2011 Divas - Hold Me - Thrill Me Contest Winners

Contemporary
(1) Lost Soul – Dianne Farb
(2) Myth Conception – Kimberly Lucas
(3) Good Intentions – Marisa Cleveland

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Historical (1) Comanche Haven – Cathy Lowery
(2) Patrick's Angel – Karen Papandrew 
(3) Interlude with Gustave – Patricia Tretout
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Paranormal
(1) Mated by Magick – Michele Esslinger
(2) Gideon – Denny Bryce
(3) Knight Rhythms – Melissa Bass
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Romantic Suspense (1) Legally Undercover – Rachel Kall
(2) Chemical Attraction – Mary Oldham
(3) Marshmallow Murder – Diana Welker
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Young Adult (1) Forget Tomorrow – P. H. Dunn (2) Veiled Iron – Michelle Sinclair (3) Cemetery Sleuths – Beth Watson

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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue..........

Nine Finals...

Caro LaFever

Kate Meader

Rebecca Sampson

Robin Weaver

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Eight Finals...
P. H. Dunn
Camryn Rhys

Beth Watson
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Seven Finals...
Jeanell Bolton

Nan Dixon
Averil Reisman
Virginia Taylor

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Six Finals...
Harley Brooks
Sarah Castille

Amity Grays

Alicia Lienhart

Stephanie Winkelhake

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Five Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams
Jerrie Alexander
Elizabeth Bysiek

Louisa Cornell
Robin Covington
Marni Donnelly-Folsom
Eileen Emerson

Ash Krafton
Sarah Elizabeth Ladd

Katherine Lowry Logan
Jennifer McQuiston
Jacqui Nelson

Diana Quincy

Rebecca Skrabl
Bronwyn Stuart

Casey Wyatt
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Four Finals...
Sasha Cain

Cecily Cornelius-White
Louisa Cornell
Laura Drake

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Diane Garner

Nancy Holland

Kimila Kay
Ellen Lindseth
Virginia McCullough
Mary Oldham

Susanna Rogers

Isis Rushdan
Ellen Russell

D. B. Shuster

Clarissa Southwick
Sharon Struth

Kristine B. Thompson

Sharon Wray

Yvonne Yirka

Sabrina York
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Three Finals...
Sarah Andre

Carol-Faye Ashcraft
Tamara Baumann
Shelly Bell

Romily Bernard
Barbara Bettis

Veronica Blade
Valerie Bowman
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Tamara Carr
Kathleen Cherry
Meredith Allen Conner
Vivienne Courtoise
Stefani de Ravin
Anita Mae Draper
Sheridan Edmonson

Normandie Ward Fischer
Donna S. Frelick
Diane Garner
Pamela Gibson

Katie Graykowski
Lisa Hilleren
Barbara Huddleston

Melissa Landers

K. R. Lawson

Katy Lee
Michaela Moore

Virginia Munoz
Brenda Nelson-Davis

J. S. Nichols

Janet Nickoles
Cindy Nord
P.J. O'Dwyer

Cathy Perkins
Helen H. Pilz
Gloria Richard
Kathleen Bittner Roth

Jane Sevier
Michelle Sharp
Madeline Smyth

Lucia St. John

Bonnie Staring

Micha Summers
Sasha Summers
Carla Swafford

Wanda Thomas

Marlene Urso

Judith Wherett
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Two Finals...
Elise K. Ackers
Alana Albertson

Randi Alexander

Wendy Anderson
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Rachael Blair
Susan Breeden
Rachel Brimble
Kimila Bowling
Wendy Campbell
Lisa Chaplin
J'Nell Ciesielski

Meredith Clark
Mary Culver
Denise Cychosz

Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Marilyn Ebbs

Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Stanalei Fletcher
MV Freeman
Chris Anna Fullerton
Abby Gaines

Collyn Gale
Daphe Gray
Laurie A. Green

Dawn Groszek

Jan Gurney
Natasha Hacaga
Richard Hacker
Joy Hancock

Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Carol Hedgepeth

Carolyn Heinemann

Lily Herman
Gwen Hernandez
Kim Hernandez

Angie Hodapp
Shanyn Hosier
Faye Hughes

Monique Insalaco
Sherry Isaac
Kendra James
Rachel Kall

Jessica Keller
Samantha Ann King
Pamela Kopfler
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Kimberly Lucas

