Congratulations to all of the finalists!

Winners will be announced in June!

Thank you to all of our entrants and our reader judges!

Short Contemporary

• A Christmas Rendezvous – Karen Booth
• The Colonels’ Texas Promise – Caro Carson
• Rancher Next Door – Marie Johnston
• A Dog Called Valentine – Roxanne Snopek
• Love at the Shore – Teri Wilson

Long Contemporary

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

Extra Spicy / Erotic

• Work for It – Ashley Bostock
• Royally Bitten – Lexi C. Foss
• Cabin 1 (Steele Shadows Security) – Amanda McKinney
• Learn My Lesson – Katee Robert
• Jake: A Southern Crime Family Novel – Carla Swafford

Historical

• A Rogue to Remember – Chasity Bowlin
• Healing Hearts – Sarah M. Eden
• Rogue Most Wanted – Janna MacGregor
• The Work of Art – Mimi Matthews
• Reckless in Red – Rachael Miles

Short Inspirational

• Hallowed Ground – Mary Alford
• A Rancher to Trust – Laurel Blount
• Remembering Daisy – Dana R. Lynn
• Her Colorado Cowboy – Mindy Obenhaus
• Fatal Flashback – Kellie VanHorn

Long Inspirational

• Driftwood Bay – Irene Hannon
• Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe – Carla Laureano
• Now and Then and Always – Melissa Tagg
• More Than Words Can Say – Karen Witemeyer
• The Express Bride – Kimberley Woodhouse

Mainstream / Single Title

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

Novel with Romantic Elements

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

Novella

• A Winter Knight – Barbara Bettis
• Meant to Be – Alison Bliss
• Caitlyn’s Christmas Wish – Sandra Owens
• Jesse’s Girl – Tara September
• Earl of Darby – Aubrey Wynne

Paranormal / Time Travel / Futuristic / Fantasy

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

Romantic Suspense

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

Best First Book

• 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

• A Ghost of a Chance – Katie Baldwin
• Only One Life – Ashley Farley
• Callie’s Second Chance for Love – Allie Kincaid
• Nothing to Fear – Juno Rushdan
• All That I Dread – Linda J. White