First Book

Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn - Entangled, Teen - Liz Pelletier

Altered by Marnee Blake - Entangled, Embrace - Candace Havens
Night Hush by Leslie Jones - HarperCollins, HarperImpulse - Nicole Fischer
No Better Man by Sara Richardson - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Megha Parekh
A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr
Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Kerri Buckley
The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Elizabeth Poteet
Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Cat Clyne

Historical Romance: Long

Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams

Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin
Earls Just Want to Have Fun by Shana Galen - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Micki Nuding
Tremaine's True Love by Grace Burrowes - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman

Historical Romance: Short

It Started with a Scandal by Julie Anne Long - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen

Falling into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare - HarperCollins, Avon - Tessa Woodward
Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn - HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch
Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Amy Pierpont

Inspirational Romance

A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr

A Love Like Ours by Becky Wade - Baker, Bethany House - Charlene Patterson & Raela Schoenherr
Mistletoe Justice by Carol J. Post - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Love Inspired Suspense - Rachel Burkot
The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes - HarperCollins, Zondervan - Becky Phillpot
The Rescued by Marta Perry - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Ellen Edwards

Paranormal Romance

Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles - Self-published - Erynn Newman & Jessa Slade

Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Sensation - Cindy Hwang
Possessed by a Wolf by Sharon Ashwood - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Nocturne - Ann Leslie Tuttle
The Shattered Court by M. J. Scott - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL ROC - Jessica Wade
Soulbound by Kristen Callihan - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Cat Clyne

Romance Novella

Nice Girls Don't Ride by Roni Loren - PRH/Penguin, Berkley Intermix - Kate Seaver

All's Fair in Love and Scandal by Caroline Linden - HarperCollins, Avon Impulse - Lyssa Keusch
Blue Streak (aka Hookup Master) by Jules Barnard - Self-published - Shelley Bates
"Desert Heat" in Course of Action: Crossfire by Merline Lovelace - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense - Patience Bloom
"Her Secret Prince" in Royal Holiday by Madeline Ash - Tule - Laurie Johnson
"Let It Shine" in The Brightest Day, a Juneteenth Historical Anthology by Alyssa Cole - Self-published - Arynn Nichols
One Little Kiss by Robin Covington - Self-published - Nicole Bailey
"The Resurrection of Sam Sloan" in Dark and Damaged by Erin Quinn - Self-published
Toward the Sunrise by Elizabeth Camden - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr

Romantic Suspense

Flash Fire by Dana Marton - Self-published

Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire - Self-published - Kristi Yanta
Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire - Self-published - Kristi Yanta
Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon - HarperCollins, Avon - May Chen
Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Alissa Davis
In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Charlotte Herscher & JoVon Sotak
She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh - Amazon, Montlake Romance - Charlotte Herscher & Anh Schluep
The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole - Macmillan, St. Martin's Press - Elizabeth Poteet
Target Engaged by M. L. Buchman - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman

Young Adult Romance

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett - Macmillan, Feiwel & Friends - Anna Roberto

Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg - Amazon, 47North - Jason Kirk
Rikki by Abigail Strom - Self-published
Unspoken by C. C. Hunter - Macmillan, St. Martin's, Griffin - Rose Hilliard