Historical Category
1st Place Judges' Choice: HIGHLAND DRAGON by Kimberly Price
1st Place Editor's Choice: MISTAKEN BY MOONLIGHT by Susan Heino
*Ranked by Tessa Woodward, Avon Books.
Finalist - THE EARL'S CHRISTMAS GIFT by Donna Rosenbloom
Paranormal Category
1st Place Judges' Choice: OBSIDIAN HEARTS by Lynda J. Cox
1st Place Editor's Choice: AN EARLY FROST by Tanya T. Holmes
*Ranked by Kerry Donovan of NAL.
Finalist - RETURN TO ME by Sonja Goedde
Mainstream/Single Title Category
1st Place Judges' Choice: THE PRINCESS PROJECT by Susan Seyfarth
1st Place Editor's Choice: THE PRINCESS PROJECT by Susan Seyfarth
*Ranked by Adam Wilson of Harlequin
Finalists:
ONLY LOVE BURNS by Janice Goodfellow
THE HOMECOMING by Lyn Wagner
Romantic Suspense
1st Place Judges' Choice: THE PROFESSOR by Cathy Perkins
1st Place Editor's Choice: THE PROFESSOR by Cathy Perkins
*Ranked by Jessica Zita, formerly of Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster.
Finalists:
CONVICTION by Michelle Bean
COUNTERFEIT DAD by Madeline McBride
Upward movement in blue...
Twenty Finals..........
Cathy Leming
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Ten Finals.........
Kristina McMorris
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Nine Finals.........
Cathy Perkins
Deb Yates
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Eight Finals........
Beth Trissel
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Seven Finals.......
Vanetta Chapman
Jeanne Dickson
Donna Meier
Laurel O'Donnell
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Annie Oortman
Linda Yoshida
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Five Finals.....
Amy Baldwin
Margaret Batschelet
Sena Conway
Alleyne Dickens
Yvonne L. Harris
Carla Hughes
Jacqui Jacoby
Cindy Nord
Theresa Ragan
Leslie Tentler
Beth Watson
Kit Wilkinson
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Four Finals....
Kathleen Cherry
Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Angie Fox Gwinner - SOLD!
Donna Hall
Sandy James
Lorrie Kruse
Nancy Lytle
Debra K. Maher
Virginia McCullough
Kathryn Parker
Jan Scarbrough
Inara Scott
Kaki Warner
Victoria Wasserman
...
Three Finals...
Cynthia Arends
Lynnette Baughman
Pamela Bolton-Holifield
Kelly Boyce
Laurel Bradley
Debbie Brehens
Wendy Burge
Sharon Calvin
Caroline Dunsheath
Audra Harders
Kimberley Howe
L. Faye Hughes
Donna Kowalczyk
Barbara Longley
Pamela Nissen
Bobbie O'Keefe
Bev Pettersen
Elaine Powell
Erica Ridley
Stephie Smith
Kristin Wallace
JoAnn Weatherly
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Two Finals..
Carmine V. Anderson
Kathy Altman
Narelle Atkins
Tyuana Bailey
Laura Graham Booth
Jennifer Brassel
Shoshana Brown
Darcy Burke
Evie Byrne
Shirley Cayer
Julie Charles
Wendi Christener
Nicole Collins
Caroline Comito
Lisa Cooke
Laura Cumbie
Karen Docter
Wenda Dottridge
Leah Farrin
Danica Favorite-McDonald
Sherry Foley
Gail Francis
Marsha Garcia
Diane Gerber
Deborah Gilbert
Heather Logan Kaufman
Barbara Kroon
Elaine Levine - SOLD!
Jo Lewis-Robertson
Nancy Litzau
Lesli Muir Lytle
Donna Maloy
Courtney Milan
Micqui Miller
Kelly Moore
Patricia Morgan
Tracey O'Hara
Kiki Opdenberg
Tina Pennica
Robin Perini
Diane Ramsay/Ramsey
Lynn Reynolds-Burkins
LindaTrout
Pamela Varnado
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