2021 Vivian Finalists
Contemporary Romance – Long The Boy Toy by Nicola Marsh Berkley Romance Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony Wild Rose False Start by Jessica Ruddick Peake Ink Press A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran A Three Dogs Day, LLC Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay Avon Books Lovestruck by Bronwyn Sell Harlequin, HQ Fiction The Marriage Game by Sara Desai Berkley Romance
Contemporary Romance – Mid Heartthrob by Robin Bielman Tule Publishing Pilot Down by Kimberley Troutte Self-published Roughing by Michaela Grey Self-published The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades Self-published Swipe Right for Cowboy by Karen Foley Tule Publishing, Texas Born Tempting Taste by Sara Whitney Self-published Under His Protection by LaQuette Brooklyn Girl Ink
Contemporary Romance – Short Engaging the Enemy by Reese Ryan Harlequin Desire Marriage by Arrangement by Sophia Singh Sasson Harlequin Desire There Galapagos My Heart by Philip William Stover Iron Bridge Workshop Worth Fighting For by Laura Kaye 1,001 Dark Nights
Erotic Romance Pure Satisfaction by Rebecca Hunter Harlequin Dare The Redemption by Nikki Sloane Shady Creek Publishing
First Published Book Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony Wild Rose Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline Self-published A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran A Three Dogs Day, LLC Greedy Heart by A. P. Murray Tule Publishing Her Outback Driver by Giulia Skye Self-published How to Stay by Christina Mitchell Pigasus Pen Publishing Love Me Like a Love Song by Annmarie Boyle Self-published Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert Soul Mate Publishing Painting the Lines by Ashley R. King City Owl Press Perfection Distraction by Allison Ashley Entangled Amara A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers Self-published
Historical Romance – Long The Clothier’s Daughter by Bronwyn Parry Firetail Press His Secret Mistress by Cathy Maxwell Avon Books Once a Spy by Mary Jo Putney Kensington, Zebra Ten Things I Hate about the Duke by Loretta Chase Avon Books
Historical Romance – Mid For This Knight Only by Barbara Bettis Wild Rose, Tea The Footman and I by Valerie Bowman Self-published A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers Self-published A Study in Passion by Louisa Cornell Scarsdale Publishing, Ltd.
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance Accidentally Family by Sasha Summers Entangled Amara Every Last Drop by Sarah Robinson Self-published An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham St. Martin’s Press The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas HarperCollins, HQ
Most Anticipated Romance “23 and You and Me” by Michelle McCraw “Burning Caine” by Janet Oppedisano “The Compound” by Deena Short “Love, with Complications” by Jane Durand “Trivial Pursuit” by Ingrid Pierce
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements At Love’s Command by Karen Witemeyer Bethany House Publishers Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner Revell Small Town Faith by Michelle Lindo-Rice & Michelle Stimpson Self-published Stay with Me by Becky Wade Bethany House Publishers
Romantic Suspense – Long Burn by Stephanie Rowe Authenticity Playground, LLC Code of Conduct by April White Smartypants Romance Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson Toni Anderson Inc. Hail Mary by Hope Anika Self-published Honor Avenged by Tonya Burrows Entangled Amara
Romantic Suspense – Mid Harbour by Claire Boston Bantilly Publishing K-9 Protector by Julie Miller Harlequin Intrigue Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert Soul Mate Publishing Storm by Janie Crouch Self-published
Speculative Romance – Long Curse of Seduction by C. R. Robinson Self-published Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay Headline A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong K.L.A. Fricke, Inc. Written in Water by Elizabeth Schechter Self-published
Speculative Romance – Mid Betwixt by Darynda Jones Feather & Leaf, LLC
