2021 Golden Leaf

2021 Winners and Finalists of the New Jersey Romance Writers' Golden Leaf Award

• denotes New Jersey Romance Writers member

Long Contemporary

When A Cowboy Loves A Woman - Jennie Marts

When We're Thirty - Casey Dembowski

Bossy Billionaire - Deborah Garland

Mid-Length Contemporary

The Hacker - Nancy Harkness*

Love In The Aisles - Jessica Calla* & Heather Van Fleet

Better Late Than Never - Ada Austen

Short Contemporary

Snowbound With The Sheriff - Laurel Greer

The Amish Teacher's Wish - Tracey J. Lyons*

Xanadu XOXO - J.B. Schroeder

Erotic

Beyond Regret - Barbara Nolan

Stroke Of Luck - Opal Carew

Caught In The Dark - Ann Jensen

Historical

Tempted By Her Viking Enemy - Terri Brisbin*

The Bachelor Duke - Cecilia Rene

An Outlaw's Honor - Terri Brisbin*

Novella

Gingerbread and Jingle Bells - Caro Carson

The Blueberry Swirl Waltz - Maria Imbalzano*

The Cowboy's Forbidden Crush - Deborah Garland

Paranormal

Lightning Strikes Again - Roni Denholtz*

Lightning Strikes - Roni Denholtz*

Lightning Strikes Twice - Roni Denholtz*

Romantic Suspense

Frozen Hearts - Judy Kentrus

Forever Keep Your Secret - Elizabeth John*

The Rough Ride - Nonna Henry

Best Book By A NJ Author

Better Late Than Never - Ada Austen

Snowed In - Jessica Calla*

The Hacker - Nancy Herkness*

Best First Book

The Rough Ride - Nonna Henry

Saved By The Dark - Ann Jensen

When We're Thirty - Casey Dembrowski