2001 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance

First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron

In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperTorch - Laura Cifelli

Kiss and Tell by Cherry Adair - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers

Twelve Days by Teresa Hill - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Cecilia Oh

The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers

The Wrong Child by Patricia Kay - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Cindy Hwang

First Book

A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Paula Eykelhof

By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter - PRH/Random House, Bantam - Wendy McCurdy

Cowboy for Keeps by Kristi Gold - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Jennifer Walsh

In the Shadow of the Moon by Karen White - Dorchester, Love Spell

My Champion by Glynnis Campbell - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Cindy Hwang

Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster - PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball

Reilly's Law by Elizabeth Keys - Kensington, Zebra, Ballad - Amy Garvey

Remember the Night by Linda Castillo - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Jennifer Nauss

Ties of Love by Anita Wall - Kensington, Zebra, Historical - Karen Taylor-Richman

Inspirational Romance

The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher - PRH/Crown, WaterBrook - Traci DePree

Awakening Mercy by Angela Benson - Tyndale House - Becky Nesbitt & Diane Elbe

The Negotiator by Dee Henderson - PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Julee Schwarzburg

Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster - PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball

True Devotion by Dee Henderson - PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Julee Schwarzburg

When Joy Came to Stay by Karen Kingsbury - PRH/Crown, Multnomah - Karen Ball

Long Contemporary Romance

Rogue's Reform by Marilyn Pappano - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Beginning with Baby by Christie Ridgway - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Lynda Curnyn

The Brands Who Came for Christmas by Maggie Shayne - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

The Comeback of Conn MacNeill by Virginia Kantra - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Mary-Theresa Hussey

The Daughter Merger by Janice Kay Johnson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Laura Shin

The Fourth Child by C. J. Carmichael - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Beverley Sotolov

Get Lucky by Suzanne Brockmann - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan

Mad Dog and Annie by Virginia Kantra - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Mary-Theresa Hussey

Saving Grace by RaeAnne Thayne - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan & Karen Kosztolnyik

Long Historical Romance

Devilish by Jo Beverley - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Audrey LaFehr

Here Comes the Bride by Pamela Morsi - HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron

I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne - PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers

Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James - PRH/Random House, Delacorte - Jacqueline Cantor

Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne - PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers

The Stone Maiden by Susan Fraser King - PRH, Penguin, Putnam - Audrey LaFehr

The Sun and the Moon by Patricia Ryan - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Cecilia Oh

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn - HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch

Paranormal Romance

The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning - PRH/Random House, Dell - Wendy McCurdy

Catch A Fallen Angel by Kathleen Kane - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin

Dark Magic by Christine Feehan - Dorchester, Love Spell - Leslie Kazanjian

In the Shadow of the Moon by Karen White - Dorchester, Love Spell - Kate Collins

Prince of Time by Glenna McReynolds - PRH/Random House, Bantam - Elizabeth Barrett

The Star King by Susan Grant - Dorchester, Love Spell - Christopher Keeslar

Regency Romance

A Grand Design by Emma Jensen - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

Lord Nightingale's Debut by Judith A. Lansdowne - Kensington, Zebra, Regency - Kate Duffy

Once upon a Christmas by Diane Farr - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

The Ramshackle Suitor by Nancy Butler - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

Saved by Scandal by Barbara Metzger - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet Regency - Hilary Ross

Romance Novella

"Final Approach...to Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Millennium Baby by Kristine Rolofson - HarperCollins, Harlequin - Malle Vallik

"The Enchantment" in Once Upon a Dream by Ruth Ryan Langan - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Judith Stern Palais

"In Dreams" in Once Upon a Dream by Nora Roberts - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman

Romantic Suspense

Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman

Blade's Lady by Fiona Brand - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Silhouette - Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Brown-Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Kate Collins

Renegade Heart by Gayle Wilson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Angela Catalano

Witness in Death by J. D. Robb - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman

Short Contemporary Romance

It Takes a Rebel by Stephanie Bond - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin

Callan's Proposition by Barbara McCauley - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Melissa Jeglinski

First Comes Love by Elizabeth Bevarly - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Gail Chasan

In Name Only by Peggy Moreland - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lynda Curnyn

Moonlighting by Heather MacAllister - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin

Out of the Blue (aka The Wrong Bed) by Jill Shalvis - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Susan Sheppard

Rough and Rugged by Colleen Collins - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Duets - Malle Vallik

The Taming of Tyler Kincaid by Sandra Marton - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Presents - Tessa Shapcott

Short Historical Romance

The Mistress by Susan Wiggs - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Dianne Moggy & Martha Keenan

Donovan's Bed by Debra Mullins - HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding

Dove's Way by Linda Francis Lee - PRH/Random House, Ballantine, Ivy - Shauna Summers

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - HarperCollins, Avon - Lyssa Keusch

The Gentleman Thief by Deborah Simmons - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury

The Last Bride in Texas by Judith Stacy - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury

Never Kiss a Duke by Eileen Putman - HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding

Silk and Steel by Kat Martin - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin

Traditional Romance

The Best Man & the Bridesmaid by Liz Fielding - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Ceri Tomlins

The Bride's Proposition by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Samantha Bell

The Lyon's Den by Selina Sinclair - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Duets- Susan Sheppard

Mixing Business...with Baby by Diana Whitney - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Jennifer Walsh

To Marry a Sheikh by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Samantha Bell

Tom Bradley's Babies by Marion Lennox - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Ceri Tomlins