NECRWA would like to congratulate the 2017 New England Readers’ Choice contest winners, who were announced at the Let Your Imagination Take Flight Conference awards luncheon on April 8, 2017. And the winners are…
SHORT CONTEMPORARY
First place: Anna DePalo, Second Chance with the CEO
Second place: Barbara Wallace, Winter Wedding for the Prince
Third place (three-way tie): Peggy Jaeger, A Kiss Under the Christmas Lights, Robin Perini, San Antonio Secret, and Barbara Wallace, Christmas Baby for the Princess
LONG CONTEMPORARY
First place: Babette deJongh, Angel Falls
Second place (tie): Melynda Price, Beneath the Surface and Melynda Price, Fighting for Control
Third place: Rissa Brahm, Catching Preeya
ROMANCE WITH RELIGIOUS or SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS
First place: Olivia Rae, Redemption
Second place: Laurel Blount, A Family for the Farmer and Dana R. Lynn, Interrupted Lullaby
Third place: Kat Brookes, His Holiday Matchmaker
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
First place (tie): Tamra Lassiter, Guiding Fate and Tara Wyatt, Necessary Risk
Second place: Robin Perini, Forgotten Secrets
Third place (tie): Cate Beauman, Deceiving Bella and Katie Reus, Love Thy Enemy
HISTORICAL
First place: Loretta Chase, Dukes Prefer Blondes
Second place: Megan Frampton, One-Eyed Dukes Are Wild
Third place (tie): Linda Broday, To Love a Texas Ranger and Nicole Elizabeth Kelleher, Wild Lavender
EROTIC
First place: Laura Baumbach, The Dark Side
Second place: Shana Figueroa, Vengeance
Third place: Christina James, Operation Persuade Me
PARANORMAL
First place: Nadine Mutas, Blood, Breath, and Desire
Second place: Marissa Doyle, Skin Deep
Third place: Michelle Miles, In the Tower of the Wizard King
NOVELLA
First place: Tessa Gray, My Dearest Chloe
Second place (tie): Jessica Linden, Bodyguard and Debra Jess, A Secret Rose
Third place: Katie Reus, Merry Christmas, Baby
Thank you to our entrants and our judges for helping make our contest great!