2017 RITA® Winners & Finalists

Contemporary Romance: Long

Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan

Always a Bridesmaid by Lizzie Shane

Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long

Make Me Sin by J.T. Geissinger

Pansies by Alexis Hall

Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne

Tender Is the Night by Barbara Freethy

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra

Back in the Saddle by Karen Templeton

Barefoot at Midnight by Roxanne St. Claire

Fast Connection by Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell

Lone Heart Pass by Jodi Thomas

Off the Hook by Laura Drewry

Once and for All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison

Tell Me How This Ends by Victoria De La O

The Turning Point by Marie Meyer

Wanderlust by Roni Loren

Contemporary Romance: Short

Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major

APB: Baby by Julie Miller

Breaking Good by Madeline Ash

Falling for the Rancher by Tanya Michaels

Far from Home by Lorelie Brown

His Stolen Bride by Barbara Dunlop

A Malibu Kind of Romance by Synithia Williams

Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch

Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst

Two Doctors and a Baby by Brenda Harlen

Erotic Romance

Off the Clock by Roni Loren

The Dirty Secret by Kira A. Gold

The Master by Tara Sue Me

Ravenous by M. S. Force

Three Sweet Nothings by Nikki Sloane

First Book

Once and for All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison

Alterations by Stephanie Scott

Close to You by Kara Isaac

The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt

Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods

Historical Romance: Long

No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke

Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase

How I Married a Marquess by Anna Harrington

Susana and the Scot by Sabrina York

Historical Romance: Short

A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen

Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare

Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

Left at the Altar by Margaret Brownley

Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries

Taming the Highlander by May McGoldrick

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel

The Color of a Promise by Julianne MacLean

The Depth of Beauty by A. B. Michaels

Now That It's You by Tawna Fenske

Paranormal Romance

The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy

Bayou Shadow Hunter by Debbie Herbert

The Beast by J.R. Ward

The Champion of Baresh (aka Star Champion) by Susan Grant

Enchanted Warrior by Sharon Ashwood

Ghost Gifts by Laura Lee Spinella

The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre

Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper

Romance Novella

Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan

"The Husband Maneuver" in With This Ring?: A Novella Collection of Proposals Gone Awry by Karen Witemeyer - Baker, Bethany House - Charlene Patterson

Let It Snow by Jeanette Grey - Hachette, Grand Central, Forever Yours - Megha Parekh & Lexi Smail

"Let Us Dream" in Daughter of a Nation by Alyssa Cole - Self-published - Nina S. Gooden

Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst - Evil Eye Concepts - Liz Berry & M. J. Rose

Tycoon by Joanna Shupe - Kensington - Peter Senftleben

Wild in Rio by Lyssa Kay Adams - Self-published - Elaine Kulhanek

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray

Close to You by Kara Isaac - Simon & Schuster, Howard - Beth Adams

Keeper of the Stars by Robin Lee Hatcher - Thomas Nelson - Ami McConnell & Leslie Peterson

Trust My Heart by Carol J. Post - Amazon, Waterfall - Erin Calligan Mooney

Romantic Suspense

Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton

All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron - Amazon, Montlake - Alison Dasho

Atone by Beth Yarnall - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Sue Grimshaw

Field of Graves by J. T. Ellison - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA Books - Nicole Brebner

Killer Countdown by Amelia Autin - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense - Carly Silver

Mr. and Mr. Smith by HelenKay Dimon - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Shauna Summers

One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Carina Press - Rhonda Stapleton

Tall, Dark and Damaged by Sarah Andre - Self-published - Anya Kagan, Touchstone Editing

Young Adult Romance

The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Affective Needs by Rebecca Taylor - Ophelia House - Maya Packard

The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt - HarperCollins, HarperTeen - Annie Berger

Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods - PRH/Crown BFYR - Emily Easton