Virginia Kantra

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra is the author of thirty books of women's fiction, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense.

Meg and Jo, a contemporary novel inspired by the classic story Little Women, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and was a People Magazine pick.

Beth and Amy (May 25, 2021) "continues her delightful 21st-century retelling of Little Women...Kantra’s compulsively readable update will attract a whole new group of readers, as well as satisfy Alcott devotees."—Publishers Weekly

Her stories have earned numerous awards including two Romance Writers of America's RITA (R) Awards, ten RITA nominations, and two National Readers' Choice Awards.

Carolina Dreaming, the fifth book in her Dare Island series , won the 2017 RITA (R) Award for Best Contemporary Romance - Midlength and was named one of BookPage's Top Ten Romance Novels of 2016. Her work includes the popular Children of the Sea series and, in e-book format, The MacNeills stories.

On the Web

• Official Website [1]

Books

• All A Man Can Ask - 2003
• All A Man Can Be - 2003
• All A Man Can Do - 2002
• Beth And Amy - 2021
• Between The Mountain And The Moon - 2007
• Born To Protect - 2001
• Carolina Blues - 2003
• Carolina Dreaming - 2003
• Carolina Girl - 2002
• Carolina Heart - 2021
• Caroline Home - 2007
• Carolina Man - 2013
• Close-Up - 2015
• Comeback Of Con Macneill - 2012
• End Game - 2014
• Fairytale Life Of Dorothy Gale - 2005
• Forgotten Sea - 2000
• Guilty Secrets - 2003
• Her Beautiful Assassin - 2023
• Home Before Midnight - 2011
• Immortal Sea - 2004
• Mad Dog And Annie - 2003
• Meg And Jo - 2006
• Midsummer Night's Magic - 2010
• Passion Of Patrick MacNeill - 2000
• Reforming Of Matthew Dunn - 2019
• Sea Crossing - 2004
• Sea Fever - 1999
• Sea Lord - 1998
• Sea Witch - 2008
• Stolen Memory - 2008
• Temptation Of Sean Macneill - 2009
• Upon A Midnight Clear - 2008

Series/Related Titles

The Children Of The Sea

.5 Sea Crossing

1. Sea Witch

2. Sea Fever

3. Sea Lord

3.5 Shifting Sea

4. Immortal Sea

5. Forgotten Sea

Dare Island

1. Carolina Home

2. Carolina Girl

3. Carolina Man

4. Carolina Blues

4.5 Carolina Heart

5. Carolina Dreaming

Families Are Forever (multi-author series)

5. The Passion of Patrick MacNeill

Family Secrets (multi-author series)

• Her Beautiful Assassin

Firstborn Sons (multi-author series)

• Born To Protect

The MacNeills

1. The Passion Of Patrick MacNeill
2. The Comeback Of Con MacNeill
3. The Temptation Of Sean MacNeill
4. Mad Dog And Annie

The March Sisters

1. Meg And Jo
2. Beth And Amy

Men In Blue (multi-author series)

• The Reforming Of Matthew Dunn

Sweet Home Carolina

1. The Reforming Of Matthew Dunn

Trouble In Eden

1. All A Man Can Do
2. All A Man Can Ask
3. All A Man Can Be
4. Stolen Memory

Awards

• 2017 RITA Award Winner - Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length, [Carolina Dreaming]]
• 2011 RITA Award Winner - Romance Novella, "Shifting Sea" in Burning Up

Recognitions

• 2021 Booklist Starred Review, Beth And Amy
• 2019 Booklist Starred Review, Meg And Jo
• 2019 LibraryReads Starred Review, Meg And Jo
• 2019 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Meg And Jo
• 2015 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length, Carolina Man
• 2011 RITA Award Finalist - Paranormal Romance, Immortal Sea
• 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense, Close-Up
• 2005 RITA Award Finalist - Romance Novella, "Midsummer Night's Magic" in Man Of My Dreams
• 2004 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, All A Man Can Be
• 2001 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, Mad Dog And Annie
• 2001 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, The Comeback Of Conn MacNeill
• 2000 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, The Passion Of Patrick MacNeill

Awards (body of work)

• 2001 RRA Awards Winner - Best Series/Category Romance Author
• 2000 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Series/Category Romance Author