2009 Divas - Golden Heart Winners/Finalists

Contemporary Series Romance

Winner:
Schield, Cat - Fake Fiancée, Real Love

Finalists:
Holland, Nancy - Games Without Rules
Joyce, Tina - Caught Beneath the Mistletoe
Kellogg, Laurie - Honey, I'm Home
McKenna, Cara - The Reluctant Nude
Oldham, Mary - Laura Takes a Lover
Stelluto, Paula - The Magic Man

Contemporary Series Romance
Suspense/Adventure

Winner:
Platt, Angela - See Jane Run

Finalists:
Howe, Kimberley Ann - Breathless
James, Joleen Wisner - Hometown Star
Joyce, Tina - Wanted: Dead
Stabb, Rochelle - Hollywood Hoodoo

Contemporary Single Title Romance

Winner:
Selvig, Lizbeth - Songbird

Finalists:
Bemis, Elizabeth - Love or Money
Booth, Laura Graham - Sharing Spaces
Dixon, Nan/Nancy Evertz - Steel Hearts
Ramsay, Hope - Rules of the Road
Sharpe, Abigail - Who Wants to Marry a Cowboy
Stelluto, Paula - Three Little Words
Whitecarver, Carolyn Ann - Seattle's Best

Historical Romance

Winner:

Nelson, Jacqui - Between Heaven and Hell

Finalists:
Atwater, Alison - Good-Timin' Man
Burke, Elisabeth - The Healer
Darago, Jessica - The Serpent's Tooth

Jakes, Jennifer - Rafe's Redemption
Lawrence, Mary - In Longfellow's Keep
Southwick, Clarissa - Overlander

Inspirational Romance

Winner:

Chase, CJ Eernisse - Unforgiven

Finalists:
Bailey, Lynda - Wild Flower
Gwyn, Keli - Violets and Violins
Wallace, Kristen Leigh - Here Comes the Wedding Planner

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner:

Rosen, Patricia O'Dea - A Place at the Table

Finalists:
Binns, Barbara - Damaged Goods
Connelly, Lisa - The Sinners
Keniston, Chris - When the Bough Breaks

Luthy, Gabrielle - The Lake Effect
McGowan, Maureen - Switching Sides

Sevier, Jane - Fortune's Fool

Willett, Jean - Rescuing Rembrandt

Paranormal

Winner:

Griffin, Kylie, - Bloodborn – Book One in the Light Blade Series

Finalists:

Conway, A. N. - Something Wicked
Epperson, Donnell - Glorious Misfortune
Fisher, Sharon Lynn - Shadowed
Karpiel, Morgan - The Divine Gate
Snow, Katrina - The Perfect Adventure
Thrall, J. Keely - Honor Bound
Weaver, Robin - Ancient Skills

Regency Historical Romance

Winner:

Beatty, Elisa - A Most Improper Gentleman

Finalists:
Chow, Grace - Her Husband's Harlot
Enlund, Robyn - A Whiff of Scandal
Layne, Gillian - To Seduce a Proper Rogue
Snow, Heather - Sweet Enemy
Stock, Elizabeth - My Dearest Rogue

Romantic Suspense

Winner:

Stone, G. Jillian - The Yard Man

Finalists:

Bell, Donnell Ann - Deadly Recall
Diaz, Lena - He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not
Elliot, Kendra - Stronger Than Bone
Lovely, Linda - Counterfeit
MacEachern, Greta - Dangerous Summer
Wray, Sharon Brennan - Midnight Guardian
Zak, Kenneth - The Poet's Secret

Young Adult

Winner:

O'Rourke, Erica - Unchosen

Finalists:
Barneveld, Vanessa - Ghost-Ridden
Berkley, Shea - Shattered
Coriell, Shelley - Bloom
Coriell, Shelley - Welcome Caller, This is Chloe
Corp, Carey - The Halo Chronicles: The Guardian
MacCarron, Kimberly Eve - Squeeze Three Times
McAndrews, Jennifer - Spelling and Glamour

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Eighteen Finals:
Kathleen Bittner Roth

Nancy Evertz aka Nan Dixon
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Eleven Finals:
Diane O'Brien Kelly

Gail Zerrade
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Ten Finals:
Anne-Marie Carroll
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Gabrielle Luthy
Jean Mason
Donna Meier

Cat Schield
Tracy St. Hilaire
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Nine Finals:
Constance Gillam

Deborah Gross

Keli Gwyn
Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Patricia Patton
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Eight Finals:
Jeanell Bolton
Denise Cychosz

Laura Williams
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Seven Finals:

Barbara Binns
Louisa Cornell
Yvonne Harris

Barbara Cool Lee
Barbara Longley
Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Michal Scott

Robin Weaver
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Six Finals:
Meredith Clark

Lisa Desrochers
Jeanne Dickson
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Katie Graykowski
Elaine M. Powell
S. G. Shellabarger
Beth Watson
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Five Finals:
Deborah Blake
Linda Bond
Susan Breeden

Sharon Calvin
Melanie Card
Susanne Frost
Grace R. Greene
Tiffinie Helmer
Kay Hudson
Julie Johnstone
Lisa Kessler
Jeannie Lin
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham

Linda Lovely
Meghan Murphy
Susan Newman
Allison Pang
Cathy Perkins

Angi Platt - SOLD!
Cathryn Pritchard

Madeline Smyth

G. Jillian Stone

Sharon Wray
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Four Finals:
Sheila Athens
Alison Atwater

Elizabeth Bemis
Tina Joyce Butts
Deanna Carlyle

Leslie Duvall
C. J. Ellisson
Martha Ferris

Sharon Fisher

Bethany Cunningham Gabbert
Jessica B. Hunt
Susan Diane Johnson

Alison Leake
Heidi Luchterhand
Mary Manners
Sylvia McDaniel
Crista McHugh
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Tatia Talbot
Sandra van den Bogerd
Laurel Wanrow
Beatriz Chantrill Williams
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Three Finals:
Maree Anderson
Sara Avellino
Anne Barton
Jennifer Beane

Elisa Beatty
Mary A. Behre
Amanda Berry - SOLD!

