1983 Golden Heart Winners

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1983 Golden Heart Contest

Fee: $10
Entries: 140

Category Historical Romance

Winner: “Shadow Queen” - Vivian Doering
  • Finalists:
“Bed of Scarlet” - Betina Lindsey
“Impossible Baggage” - Louise Chatterton
“Lady Lisette” - Lori Carleton

Contemporary Mainstream Romance

Winner: “Someday Soon” - Kathleen Eagle
  • Finalists:
“Awakening” - Betina Lindsey
“Cinnabar” - Suzanne Forster
“From Africa with Love” - Christine Poodt
“Long Ago and Far Away" - Bonna Lee Cook
“Touched by Magic” - Mary Ann Wilson

Contemporary Sensual Romance

'Winner: “Change of Heart” - Melanie Catley
  • Finalists:
“Chesapeake Sands” - Patricia Dutton
“Compassionate Spirit” - Pat Pinianski
“Coral Promise” - Sarah Brooke Smith
“Seven Oaks” - Susan Horton
“Wild Risk, Gentle Promise” - Kathy Lloyd

Contemporary Sweet Romance

Winner: “The Gentling” - Virginia Gray
  • Finalists:
“The Darling Jade” - Peggy Nicholson
“The Love of the Irish” - Carol Dennis
“A Scent of Jasmine” - Kathleen Beck
“Tormenting Memories” - Eleanor Robbins
“The Woman Within” - Elaine Lakso

Mainstream Historical Romance

Winner: “Swan Bride” - Betina Lindsey
  • Finalists:
“Alexander, My Lord” - Judith French
“Lost Gods of the Navidad” - Pat Bercier
“Private Treaty” - Kathleen Eagle
“Tidewater Destiny” - Barbara Dawson Smith
“Wild Roses for Katie” - Dian Egert

Young Adult Romance

Winner: “What Are Friends for Anyway?” - Pat Pinianski
  • Finalists:
“Beyond Tomorrow” - Louise Chatterton
“Spanish Shadows” - Paula Gorgas
“Summer's Challenge” - Julie Garwood
“What Love Did to Randy” - Dorothy Renko