1998 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

Nobody's Baby but Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron

Ask Mariah by Barbara Freethy - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman

The Night Remembers by Kathleen Eagle - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

First Book

Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle - PRH/Random House, Dell, Diamond Debut - Laura Cifelli

Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove Time Passage - Jessica Faust

The Only Child by Carolyn McSparren - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Zilla Soriano

Remember the Time by Annette Reynolds - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Romance - Shauna Summers

Winter Hearts by Maureen McKade - HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding

Inspirational Romance

Homeward by Melody Carlson - PRH/Crown, Multnomah, Alabaster - Karen Ball

Brothers by Angela Elwell Hunt - Baker, Bethany House - Sharon Asmus

Presumption of Guilt by Terri Blackstock - HarperCollins, Zondervan - Dave Lambert & Lori Walburg

Long Contemporary Series Romance

Reckless by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cathleen Treacy

"The 14th...and Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan

Adam's Kiss by Mindy Neff - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Denise O'Sullivan

Her Ideal Man by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cathleen Treacy

MacNamara's Woman by Alicia Scott - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Nighthawk by Rachel Lee - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Saving Susannah by Beverly Bird - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cristine Grace

The Twenty-Third Man by Peggy Nicholson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Jane Robson & Maureen Stonehouse

Long Historical Romance

The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner), Forever - Claire Zion

As You Desire by Connie Brockway - PRH/Random House, Dell - Marjorie Braman

Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle - PRH/Random House, Dell, Diamond Debut - Laura Cifelli

The Guardian by Joan Wolf - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner), Forever- Claire Zion

My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman

One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Carolyn Nichols

The Randolph Legacy by Eileen Charbonneau - Macmillan, Tor, Forge - Natalia Aponte

Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Trade - Audrey LaFehr

Paranormal Romance

Fire Hawk by Justine Davis - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Topaz - Hilary Ross

Dangerous Waters by Amy J. Fetzer - Kensington, Zebra - John Scognamiglio

Heaven in West Texas by Susan Kay Law - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperMonogram - Abigail Kamen-Holland

Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove Time Passage - Jessica Faust

Somewhere My Love by Karen Fox - Dorchester, Love Spell - Joanna Cagan

Time Enough for Love by Suzanne Brockmann - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Shauna Summers & Joy Abella

Twice Upon a Time by Emilie Richards - HarperCollins, William Morrow, Contemporary Romance - Ellen Edwards

Regency Romance

Love's Reward - Jean R. Ewing-Kensington, Zebra, Regency - Kate Duffy

no finalists

Romantic Suspense

On the Way to a Wedding... by Ingrid Weaver - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Melissa Jeglinski

Better Watch Out by Dani Sinclair - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Julianne Moore

For Your Eyes Only by Rebecca York - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Debra Matteucci

Framed by Karen Leabo - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan

Night Whispers by Lynn Erickson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Maureen Stonehouse & Amy Moore

Secret Sins by Jasmine Cresswell - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Jane Robson & Amy Moore

Until You by Sandra Marton - Kensington, Pinnacle, Denise Little Presents - Denise Little

Short Contemporary Romance

Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lucia Macro & Melissa Jeglinski

Bride Overboard by Heather MacAllister - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin

Daddy by Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Leslie Wainger

Finn's Twins! by Anne McAllister - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Presents - Samantha Bell

A Hard-Hearted Hero by Pamela Burford - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Susan Sheppard

Look What the Stork Brought by Dixie Browning - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Melissa Senate

Mr. Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin

Short Historical Romance

Heart of a Knight by Barbara Samuel - HarperCollins, Harper - Abigail Kamen-Holland

All but the Queen of Hearts by Rae Muir - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury

Jake by Leigh Greenwood - Dorchester, Leisure - Alicia Condon

A Knight to Remember by Christina Dodd - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperMonogram - Carolyn Marino

The Lady and the Knight by Lois Greiman - HarperCollins, Avon - Christine Zika

Once Upon a Scandal by Barbara Dawson Smith - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin

Outlaw in Paradise by Patricia Gaffney - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Topaz - Audrey LaFehr

Wonderful by Jill Barnett - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Linda Marrow

Traditional Romance

His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Tessa Shapcott

Her Secret Santa by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Gillian Green

Mommy and the Policeman Next Door by Marie Ferrarella - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Yours Truly - Leslie Wainger & Marcia Adirim

My Baby, Your Son by Anne Peters - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Mary-Theresa Hussey

Porcupine Ranch by Sally Carleen - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Mary-Theresa Hussey

Pregnant with His Child... by Carla Cassidy - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Karen Taylor-Richman

The Secret Baby by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Gillian Green

Wife Without a Past by Elizabeth Harbison - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Cristine Grace