CONGRATULATIONS 2018 FINALISTS

(In alphabetical order by category)

Best First Book

Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders*

Snapdragon – Kilby Blades

Some Kind of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe*

Hold Me Down – Sara Taylor Woods

Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher – Seana Kelly

 

Best Book by a Virginia Author

The Viscount and the Valet – Abigail Dane*

The Charmer – Avery Flynn*

Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders*

Falling For the Right Brother – Kerri Carpenter

Some Kind of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe*

 

Short Contemporary

Risking It – Angela Quarles

Falling for the Right Brother – Kerri Carpenter

All He Wants for Christmas – Lizzie Shane

A Ring for the Greek’s Baby – Melanie Milburne

A Wedding and a White Christmas – Suzanne Stengl

Long Contemporary

The Charmer – Avery Flynn*

Forever Mine – Erin Nicholas

Some Kind of Magic – Mary Ann Marlowe*

Cooking with Kandy – Peggy Jaeger

Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher – Seana Kelly

 

Short Inspirational

A Tempting Taste of Mystery – Elizabeth Ludwig

Gloria’s Song – Kathryn Albright

Sheriff – Laura Scott

Secret Christmas Twins – Lee Tobin McClain

The Keeper of Her Heart – Stacy Henrie

Long Inspirational

A Stolen Heart – Amanda Cabot

Shine Like the Dawn – Carrie Turansky

Then There Was You – Kara Isaac

On Love’s Gentle Shore – Liz Johnson

Deadly Proof – Rachel Dylan

 

Historical

When the Scoundrel Sins – Anna Harrington

Marry in Haste – Anne Gracie

The Scoundrel’s Honor – Christi Caldwell

Enchanted by the Highlander – Lecia Cornwall

The Unseducible Earl – Sheri Humphreys

Romantic Suspense

Saving Grace – Aubrey Wynne

Dangerous Illusions – Irene Hannon

Rage – Janet Elizabeth Henderson

Resurrection – Katie Reus

Tinderbox – Rachel Grant

Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic/Fantasy

To Have and to Howl – AE Jones

Saved by Darkness – Katie Reus

To Enthrall the Demon Lord – Nadine Mutas

Saving Jace – Rebecca Rivard

Haunted – Shari Nichols

 

Extra Spicy/Erotica

Under Her Skin – Adriana Anders

Snapdragon – Kilby Blades

The Rivalry – Nikki Sloane

Hold Me Down – Sara Taylor Woods

At His Mercy – Shelly Bell

 

Mainstream/Single Title

If Ever – Angie Stanton

The Lilac Bouquet – Carolyn Brown

Then Came You – Jeannie Moon

Scandalous – L. J. Shen

Million Dollar Cowboy – Lori Wilde

 

Novel With Strong Romantic Elements

Before the Rain Falls – Camille Di Maio

Searching for Billy Shakespeare – Crista McHugh

Unloved, a Love Story – Katy Regnery

Bless Her Heart – Sally Kilpatrick

Man Down – Tracy Tappan

Romance Novella

A Scot for Christmas – Bronwen Evans

Mistletoe Me, Baby – Katie Reus

The Art of Worship – Kilby Blades

Bedding the Highlander – Sabrina York

Christmas at Carnton – Tamera Alexander

*denotes a VRW Member