2020 HOLT Medallion Finalists

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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