2016 RITA® Winners & Finalists
Contents
Contemporary Romance: Long
Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates
- Fire Me Up by Kimberly Kincaid
- Love Me Sweet by Tracy Brogan
- Love Somebody Like You by Susan Fox
- Once Kissed by Cecy Robson
- Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas
- Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne
- Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst
- Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis
- The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak
Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length
Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
- A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne
- Dances under the Harvest Moon by Joanne Rock
- Falling for Mister Wrong by Lizzie Shane
- Just Say Yes by Elizabeth Hayley
- Love After All by Jaci Burton
- The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert
- Not a Fairy Tale by Romy Sommer
- Once Pure by Cecy Robson
- Romancing Miss Right by Lizzie Shane
Contemporary Romance: Short
The Nanny Plan by Sarah M. Anderson
- A Bramble House Christmas by C. J. Carmichael
- Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride by Christine Rimmer
- Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke
- Heated Moments by Phyllis Bourne
- His Lost-and-Found Bride by Scarlet Wilson
- One Night with Her Bachelor by Kat Latham
- The Prince She Never Forgot by Scarlet Wilson
- Tempting the Knight by Heidi Rice
- Three Nights Before Christmas by Kat Latham
Erotic Romance
For Real: A Spires Story by Alexis Hall
- Break Me Down by Roni Loren
- Say My Name by J. Kenner
- Sugar by Seressia Glass
- Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane
First Book
Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn
- Altered by Marnee Blake
- Night Hush by Leslie Jones
- No Better Man by Sara Richardson
- A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter
- Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon
- The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole
- Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley
Historical Romance: Long
- Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake
- Earls Just Want to Have Fun by Shana Galen
- If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries
- Tremaine's True Love by Grace Burrowes
Historical Romance: Short
It Started with a Scandal by Julie Anne Long
- Falling into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath
- Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
- Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman
- The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
- Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt
Inspirational Romance
A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter
- A Love Like Ours by Becky Wade
- Mistletoe Justice by Carol J. Post
- The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes
- The Rescued by Marta Perry
Paranormal Romance
Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles
- Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison
- Possessed by a Wolf by Sharon Ashwood
- The Shattered Court by M. J. Scott
- Soulbound by Kristen Callihan
- Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
- Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley
Romance Novella
Nice Girls Don't Ride by Roni Loren
- All's Fair in Love and Scandal by Caroline Linden
- Blue Streak (aka Hookup Master) by Jules Barnard
- "Desert Heat" in Course of Action: Crossfire by Merline Lovelace
- "Her Secret Prince" in Royal Holiday by Madeline Ash
- "Let It Shine" in The Brightest Day, a Juneteenth Historical Anthology by Alyssa Cole
- One Little Kiss by Robin Covington
- "The Resurrection of Sam Sloan" in Dark and Damaged by Erin Quinn
- Toward the Sunrise by Elizabeth Camden
Romantic Suspense
- Barefoot with a Bodyguard by Roxanne St. Claire
- Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire
- Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon
- Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force
- In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White
- She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh
- The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole
- Target Engaged by M. L. Buchman
Ygoun Adult Romance
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett
- Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg
- Rikki by Abigail Strom - Self-published
- Unspoken by C. C. Hunter
