1989 Golden Medallion Winners & Finalists

From its introduction in 1982 until 1989, the RITA® was known as The Golden Medallion. After a few years of relatively stable categories, 1989 saw a return to fiddling with Golden Medallion Categories. Single Title Release was mercifully shortened to Single Title and Suspense was added as a new category.

Historical Romance: Sunflower by Jill Marie Landis - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Damaris Rowland

Devil's Envoy by Jasmine Craig - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Mercer Warriner

My Wicked Enchantress by Meagan McKinney - PRH/Random House, Dell, Lovegram Historical - Maggie Lichota

Rebellion by Nora Roberts - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Isabel Swift

Reckless Angel by Elizabeth Awbrey - PRH/Random House, Crown - Carrie Feron

Renegade Love by Katherine Sutcliffe - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards

Long Contemporary Romance: A Crime of the Heart by Cheryl Reavis - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Leslie Kazanjian

But That Was Yesterday by Kathleen Eagle - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Donovan's Promise by Dallas Schulze - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Lucia Macro

From Glowing Embers by Emilie Richards - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger

Local Hero by Nora Roberts - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Special Edition - Isabel Swift

Secrets by Jennifer Greene - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Lucia Macro

Regency Romance: Brighton Road by Susan Carroll - Fawcett, Regency - Barbara Dicks

Honor's Players by Holly Newman - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner), Regency - Judith Stern

Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed by Jo Beverley - Bloomsbury, Walker - Alice Harron Orr

Short Contemporary Romance: Winter's Daughter by Kathleen Creighton - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Carolyn Nichols

Heaven Sent by Erica Spindler - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Anne Parsons Smith

Hold on Tight by Deborah Smith - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Carolyn Nichols

Island Heat by Suzanne Forster - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Amie Inman

Out of the Cold by Robin Elliott - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Isabel Swift & Anne Leiner

Razzmatazz by Patricia Burroughs - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Anne Leiner

Single Title Contemporary Romance: Leaves of Fortune by Linda Barlow - PRH/Knopf Doubleday, Doubleday - Carolyn Blakemore

Forever Love by Margaret Chittenden - Worldwide Romance Library - Dianne Moggy

Honorbound by Laura Taylor - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Kent Oswalt

Rebellious Angels by Laura Parker - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner) - Fredda Isaacson

Suspense Novel: Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts - PRH/Random House, Bantam - Carolyn Nichols

Some Die Telling by Stella Cameron - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Brian Henry

Traditional Romance: Flirtation River by Bethany Campbell - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Debbie Tile & Karin Stoecker

The Forever Man by Theresa Weir - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Anne Parsons Smith

A Matter of Honor by Brittany Young - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Tara Hughes

Young Adult Romance: The Ghosts of Stony Clove by Eileen Charbonneau - Macmillan, Tor - Norma Jean Sawicki

no finalists