1998 RITA® Winners & Finalists

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Contemporary Single Title Romance

* Winner: Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  • Finalists:
Ask Mariah by Barbara Freethy
Finding The Dream by Nora Roberts
The Night Remembers by Kathleen Eagle

First Book

* Winner: Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle

  • Finalists:
Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins
The Only Child by Carolyn McSparren
Remember The Time by Annette Reynolds
Winter Hearts by Maureen McKade

Inspirational Romance

* Winner: Homeward by Melody Carlson

  • Finalists:
Brothers by Angela Elwell Hunt
Presumption of Guilt by Terri Blackstock

Long Contemporary Series Romance

* Winner: Reckless by Ruth Wind

  • Finalists:
The 14th...And Forever by Merline Lovelace
Adam's Kiss by Mindy Neff
Her Ideal Man by Ruth Wind
MacNamara's Woman by Alicia Scott
Nighthawk by Rachel Lee
Saving Susannah by Beverly Bird
The Twenty-Third Man by Peggy Nicholson

Long Historical Romance

* Winner: The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne

  • Finalists:
As You Desire by Connie Brockway
Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle
The Guardian by Joan Wolf
My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale
One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney
The Randolph Legacy by Eileen Charbonneau
Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney

Paranormal Romance

* Winner: Fire Hawk by Justine Davis

  • Finalists:
Dangerous Waters by Amy J. Fetzer
Heaven In West Texas by Susan Kay Law
Lost Yesterday by Jenny Lykins
Somewhere My Love by Karen Fox
Time Enough For Love by Suzanne Brockmann
Twice Upon A Time by Emilie Richards

Regency Romance

* Winner: Love's Reward by Jean R. Ewing

Romantic Suspense

* Winner: On the Way to a Wedding... by Ingrid Weaver

  • Finalists:
Better Watch Out by Dani Sinclair
For Your Eyes Only by Rebecca York
Framed by Karen Leabo
Night Whispers by Lynn Erickson
Secret Sins by Jasmine Cresswell
Until You by Sandra Marton

Short Contemporary Romance

* Winner: Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene

  • Finalists:
Bride Overboard by Heather MacAllister
Daddy by Accident by Paula Detmer Riggs
Finn's Twins! by Anne McAllister
A Hard-Hearted Hero by Pamela Burford
Look What The Stork Brought by Dixie Browning
Mr. Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Short Historical Romance

* Winner: Heart Of A Knight by Barbara Samuel

  • Finalists:
All But The Queen Of Hearts by Rae Muir
Jake by Leigh Greenwood
A Knight To Remember by Christina Dodd
The Lady And The Knight by Lois Greiman
Once Upon A Scandal by Barbara Dawson Smith
Outlaw In Paradise by Patricia Gaffney
Wonderful by Jill Barnett

Traditional Romance

* Winner: His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon

  • Finalists:
Her Secret Santa by Day Leclaire
Mommy And The Policeman Next Door by Marie Ferrarella
My Baby, Your Son by Anne Peters
Porcupine Ranch by Sally Carleen
Pregnant With His Child... by Carla Cassidy
The Secret Baby by Day Leclaire
Wife Without a Past by Elizabeth Harbison