Erotic Romance – Kate Baum for Funny Girl
2nd Place – Mia Gabriel for Lord Savage
3rd Place – Anna Jeffrey for The Cattleman and Teresa Noelle Robers for Out of Control
Futuristic, Fantasy Paranormal or Time Travel – Lauren Smith for Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall
2nd Place – Lisa Belcastro for Shenandoah Dreams
3rd Place – Stephanie Feagan for Crazy for You
Best First Book – Patience Griffin for To Scotland with Live
2nd Place – Janie Crouch for Primal Instinct
3rd Place – Maria Imbalzano for Unchained Memories
Romantic Suspense – Toni Anderson for A Cold Dark Place
2nd Place – Tiffany Snow for In His Shadow
3rd Place – Dana Marton for Forced Disappearance
Short Contemporary – Emily Harper for My Sort-of, Kind-of Hero
2nd Place – Jean Joachim for To Love or Not to Love and Amanda Renee for Blame it on the Rodeo
3rd Place – Leigh Duncan for Second Chance Family
Long Contemporary – Kim Sanders for The Ex Lottery
2nd Place – Nancy Herkness for The Place I Belong and Terri Osburn for More to Give
3rd Place – Patience Griffin for To Scotland with Love and Sophie Moss for The Wind Chime Cafe
Historical – Darlene Marshall for The Pirate’s Secret Baby
2nd Place – Isabella Bradford for A Wicked Pursuit and Megan Frampton for The Duke’s Guide to Correct Behavior
3rd Place – Lauren Smith for Wicked Designs