2019 Winners and Finalists

Contemporary Romance – Long

Home to You – Sandra Marine

Off the Record – Skye McDonald

Little Blue Box – Frances Dall’Alba (partial request – agent)

Contemporary Romance – Short

Love in the Studio – Betsy Gray (full request – agent & editor)

The One That I Want – J. Keely Thrall (full request – editor)

Deafening Silence – P.A. DePaul

Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance

East Pluto – Cheryl Pitones (w/a C.P. Rider) (full request – editor)

Ella and the Wolf – Evergreen Lee

Dead Sure – Karla Lannon (w/a K.A. Lannon)

Historical Romance

How to Court a Covert Lady – Jennifer Henderson (full request – agent; partial request – editor)

The Duchess Deceived – Alyssa Roberts

The White Feather – Shona Ford (w/a SE Welsh)

Romantic Suspense

Forbidden Paradise – Barbara Forlenza (full request – agent)

Killer Heart – Carolyn Haley

Protect My Heart – Diane Wiggs

Young Adult Romance

Below the Surface – Rae-Lynn Jansen (w/a Arel Jansen) (full request – agent)

TAZ – Charisse Sprague

Periodic Attraction – Lana Pattinson (full request – editor)

BEST OF THE BEST Winner

How to Court a Covert Lady – Jennifer Henderson