2006 Golden Heart Winners

The Golden Heart contest is the pre-eminent writing contest for unpublished romance authors. It is presented annually by the Romance Writers of America.

• Best Contemporary Single Title Romance Manuscript - Dangerous Choices - Donna Meier
  • Other nominees were: The Karma Sutra Chronicles - Kathleen Beaver; Irish Dream - Sheri Buerkle; What You Deserve - Susan Crouse; Don’t Look Back - Mary Fechter; Murphy’s Law - Jennifer Kamptner; Playing for Keeps - Stacey Lynn Riemer; Double - Nothing by Susan Seyfarth

• Best Inspirational Romance Manuscript - When Angels Fall - Lora Bale
  • Other nominees were: Stolen Hearts - Janet Dean; Promises - Melissa Tippens

• Best Long Contemporary Romance Manuscript - The Memory of You - Laurie Kellogg
  • Other nominees were: Hard To Hold - Beth Burgoon; Nothing But Trouble - Beth Burgoon; Accidentally Wed - Adele Gautier; On Target - Robin Perini; The Rainbow Shell - Judith Raxten; Love By Bequest - Anahita Sugden; Lethal Medicine - Victoria Wasserman; Kidnapped - Suzanne Welsh

• Best Long Historical Romance Manuscript - The Education of Mrs. Brimley - Donna MacMeans
  • Other nominees were: The Patrician’s Desire - Joan Kayse; Hint of Desire - Lavinia Klein; A Talent for Sin - Lavinia Klein; Fortune’s Flower - Anthea Lawrence and Lawson Dumbeck; The Marriage Truce - Nancy Northcott; Mustang Wild - Stacey Lynn Riemer; No Ordinary Duchess - Karen Schwartz

• Best Paranormal Romance Manuscript - Blood Squad - Kelli Shewey
  • Other nominees were: Legacy - Misti Adams Barnes; Dead Mom Talking - Kathleen Beaver; Midnight Fire - Pamela Poulsen; First Sight - Linda Rooks; Stone Warrior - Linda Rooks; Warrior Bride - Cathie Shaffer; By the Book - Jennifer Smith

• Best Romantic Suspense Manuscript - The Watcher - Jo Robertson
  • Other nominees were: Black Knight - Jeanne Pickering Adams; What You See - Joan Goodman; Fanning the Flames - Patricia Milburn; Jewels of the Madonna - Cindy Munoz; The Ritual - Cassondra Murray; Hiding in Plain Sight - Joan Swan; Hunted - Suzanne Welsh

• Best Short Contemporary Romance Manuscript - Sweet Surrender - Yvonne Harris
  • Other nominees were: Heat - Stacey Keith; The Scandalous Bride - Amber Norcott; Intensive Care - Julie Rowe; Prescription: Marriage - Julie Rowe; Dream Gypsy - Janine Toole; Undercover Seduction - Tawny Weber; Damn the Man! - Michelle Witvliet

• Best Short Historical Romance Manuscript - Scandal’s Daughter - Christine Diehm
  • Other nominees were: Mark of the Monster - Leslie Dicken; The Leopard Prince - Nancy McKinnell Finney; The Magnificent Marriage - Karen Schwartz; More Than a Lady - Inara Scott; Her Scandalous Proposal Christine Zampi

• Best Novel With Strong Romantic Elements Manuscript - Snooping in Stilettos - Kathleen Beaver
  • Other nominees were: Telling Lies - Esri Allbritten; Remembering How To Make Music - Teresa Elliott Brown; A Virgin in L.A. - Patricia Cerrone; The Call of the Wilder - Christine Fletcher; Kick Start - Caren Helms; False Dawn - Kimberley Howe; Greta’s Grace - Virginia McCullough

• Best Young Adult Romance Manuscript - Do You Really Want To Haunt Me? - Heather Koenig
  • Other nominees were: All a Girl Wants - Laura Cumbie; Investigating the Hottie - Juliana Heaton; The Secret Life of Amber Hickenbottom - Heather Koenig; The Wishing Tree - Patricia Milburn