1984 Golden Heart Winners

1984 Golden Heart Contest

Fee: $10

Entries: 178

Category Historical Romance

Winner: “Deception So Agreeable” - Mary E. Butler

• Finalists:

“Gentle Warrior” - Julie Garwood

“Olivia” - Karla Hocker

Contemporary Romance 65,000-80,000 Words

Winner: “Bittersweet Dreams” - Barbara Dawson Smith

• Finalists:

“In the Heart of the Mountain” - Marianne Kelly

“Love's Serenade” - Diann Egert

“The Loving Season” - Nancy Morgan

“The Summer of the Stranger's Kiss” - Billie Weide

“Undercover Angel” - Suzanne Forster

Contemporary Romance over 80,000 Words

Winner: “Beloved Rescuer” - Susan Fox

• Finalists:

“Cherished Deceiver” - Catherine Beyer

“Lessons in Love” - Char Woodard

“A Message of Equals” - Mary McNeill

“Trial Marriage” - Annette Broderick

“Uncharted Course” - Judy Whitten

Contemporary Romance under 65,000 Words

Winner: “Love Leads the Parade” - Christine DeSmet

• Finalists:

“Highway to Love” - Helen Craig

“Picture Perfect Love” - Linda Hartman

“Silent Song” - Leslie Knowles

“Sweet Delaney” - Julie Kistler

Historical Romance

Winner: “The Crown and the Longship” - Maureen E. Kurr

• Finalists:

“Fortune's Choice” - Michal Ann Perry

“The Irish Witch” - Linda Wichman

“Milady Wells” - Regina Pounds

“Savage Surrender” - Laury Lennox

Traditional Romance

Winner: “The Cutting Edge” - Lisbeth Chance

• Finalists:

“A Dance of Passion” - Linda Magee

“Heartless Affair” - Connie Ward Knapp

“Porcelain Season” - Heather MacAllister

“Race for the Roses” - Lorraine Snelling

“Snow Angel” - Cathy Redd

Young Adult Romance

'Winner: “It Adds Up” - Janice Boies

• Finalists:

“Love Comes Riding” - Kathy Stacy

“We Vote Love” - Mary Smith