1998 RITA® Winners & Finalists
Contents
Contemporary Single Title Romance
Nobody's Baby but Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - HarperCollins, Avon - Carrie Feron
- Ask Mariah by Barbara Freethy - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards
- Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove - Leslie Gelbman
- The Night Remembers by Kathleen Eagle - HarperCollins, Avon - Ellen Edwards
First Book
Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle - PRH/Random House, Dell, Diamond Debut - Laura Cifelli
- Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove Time Passage - Jessica Faust
- The Only Child by Carolyn McSparren - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Zilla Soriano
- Remember the Time by Annette Reynolds - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Romance - Shauna Summers
- Winter Hearts by Maureen McKade - HarperCollins, Avon - Micki Nuding
Inspirational Romance
Homeward by Melody Carlson - PRH/Crown, Multnomah, Alabaster - Karen Ball
- Brothers by Angela Elwell Hunt - Baker, Bethany House - Sharon Asmus
- Presumption of Guilt by Terri Blackstock - HarperCollins, Zondervan - Dave Lambert & Lori Walburg
Long Contemporary Series Romance
Reckless by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cathleen Treacy
- "The 14th...and Forever" in Special Report by Merline Lovelace - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan
- Adam's Kiss by Mindy Neff - HarperCollins, Harlequin, American - Denise O'Sullivan
- Her Ideal Man by Ruth Wind - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cathleen Treacy
- MacNamara's Woman by Alicia Scott - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger
- Nighthawk by Rachel Lee - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Leslie Wainger
- Saving Susannah by Beverly Bird - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Cristine Grace
- The Twenty-Third Man by Peggy Nicholson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Super Romance - Jane Robson & Maureen Stonehouse
Long Historical Romance
The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner), Forever - Claire Zion
- As You Desire by Connie Brockway - PRH/Random House, Dell - Marjorie Braman
- Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle - PRH/Random House, Dell, Diamond Debut - Laura Cifelli
- The Guardian by Joan Wolf - Hachette, Grand Central (Warner), Forever- Claire Zion
- My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - PRH/Penguin, Berkley - Leslie Gelbman
- One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney - PRH/Random House, Ballantine - Carolyn Nichols
- The Randolph Legacy by Eileen Charbonneau - Macmillan, Tor, Forge - Natalia Aponte
- Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Trade - Audrey LaFehr
Paranormal Romance
Fire Hawk by Justine Davis - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Topaz - Hilary Ross
- Dangerous Waters by Amy J. Fetzer - Kensington, Zebra - John Scognamiglio
- Heaven in West Texas by Susan Kay Law - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperMonogram - Abigail Kamen-Holland
- Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, Jove Time Passage - Jessica Faust
- Somewhere My Love by Karen Fox - Dorchester, Love Spell - Joanna Cagan
- Time Enough for Love by Suzanne Brockmann - PRH/Random House, Bantam, Loveswept - Shauna Summers & Joy Abella
- Twice Upon a Time by Emilie Richards - HarperCollins, William Morrow, Contemporary Romance - Ellen Edwards
Regency Romance
Love's Reward - Jean R. Ewing-Kensington, Zebra, Regency - Kate Duffy
Romantic Suspense
On the Way to a Wedding... by Ingrid Weaver - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Melissa Jeglinski
- Better Watch Out by Dani Sinclair - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Julianne Moore
- For Your Eyes Only by Rebecca York - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Intrigue - Debra Matteucci
- Framed by Karen Leabo - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Intimate Moments - Gail Chasan
- Night Whispers by Lynn Erickson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Maureen Stonehouse & Amy Moore
- Secret Sins by Jasmine Cresswell - HarperCollins, Harlequin, MIRA - Jane Robson & Amy Moore
- Until You by Sandra Marton - Kensington, Pinnacle, Denise Little Presents - Denise Little
Short Contemporary Romance
Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Lucia Macro & Melissa Jeglinski
- Bride Overboard by Heather MacAllister - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin
- Daddy by Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Leslie Wainger
- Finn's Twins! by Anne McAllister - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Presents - Samantha Bell
- A Hard-Hearted Hero by Pamela Burford - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Susan Sheppard
- Look What the Stork Brought by Dixie Browning - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Desire - Melissa Senate
- Mr. Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Temptation - Brenda Chin
Short Historical Romance
Heart of a Knight by Barbara Samuel - HarperCollins, Harper - Abigail Kamen-Holland
- All but the Queen of Hearts by Rae Muir - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Historical - Margaret Marbury
- Jake by Leigh Greenwood - Dorchester, Leisure - Alicia Condon
- A Knight to Remember by Christina Dodd - HarperCollins, Harper, HarperMonogram - Carolyn Marino
- The Lady and the Knight by Lois Greiman - HarperCollins, Avon - Christine Zika
- Once Upon a Scandal by Barbara Dawson Smith - Macmillan, St. Martin's - Jennifer Enderlin
- Outlaw in Paradise by Patricia Gaffney - PRH/Penguin, Berkley, NAL Topaz - Audrey LaFehr
- Wonderful by Jill Barnett - Simon & Schuster, Pocket - Linda Marrow
Traditional Romance
His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Tessa Shapcott
- Her Secret Santa by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Gillian Green
- Mommy and the Policeman Next Door by Marie Ferrarella - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Yours Truly - Leslie Wainger & Marcia Adirim
- My Baby, Your Son by Anne Peters - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Mary-Theresa Hussey
- Porcupine Ranch by Sally Carleen - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Mary-Theresa Hussey
- Pregnant with His Child... by Carla Cassidy - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Karen Taylor-Richman
- The Secret Baby by Day Leclaire - HarperCollins, Harlequin, Romance - Gillian Green
- Wife Without a Past by Elizabeth Harbison - HarperCollins, Harlequin Silhouette, Romance - Cristine Grace