2020 HOLT Medallion Winners

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2020 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award


Short Contemporary

Winner: The Colonel's Texas Promise - Caro Carson
A Christmas Rendezvous - Karen Booth
Rancher Next Door – Marie Johnston
A Dog Called Valentine – Roxanne Snopek
Love At The Shore – Teri Wilson

Long Contemporary

Winner: Drove All Night - Sarah Hegger
It’s Not PMS, It’s You – Rich Amooi
The Secret Ingredient – Kilby Blades
Can’t Stop The Feeling – Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Cowboy To The Core – Maisey Yates

Extra Spicy/Erotic

Royally Bitten - Lexi C. Foss

Work For It – Ashley Bostock
Cabin 1 (Steele Shadows Security) – Amanda McKinney
Learn My Lesson – Katee Robert
Jake: Southern Crime Family – Carla Swafford

Historical

Winner: The Work Of Art - Mimi Matthews
A Rogue To Remember – Chasity Bowlin
Healing Hearts – Sarah M. Eden
Rogue Most Wanted – Janna MacGregor
Reckless In Red – Rachael Miles

Short Inspirational

Winner: Her Colorado Cowboy - Mindy Oberhaus
Hallowed Ground – Mary Alford
A Rancher To Trust – Laurel Blount
Remembering Daisy – Dana R. Lynn
Fatal Flashback – Kellie VanHorn

Long Inspirational

Winner: The Express Bride - Kimberley Woodhouse
Driftwood Bay – Irene Hannon
Brunch At Bittersweet Cafe – Carla Laureano
Now And Then And Always – Melissa Tagg
More Than Words Can Say – Karen Witemeyer

Mainstream/Single Title

Winner: One Year Home - Marie Force
Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy – Caitlin Crews
Low Country Christmas – Lee Tobin McClain
Dating By The Book – Mary Ann Marlowe
The Christmas Dare – Lori Wilde

Novel with Romantic Elements

Winner: Only One Life - Ashley Farley
The Family Journal – Carolyn Brown
Lacewood – Jessica James
A Fire Sparkling – Julianne MacLean
The Military Wife – Laura Trentham

Novella

Winner: Earl Of Darby - Aubrey Wynne
A Winter Knight – Barbara Bettis
Meant To Be – Alison Bliss
Caitlyn’s Christmas Wish – Sandra Owens
Jesse’s Girl – Tara September

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic

Winner: Vermilion Lies - L.D. Rose
Red Awakening – Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Jungle Salvation, The Jaguar Queens Book II – M.A. Jewell
Wrecking Christmas – Liza Jonathan
Eden’s Voice – Catherine Stein

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Covert Vengeance - Kaylea Cross
Cold & Deadly – Toni Anderson
Sniper’s Pride – Megan Crane
Hollywood – Zoe Dawson
Securing Piper – Susan Stoker

Best First Book

Winner: Wrecking Christmas - Liza Jonathan
Fae Touched – Lisa Rae Roman
Jesse’s Girl – Tara September
Fatal Flashback – Kellie VanHorn
In The Shadow Of Croft Towers – Abigail Wilson

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: Only One Life - Ashley Farley
A Ghost Of A Chance - Katie Baldwin – Katie Baldwin
Callie’s Second Chance For Love – Allie Kincaid
Nothing To Fear – Juno Rushdan
All That I Dread – Linda J. White