Heidi Luchterhand

Debra Maher
Kate MacEachern
Hanna Martine
Kathryn Matzen
Merle McCann
Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Kate Meader
Donna Meier
Heather Molloy
Leeann Morgan
Susan Muller
Mara Nash
Kaylie Newell
Jean Newlin

Catherine Phelan
Elizabeth Pina
Terry Poca
Naomi Rawlings
Judy Ridgley
Elizabeth Roadifer
S.L. Rowland
Jess Russel
Sheila Seabrook

Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
TJ Shaw

Laura Sheehan
Eva Siedler
Joanna Shupe

Meredith Simmons

Michelle Sinclair
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Donna Thorland
Sandra Tilley
Carole Towriss

Linda Triegel
Christina Westcott

Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
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2010 Divas - Hold Me, Thrill Me Winners

Continued success and congratulations to our 2010
"HOLD ME! THRILL ME!" CONTEST FINALISTS
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Contemporary – Final Judge, agent Roberta Brown, Brown Literary Agency
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1st "Death By Design" – Karen Papandrew
2nd "Cooking Up Trouble" – Louise Ousby 
3rd "Steel Hearts" – Nancy Evertz
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Historical – Final Judge, agent Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
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1st "Proposals and Pretenses" – Barbara Reed

2nd "The Rake's Handbook" – Sally Orr

3rd "Wrong Kind of Paradise" – Melissa Hartsell
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Paranormal – Final Judge, agent Joe Veltre, The Veltre Company
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1st "Kindred of the Fallen" – Isis Rushdan
2nd "Exhale" – Alissa Huelsman-Bell
3rd "The Perfect Adventure" – Katrina Snow
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Romantic Suspense – Final Judge, agent Elaine English, Elaine English Literary Agency
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1st "Undercover Cowboy" – Kathy Bremner

2nd "Deadly Secrets" – Julie Walker

2rd "Legacy of Lies" – Doris Lemcke

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Young Adult – Final Judge, agent Kristin Nelson, Nelson Literary Agency
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1st "Ashes to Ashes" – Romily Bernard
2nd "Squeaky Clean" – Shoshana Brown 
3rd "Designer Genes – The 'Boyfriend Cut'" – Joelene Coleman

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Movement upwards listed in Blue...
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Nine Finals

Tracy St. Hilaire

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Eight Finals

Jeanell Bolton

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Seven Finals
Isis Rushdan
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Six Finals
Nancy Evertz

Crista McHugh

Dora Mekouar

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Five Finals
Peter Andrews

Elisa Beatty
Kendel Flaum
Katie Graykowski
Tamara Hughes

NJ Litz

Sylvia McDaniel

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Four Finals
Kathleen Cherry

Katrina Crew
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kay Hudson

Patrice Kavanaugh

Mary Oldham
Robin Weaver

Suzanne Webb
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Three Finals
Sarah M. Anderson
Kathy Coatney

Sarina Dorie
Alyssa Fernandez
Trudi Seery Gilligan
Laurie Green
William Haggart
Leah Hodge
Kim Law

Rebecca Lees
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Jean Mason
Tracy Mastaler
Katie McGarry

Cindy Nord

L. Pepper Norris

Connie Queen
Susanna Rogers
Kylie Short
Madeline Smyth
Ciara Stewart

G. Jillian Stone
Anna Sugden
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Two Finals
Jerrie Alexander

Susan Anderson

Amy Atwell - Sold!
Jo Anne Banker
Jennifer Lynn Bates
Jennifer Beane
Robin Bielman

Susan Breeden

Christine Canada

Sarah Cannon
Martha Catt
Kristina Coi

Lexi Connor
Kelly Conrad
Mary Culver
Amy DeTrempe
Kimberly Dias
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Jamie Farrell
Sharon Lynn Fisher
Lori Sanders Foley
Joe Fraser
Donna Frelick
December Gephart
Micki Gibson
Gina Grant

