2010 Golden Heart Winners

Contemporary Series Romance

Winner: “Fake Fiancee, Real Love” - Cat Schield

• Finalists:

“Caught beneath the Mistletoe” - Tina Joyce

“Games without Rules” - Nancy Holland

“Hometown Star” - Joleen Wieser James

“Honey, I'm Home” - Laurie Kellogg

“Laura Takes a Love” - Mary Oldham

“The Magic Man” - Paula Stelluto

“The Reluctant Nude” - Cara McKenna

Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure

Winner: “See Jane Run” - Angela Platt

• Finalists:

“Breathless” - Kimberley Ann Howe

“Hollywood Hoodoo” - Rochelle Staab

“Wanted: Dead” - Tina Joyce

Contemporary Single Title Romance

Winner: “Songbird” - Lizbeth Selvig

• Finalists:

“For Love or Money” - Elizabeth Bemis

“Rules of the Road” - Hope Ramsay

“Seattle's Best” - Carolyn Ann Whitecarver

“Sharing Spaces” - Laura Graham Booth

“Steel Hearts” - Nan Dixon

“Three Little Words” - Paula Stelluto

“Who Wants to Marry a Cowboy?” - Abigail Sharpe

Historical Romance

Winner: “Between Heaven and Hell” - Jacqui Nelson

• Finalists:

“Good-Timin' Man” - Alison Atwater

“The Healer” - Elisabeth Burke

“In Longfellow's Keep” - Mary Lawrence

“Overlander” - Clarissa Southwick

“Rafe's Redemption” - Jennifer Jakes

“The Serpent's Tooth” - Jessica Darago

“Wild Flower” - Lynda Bailey

Inspirational Romance

Winner: “Unforgiven” - CJ Eernisse Chase

• Finalists:

“Here Comes the Wedding Planner” - Kristin Leigh Wallace

“Violets & Violins” - Keli Gwyn

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner: “A Place at the Table” - Patricia O'Dea Rosen

• Finalists:

“Damaged Goods” - Barbara Binns

“Fortune's Fool” - Jane Sevier

“The Lake Effect” - Gabrielle Luthy

“Rescuing Rembrandt” - Jean Willett

“The Sinners” - Lisa Connelly

“Switching Sides” - Maureen McGowan

“When the Bough Breaks” - Chris Keniston

Paranormal Romance

Winner: “Bloodborn, Book One in the Light Blade Series”-Kylie Griffin

• Finalists:

“Ancient Skills” - Robin Weaver

“The Divine Gate” - Morgan Karpeil

“Glorious Misfortune” - Donnell Epperson

“Honor Bound” - J. Keely Thrall

“The Perfect Adventure” - Katrina Snow

“Shadowed” - Sharon Lynn Fisher

“Something Wicked” - A. N. Conway

Regency Romance

Winner: “A Most Improper Gentleman” - Elisa Beatty

• Finalists:

“Her Husband's Harlot” - Grace Chow

“My Dearest Rogue” - Elizabeth Stock

“Sweet Enemy” - Heather Snow

“To Seduce a Proper Rogue” - Gillian Layne

“A Whiff of Scandal” - Robyn Enlund

Romantic Suspense

Winner: “The Yard Man” - G. Jillian Stone

• Finalists:

“Counterfeit” - Linda Lovely

“Dangerous Summer” - Greta MacEachern

“Deadly Recall” - Donnell Ann Bell

“He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not” - Lena Diaz

“Midnight Guardian” - Sharon Brennan Wray

“The Poet's Secret” - Kenneth Zak

“Stronger Than Bone” - Kendra Elliot

Young Adult Romance

Winner: “Unchosen” - Erica O'Rourke

• Finalists:

“Bloom” - Shelley Coriell

“Ghost-Ridden” - Vanessa Barneveld

“The Halo Chronicles: The Guardian” - Carey Corp

“Shattered” - Shea Berkley

“Spelling and Glamour” - Jennifer McAndrews

“Squeeze Three Times” - Kimberly Eve MacCarron

“Welcome Caller, This Is Chloe” - Shelley Coriell