2003 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel

The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe

The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot

Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

Love In Bloom's by Judith Arnold

Once Upon A Wedding by Kathleen Eagle

Twice Burned by Jan Coffey

First Book

Shades Of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom

The Baby Plan by Susan Gable

Danger's Promise by Marliss Moon

Falling Star by Diana Dempsey

A Perilous Attraction by Patricia Frances Rowell

Silver Dagger by T.L. Sinclare

Wedding At White Sands by Catherine Mann

Inspirational Romance

Never Say Goodbye by Irene Hannon

Firstborn by Robin Lee Hatcher

Gifts Of Love by Crystal Stovall

Ruth by Lori Copeland

Summer Shadows by Gayle Roper

Whirlpool by Lorena McCourtney

Long Contemporary Series Romance

Taking Cover by Catherine Mann

Babes In Arms by Kathleen O'Brien

Capturing Cleo by Linda Winstead Jones

The Secret Son by Tara Taylor Quinn

Seduced By The Enemy by Jamie Ann Denton

Wedding At White Sands by Catherine Mann

What A Woman Wants by Tori Carrington

What The Heart Wants by Jean Brashear

Long Historical Romance

Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter

Lost In Your Arms by Christina Dodd

Magnolia Creek by Jill Marie Landis

Prairie Moon by Maggie Osborne

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

A Summer To Remember by Mary Balogh

Tempted By Your Touch by Jen Holling

Paranormal Romance

Contact by Susan Grant

The Charm Stone by Donna Kauffman

The Forest Lord by Susan Krinard

Twilight Hunger by Maggie Shayne

Regency Romance

A Debt To Delia by Barbara Metzger

The Former Fiancé by Teresa DesJardien

Kissing Cousins by Nadine Miller

The Storybook Hero by Andrea Pickens

The Errant Earl by Amanda McCabe

Romance Novella

"To Kiss In the Shadows" in Tapestry by Lynn Kurland

"The Bed Is Made" (aka Her Captive) in Once Upon A Pillow by Connie Brockway

"The Bed Is Unmade" (aka Last Night) in Once Upon A Pillow by Christina Dodd

"The Breeding Season" in A Mother's Way by Lisa Cach

"An Interrupted Tapestry" in Tapestry by Madeline Hunter

"Kismet" in Sheiks Of Summer by Fiona Brand

"A Rancher In Her Stocking" in So This Is Christmas by Leanne Banks

Romantic Suspense

Three Fates by Nora Roberts

Hush by Anne Frasier

Purity In Death by J.D. Robb

Reunion In Death by J.D. Robb

Someone Knows by Karen Young

Wild At Heart by Jane Graves

Short Contemporary Romance

Taming The Outlaw by Cindy Gerard

The Doctor's Mistress by Lilian Darcy

Good Time Girl by Candace Schuler

Lazaro's Revenge by Jane Porter

Private Investigations by Tori Carrington

Take Me by Cherry Adair

Taming Blackhawk by Barbara McCauley

Two Catch A Fox by Isabel Sharpe

Two To Tangle by Leslie Kelly

Short Historical Romance

The Bride Fair by Cheryl Reavis

The Colonel's Daughter by Merline Lovelace

Diamond In The Rough by Patricia Waddell

Embrace The Sun by Linda Lea Castle

Shades Of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom

Tess And The Highlander by May McGoldrick

The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas

The Willing Wife by Claudia Dain

Traditional Romance

The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber

City Girl In Training by Liz Fielding

Finding Her Prince by Lilian Darcy

A Millionaire For Molly by Marion Lennox

A Royal Proposition by Marion Lennox

True Love, Inc. by Jackie Braun

The Tycoon's Takeover by Liz Fielding