2009 HOLT Medallion Winners

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2009 Winners and Awards of Merit of the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Her One Desire - Kimberly Killion
The Legacy - T.J. Bennett

Extra Spicy/Erotic Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Blush - Opal Carew
Lyon - Elizabeth Amber
Seven Nights Of Sin - [[Lacey Alexander]
Sex, Straight Up - Kathleen O'Reilly

Historical Romance

Winner: Passion And Pleasure In London - Melody Thomas

  • Finalists:
Every Night I'm Yours - Christie Kelley
A Knight Well Spent - Jackie Ivie
The Mistress Diaries - Julianne MacLean
Passion And Pleasure In London - Melody Thomas
To Taste Temptation - Elizabeth Hoyt

Long Contemporary Romance

Winner: Return Of The Wild Son - Cynthia Thomason

  • Finalists:
Be My Babies - Kathryn Shay
A Place Called Home - Margaret Watson
Same Time Next Summer - Holly Jacobs
Texas Bluff - Linda Warren

Long Inspirational Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Deep In The Heart Of Trouble - Deeanne Gist
Fatal Deduction - Gayle Roper
A Passion Most Pure - Julie Lessman
Sweetwater Gap - Denise Hunter

Mainstream/Single Title Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Between The Sheets - Robin Wells
Hot - Julia Harper
Letters To A Secret Lover - Toni Blake
Taking The Heat - Kathryn Shay

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic/Fantasy Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Heart Fate - Robin D. Owens
Like A Charm - Candace Havens
Queen Of Dragons - Shana Abe
Red Fire - Deidre Knight
Wicked Game - Jeri Smith-Ready

Romantic Comedy

Winner: Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye

  • Finalists:
Addicted To Love - Lori Wilde
Divorced, Desperate And Dating - Christie Craig
Simply The Best - Shirley Jump
Weddings Can Be Murder - Christie Craig

Romantic Suspense

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Night Secrets - Cherry Adair
Safe With A Stranger - Linda Conrad
Trial By Fire - Jo Davis
Victim - Gayle Wilson

Short Contemporary Romance

Winner: Come Toy With Me - Cara Summers

  • Finalists:
Once Smitten, Twice Shy - Lori Wilde
Once Upon A Christmas - Holly Jacobs
The Pilot's Woman - Ann Roth
To Protect A Princess - Gail Barrett

Short Inspirational Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
Almost Home - Carla Rossi
Broken Lullaby - Pamela Tracy
Forsaken Canyon - Margaret Daley
Nowhere To Run - Valerie Hansen

Southern Theme Romance

Winner:

  • Finalists:
The House On Tradd Street - Karen White
More Than A Memory - Roz Denny Fox
Shades Of Gray - Jessica James
Windswept - Ann Macela