Contemporary Series Romance
Editor Judge —Gail Chasan, Silhouette Books
First place: KENTUCKY COWBOY, by Jan Scarbrough - REQUESTED
Second
place: REALITY BITES, by Angie Tyler - REQUESTED
Third
place: REUNION FOR THE FIRST TIME, by Pat Casiello/Kathie
Clare
Honorable mention: TYCOON OF HER HEART, by Carolyn
Matkowsky
Honorable mention: LOVE’S DUET, Dawn
Groszek
Paranormal Romance
Editor Judge - Tessa Woodward, Harper Collins Publishers
First place: BLACK CAT OF THE FAMILY, by April Kihlstrom
Second place: KEEPER OF MY HEART, by Mary Reiber
Third place: TRUELOVE WEARS A TUTU, by Kathy Shaw
Honorable mention: IN HER DREAMS, by Tanya Michna
Honorable mention: PASSAGES OF SALHAVEN, Barbara Christopher
Historical Romance
Editor Judge - Kerry Donovan, New American Library
First place: DESPERATE MEASURES, by Pamela Hathaway
- REQUESTED
Second place: SHATTERED DREAMS, by Wendy Burge
Third place: FIRE AT MIDNIGHT, by Lisa Marie Wilkinson
Honorable mention: THE CAVALIER, by Shira L. Kozak
Honorable mention: ONCE AN OUTLAW, by Debra S. Cowan
Contemporary Single Title Romance
Editor Judge - Kate Duffy, Kensington
First place: EMPTY NET, by Nancy Herkness
Second place: VAMPIRE ISLAND, RI, by Geraldine Burrows
Third place: LOGAN’S REDEMPTION, by Carolyn Matkowsky
Honorable mention: ACCEPTABLE RISKS, by Susan Lyons
Honorable mention: PERFECT DECEPTION, by Jennifer Wagner
Mainstream
Editor Judge - Megan McKeever, Pocket
First place: ELLIOT’S FATHER, by Doreen Lewis
Second place: COLLATERAL DAMAGE, by Laua Idirg
Third place: AMERICAN MAN, by Jennie Manlick
Honorable mention: GYPSY’S DAUGHTER, by Susan
Lyons
Honorable mention: CLEAN BURN, by Karen Sandler
Young Adult
Editor Judge - Kate Seaver, Berkley
First place: Riley's Switch-Book One, by Darynda Jones
- REQUESTED
Second place: Stirring Up Trouble, by Juli Heaton
Third place: Read My Lips, by Teri Brown
Honorable mention: One on One, by Betsy Eliot
Honorable mention: Emails From Romeo, by Viola Estrella
Honorable mention: The River, by Candice Vetter