June Bowen
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Kelsey Browning
Dianne K. Burns
Carol Burnside
Sheryl Carpenter
Louise D Cobb
Jennifer Conner

Shelley Coriell
Ally Cowee
Laura Higdon Cumbie
Donna Cummings
Karen Daughry
Wenda Dottridge

Kendra Elliot
Sherry Foley

Louise D. Foster

Joe Fraser
Kate Freiman
Abby Gaines
Alexandra George
Deborah Gilbert
Bernadette Hearne
Jennette Heikes
Alison Henderson

Sharon Houdek
Beverly Irwin

Sandy James
Joan Kayse

Laurie Kellogg

Chris Keniston
Rashda Khan
Dee S. Knight
Barbara Kroon
Maggi Landry
Kathy Lane
Kim Law

Greta MacEachern
Virginia McCullough
Kaylin McFarren

Maureen McGowan

Jacqui Nelson
Mary Oldham
Janet Periat

Dawna Rand
Gina Rosavin

Heather Snow
Jennifer Stroka
Quinn Tellier
Sheila Tenold
Laurie Thompson

Linda Trout
Ami Weaver
Ellen Wehle
Gina Welborn
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Two Finals:
Sheri Adkins
Veronica Alderson
Drue Allen
Marjorie Allen
Robyn Anders
Peter Andrews
Rylee Andrews
Iris Astres
Stefani Catenzaro Baltar
Patricia Barletta
Hanna Rhys Barnes
Joyce Barton
Tamra Baumann

Jennifer Beckstrand
TJ Bennett
Jenny Bernard
Romily Bernard
Robin Bielman
Ann Bleakley

Terry Bolyard
Kara Bonnevie

Laura Graham Booth
Kelley Bowen
Melissa Jackson Brister
Jude Brown
Marie Campbell
Sarah Castleberry
Elise Chand
Kathleen Cherry
Zita Christian
Robin Constantine
Janice Croom
Beth Davis
Laurie DeMarino
Tracey Devlyn - SOLD!
Kate Diamond

Susanne Dietze
Alleyne Dickens
Karen Dobbins
Ella Drake
Cheryl Draycott
Cat Dubie
Lee Rhuday Duncan
Carol Dunford
Nikki Enlow
Tracy Falenwolfe
Gloria Ferguson

Alyssa Fernandez
Joe Fraser
Debby Grahl
Laurie Green
Lottie Green
Anne Greene
Anna Hackett
Ashley Henderson
Molly Herwood

Linda Hill
Laura Hirneisen
Leah Hodge
Celesta Hofmann
Jennifer Holden
Nancy Holland

Kinsey W. Holley
Barbara Huddleston
Christine Johnson - SOLD!
Tina Joyce

Suzanne Kalb

Morgan Karpiel

Jeffe Kennedy
Sandra Kerns
Marge Knudsen
Sara LaBudda

Helen Lacey
Corrina Lavitt
Suzanne Lazear
Sherri Lee
Melinda Leigh
Heather Leonard
Jennifer Litteken
Mary Lindsey - SOLD!
Kate MacArthur
Kate MacEachern
Jennifer Mackin

Sandra Mars
Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin
Dale Mayer
Dora Mekouar

Arlene McFarlane
Jamie Michele
Imani Miller
Judy Mills
Gwen Mitchell
Rosie Murphy

Nancy Naigle

Jean B. Newlin
Laurel O'Donnell
Sally Orr
Tara Owens
Kathleen Irene Paterka
Belinda Peterson
Ginny Powers
Alison Pritchard
Connie Queen
Jodi Redford
Shellee Roberts
Cate Rowan
Lynn Rush

Rebecca Sampson
Lateia Sandifer
Laramie Sasseville
Pamela Scheibe
Jan Schliesman
Catherine Marie Scott

Lizbeth Selvig

Jane Sevier
Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Merry Simmons
Arianna Skye - SOLD!
Dina Sleiman
Coreene Smith
Susan Speers
Lori Dillon Stacy

Bonnie Staring
Karen Steele

Paula Stelluto
Morgan Taylor
Jean A. Therkelsen
Tracy Truman
Jan Warren
Holly Watson
Kayla Westra
Hailey Williams
Teri Wilson
Kevin Wolf
Dawn Wolzein
Marilyn Yarbrough
Rebecca Zanetti
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SOLD!
Amy Atwell

Amanda Berry
Tracey Devlyn
Christine E. Johnson
Mary Lindsey
Elizabeth Pina
Angi Platt
Tina Radcliffe
Arianna Skye
Liz Talley
Penny Watson
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