2015 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Romance:Long

Baby, It's You by Jane Graves - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Michele Bidelspach The Best Medicine by Tracy Brogan - Amazon, Montlake - Kelli Martin Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan - Samhain - Sasha Knight It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan The Place I Belong by Nancy Herkness - Amazon, Montlake - JoVon Sotak Slow Tango with a Prince by Nicole Burnham - Self-published - Valerie Susan Hayward Somebody Like You by Beth K. Vogt - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Jessica Wong The Sweetest September by Liz Talley - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Megan Long & Wanda Ottewell To Scotland with Love by Patience Griffin - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Tracy Bernstein The Vixen and the Vet by Katy Regnery - Self-published - Chris Belden & Melissa Demeo

Contemporary Romance:Mid-Length

One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan Carolina Man by Virginia Kantra - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Sensation - Cindy Hwang Her Cowboy Hero by Tanya Michaels - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Johanna Raisanen Her Kind of Trouble by Sarah Mayberry - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Wanda Ottewell Her Temporary Hero by Jennifer Apodaca - Entangled, Indulgence - Kate Fall & Alethea Spiridon Hopson Love with a Perfect Cowboy by Lori Wilde - HarperCollins, Avon - Lucia Macro Once a Family by Tara Taylor Quinn - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Paula Eykelhof Reforming the Playboy by Inara Scott - Entangled, Indulgence - Alethea Spiridon Hopson Starting with June by Emilie Rose - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Wanda Ottewell & Karen Reid Worth the Fall by Caitie Quinn - Self-published - Jenn Harris

Contemporary Romance:Short

A Texas Rescue Christmas by Caro Carson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan The Bachelor Doctor's Bride by Caro Carson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Special Edition - Gail Chasan Bad Girl by Julie Miller - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue NOIR - Allison Lyons Blueprint for a Kiss by Nancy Warren - Self-published - Trish Milburn A Bride for the Black Sheep Brother by Emily McKay - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Charles Griemsman Enemies with Benefits by Louisa George - HarperCollins, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Modern Tempted/KISS - Flo Nicoll The Headmaster by Tiffany Reisz - Harlequin, E-Shivers - Danielle Padula Her Unforgettable Royal Lover by Merline Lovelace - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Desire - Gail Chasan What the Greek Can't Resist by Maya Blake - Harlequin Mills & Boon, Presents - Suzanne Clarke Yours Forever by Farrah Rochon - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Kimani - Tara Gavin

Erotic Romance

The Saint by Tiffany Reisz - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Susan Swinwood Bonds of Denial by Lynda Aicher - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Rhonda Helms Call Me Saffron by Talia Surova - Self-published Purely Professional by Elia Winters - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Kerri Buckley Wanted by J. Kenner - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Shauna Summers

First Book

Run to You Part I: First Sight (aka Deception So Deadly) by Clara Kensie - HarperCollins, Harlequin, TEEN - Natashya Wilson A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev - Kensington - Martin Biro The Dress Thief by Natalie Meg Evans - Hachette, Quercus - Kathryn Taussig Fake by Beck Nicholas - HarperCollins, Harlequin, TEEN - Annabel Blay For Such a Time by Kate Breslin - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr Mind Sweeper by A. E. Jones - Self-published - Faith Freewoman Purely Professional by Elia Winters - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Kerri Buckley The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Julie Mianecki To Scotland with Love by Patience Griffin - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Tracy Bernstein

Historical Romance:Long

Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran - Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books - Lauren McKenna Douglas: Lord of Heartache by Grace Burrowes - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Deb Werksman A Place Called Harmony by Jodi Thomas - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Wendy McCurdy Where the Horses Run by Kaki Warner - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Sensation - Wendy McCurdy Worth: Lord of Reckoning by Grace Burrowes - Self-published

Historical Romance: Short

Historical Romance: Short - 6 Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare - HarperCollins, Avon - Tessa Woodward The Bells of Times Square by Amy Lane - Riptide - Sarah Frantz Lyons The Cowboy's Reluctant Bride by Debra Cowan - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Rachel Burkot Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Leah Hultenschmidt The Gentleman Rogue by Margaret McPhee - HarperCollins, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Historical - Pippa Roscoe In Bed with a Rogue by Samantha Grace - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Cat Clyne

Inspirational Romance

Deceived by Irene Hannon - Baker, Revell - Jennifer Leep For Such a Time by Kate Breslin - Baker, Bethany House - Raela Schoenherr Hope at Dawn by Stacy Henrie - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Lauren Plude Huckleberry Summer by Jennifer Beckstrand - Kensington, Zebra - John Scognamiglio The Widow's Suitor by Rose Ross Zediker - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Heartsong Presents - Kathy Davis

Paranormal Romance

Evernight by Kristen Callihan - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever - Alex Logan Be Careful What You Kiss For by Jane Lynne Daniels - Boroughs - Jill Limber Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Sensation - Leis Pedersen Burn for Me by Cynthia Eden - Kensington, Brava - Esi Sogah The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter - HarperCollins, Harlequin, HQN - Emily Ohanjanians Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster - Sourcebooks, Casablanca - Mary Altman Mind Sweeper by A. E. Jones - Self-published - Faith Freewoman My Lady, My Lord by Katharine Ashe - Self-published - Martha Tachtenberg

Romance Novella

His Road Home by Anna Richland - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Rhonda Helms 10 Rules to Sex Up a Blind Date by Heidi Rice - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Cosmo Red-Hot Reads - Bryony Green "A Game of Brides" in Love Me True by Megan Crane - Tule - Sinclair Sawhney Her Best Laid Plans by Cara McKenna - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Cosmo Red-Hot Reads - Malle Vallik Kiss and Tell by Grace Burrowes - Self-published The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath - HarperCollins, Avon Impulse - May Chen "A Love Letter to the Editor" in Four Weddings & a Kiss by Robin Lee Hatcher - Thomas Nelson - Traci Depree & Ami McConnell Pushing the Line by Kimberly Kincaid - Self-published - Curtis Brown Digital "Will You Be My Wi-Fi?" in At the Billionaire's Wedding by Caroline Linden - Self-published, The Lady Authors - Martha Trachtenberg "A Yorkshire Christmas" in All I Want for Christmas by Kate Hewitt - Tule - Sinclair Sawhney

Romantic Suspense

Concealed in Death by J. D. Robb - PRH/Penguin, Putnam - Leslie Gelbman Forged in Ash by Trish McCallan - Amazon, Montlake - Charlotte Herscher & JoVon Sotak Grave Danger by Katy Lee - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Love Inspired Suspense - Emily Rodmell Honor Reclaimed by Tonya Burrows - Entangled, Select - Heather Howland Into the Shadows by Carolyn Crane - Self-published - Deb Nemeth and critique partners Lock and Load by Kimberley Troutte - Self-published - Georgia Woods Midnight Action by Elle Kennedy - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Signet - Laura Fazio You're Not Safe by Mary Burton - Kensington, Zebra - John Scognamiglio

Young Adult Romance

Boys Like You by Juliana Stone - Sourcebooks, Fire - Leah Hultenschmidt & Aubrey Poole Plus One by Elizabeth Fama - Macmillan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR - Simon Boughton Run to You (aka Deception So Deadly) by Clara Kensie - HarperCollins, Harlequin, TEEN - Natashya Wilson Some Boys by Patty Blount - Sourcebooks, Fire - Aubrey Poole