2003 RITA® Winners & Finalists

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Contemporary Single Title Romance

* Winner: No Place Like Home - Barbara Samuel

  • Finalists:
The Beach House - Mary Alice Monroe
The Boy Next Door - Meggin Cabot
Chesapeake Blue - Nora Roberts
Love In Bloom's - Judith Arnold
Once Upon A Wedding - Kathleen Eagle
Twice Burned - Jan Coffey

First Book

* Winner: Shades Of Honor - Wendy Lindstrom

  • Finalists:
The Baby Plan - Susan Gable
Danger's Promise - Marliss Moon
Falling Star - Diana Dempsey
A Perilous Attraction - Patricia Frances Rowell
Silver Dagger - T.L. Sinclare
Wedding At White Sands - Catherine Mann

Inspirational Romance

* Winner: Never Say Goodbye - Irene Hannon

  • Finalists:
Firstborn - Robin Lee Hatcher
Gifts Of Love - Crystal Stovall
Ruth - Lori Copeland
Summer Shadows - Gayle Roper
Whirlpool - Lorena McCourtney

Long Contemporary Series Romance

* Winner: Taking Cover - Catherine Mann

  • Finalists:
Babes In Arms - Kathleen O'Brien
Capturing Cleo - Linda Winstead Jones
The Secret Son - Tara Taylor Quinn
Seduced By The Enemy - Jamie Ann Denton
Wedding At White Sands - Catherine Mann
What A Woman Wants - Tori Carrington
What The Heart Wants - Jean Brashear

Long Historical Romance

* Winner: Stealing Heaven - Madeline Hunter

  • Finalists:
Lost In Your Arms - Christina Dodd
Magnolia Creek - Jill Marie Landis
Prairie Moon - Maggie Osborne
Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Julia Quinn
A Summer To Remember - Mary Balogh
Tempted By Your Touch - Jen Holling

Paranormal Romance

* Winner: Contact - Susan Grant

  • Finalists:
The Charm Stone - Donna Kauffman
The Forest Lord - Susan Krinard
Twilight Hunger - Maggie Shayne

Regency Romance

* Winner: A Debt To Delia - Barbara Metzger

  • Finalists:
The Former Fiancé - Teresa DesJardien
Kissing Cousins - Nadine Miller
The Storybook Hero - Andrea Pickens
The Errant Earl - Amanda McCabe

Romance Novella

* Winner: "To Kiss In the Shadows" in Tapestry - Lynn Kurland

  • Finalists:
"The Bed Is Made" (aka Her Captive) in Once Upon A Pillow - Connie Brockway
"The Bed Is Unmade" (aka Last Night) in Once Upon A Pillow - Christina Dodd
"The Breeding Season" in A Mother's Way - Lisa Cach
"An Interrupted Tapestry" in Tapestry - Madeline Hunter
"Kismet" in Sheiks Of Summer - Fiona Brand
"A Rancher In Her Stocking" in So This Is Christmas - Leanne Banks

Romantic Suspense

* Winner: Three Fates - Nora Roberts

  • Finalists:
Hush - Anne Frasier
Purity In Death - J.D. Robb
Reunion In Death - J.D. Robb
Someone Knows - Karen Young
Wild At Heart - Jane Graves

Short Contemporary Romance

* Winner: Taming The Outlaw - Cindy Gerard

  • Finalists:
The Doctor's Mistress - Lilian Darcy
Good Time Girl - Candace Schuler
Lazaro's Revenge - Jane Porter
Private Investigations - Tori Carrington
Take Me- Cherry Adair
Taming Blackhawk - Barbara McCauley
Two Catch A Fox - Isabel Sharpe
Two To Tangle - Leslie Kelly

Short Historical Romance

* Winner: The Bride Fair - Cheryl Reavis

  • Finalists:
The Colonel's Daughter - Merline Lovelace
Diamond In The Rough - Patricia Waddell
Embrace The Sun - Linda Lea Castle
Shades Of Honor - Wendy Lindstrom
Tess And The Highlander - May McGoldrick
The Texan's Wager - Jodi Thomas
The Willing Wife - Claudia Dain

Traditional Romance

* Winner: The Christmas Basket - Debbie Macomber

  • Finalists:
City Girl In Training - Liz Fielding
Finding Her Prince - Lilian Darcy
A Millionaire For Molly - Marion Lennox
A Royal Proposition - Marion Lennox
True Love, Inc. - Jackie Braun
The Tycoon's Takeover - Liz Fielding