2015 HOLT Medallion Winners

2015 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Chasing The Dollar - Ellie Ashe

The Price Of A Pearl - Laura Carroll Butler

"A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas" in Christmas Revels" Four Regency Novellas - Louisa Cornell

Adirondack Audacity - L.R. Smolarek

The Winds Of Fate - Elizabeth St. Michel

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Unexpected Reunion - Carolyn Greene

Primal Instinct - Janie Crouch

High-Heeled Wonder - Avery Flynn

More To Give - Terri Osburn

The Promise Of Rain - Rula Sinara

Short Contemporary

At No Man's Command - Melanie Milburne

At Home In Barbourville - Carolynn Carey

Accidentally Married On Purpose - Rachel Harris

Alaskan Adventure - Crystal Jordan

Cowboy On Her Doorstep - Pam Mantovani

Long Contemporary

Wind Chime Cafe - Sophie Moss

That Summer Night - Barbara Freethy

Christmas In Cupid Falls - Holly Jacobs

Resisting The Hero - Cindi Madsen

All For A Cowboy - Jeannie Watt

Short Inspirational

Unexpected Reunion - Carolyn Greene

Small-Town Billionaire - Renee Andrews

Finally A Mother - Dana Corbit

Hazardous Homecoming - Dana Mentink

Identity Withheld - Sandra Orchard

Long Inspirational

When I Fall In Love - Susan May Warren

A Dream Of Home - Amy Clipston

Nowhere To Turn - Lynette Eason

Firewall - DiAnn Mills

The Forgiven - Marta Perry

Historical

Traitor's Moon - Janet Lane

Once Upon A Highland Autumn - Lecia Cornwall

Dark Secrets, Deep Bayous - Meg Hennessy

Captured By A Laird - Margaret Mallory

Shadowed By Grace - Cara Putman

Romantic Suspense

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Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic

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Extra Spicy Romance

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Mainstream/Single Title

Adirondack Audacity - L.R. Smolarek

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Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Chasing The Dollar - Ellie Ashe

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Romance Novella

"A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas" in Christmas Revels" Four Regency Novellas - Louisa Cornell

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