Kendell Gray
Lynn Gutierrez
Sharon Hamilton
Marona Hewitt
Nancy Holland

Jan Jackson
Elizabeth Kelley
Lisa Kessler
Kimberly Killion
Marne Ann Kirstatter
Elizabeth Knowles-Palladino
Helene Lacey
Suzanne Lazear
Barbara Longley
Stacy Monson
Danielle Mulcahy
Nancy Naigle
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Laurel O'Donnell

Sally Orr

Karen Papandrew

Caroline Phipps

Helen Pilz

Barbara Reed

Kelly Rucker
Jane Sevier

Merry Simmons
Heather Snow
Katrina Snow

Clarissa Southwick

Bonnie Staring
Jennifer Stroka
Jennifer Tanner
Bobbye Terry
Phyllis J. Towzey
Olivia Ventura

Amy Villalba
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SOLD!
Anne K. Albert - Defending Glory
Amy Atwell - Lying Eyes
Alyessa Everett - A Tryst with Trouble
Lexi George - Demon Hunting In Dixie
Gwyn, Keli - A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California
Barbara Longley - Heart of the Druid Laird
Nancy Naigle - Out of Focus
J. S. Nichols - Come Back to Me
Edie Ramer - Cattitude
Jo Ramsey - Cluing In
Cat Schield - Meddling with a Millionaire (Harlequin Desire)
G. Jillian Stone - The Yard Man
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2009 Divas - Hold Me - Thrill Me Contest Winners

1st – 'Carmelita's Gold' by Brenda Pierce 
2nd – 'X+Y=Love' by Karen Papandrew 
3rd – 'The Gambit' by Cheryl Draycott

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Fourteen Finals:
Nancy Evertz
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Eleven Finals:
Diane O'Brien Kelly

Kathleen Bittner Roth

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Ten Finals:
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Donna Meier

Gail Zerrade
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Nine Finals:
Anne-Marie Carroll

Deborah Gross

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Cat Schield
Tracy St. Hilaire

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Eight Finals:
Constance Gillam

Gabrielle Luthy

Laura Williams
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Seven Finals:
Barbara Longley

Yvonne Harris
Patricia Patton

Michal Scott
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Six Finals:
Jeanell Bolton

Louisa Cornell
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Jean Mason
Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Elaine M. Powell
S. G. Shellabarger
Beth Watson
Robin Weaver
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Five Finals:
Deborah Blake

Linda Bond

Melanie Card

Meredith Clark

Denise Cychosz

Lisa Desrochers 

Susanne Frost
Keli Gwyn

Jeannie Lin

Susan Newman
Allison Pang

Cathy Perkins

Cathryn Pritchard
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Four Finals:
Barbara Binns

Tina Joyce Butts

Sharon Calvin
Deanna Carlyle
Jeanne Dickson
Martha Ferris

Katie Graykowski

Grace R. Greene
Tiffinie Helmer

Jessica B. Hunt
Julie Johnstone

Lisa Kessler

Heidi Luchterhand

Sylvia McDaniel
Meghan Murphy

Angi Platt - SOLD!

Tatia Talbot
Sandra van den Bogerd
Laurel Wanrow

Beatriz Chantrill Williams

Sharon Wray
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Three Finals:
Sara Avellino
Elizabeth Bemis
Susan Breeden
Dianne K. Burns

Carol Burnside

Sheryl Carpenter
Jennifer Conner

Wenda Dottridge
Leslie Duvall

C. J. Ellisson

Sharon Fisher
Sherry Foley
Kate Freiman
Abby Gaines

Deborah Gilbert

Bernadette Hearne

Jennette Heikes

Alison Henderson

Kay Hudson

Dee S. Knight
Maggi Landry
Kathy Lane

Kim Law
Barbara Cool Lee

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Linda Lovely

Mary Manners
Virginia McCullough
Kaylin McFarren

Crista McHugh

Brenda Nelson-Davis

Gina Rosavin

Madeline Smyth

G. Jillian Stone

Quinn Tellier
Laurie Thompson
Ellen Wehle

Gina Welborn

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Two Finals:
Sheri Adkins

Drue Allen
Maree Anderson
Robyn Anders
Rylee Andrews
Sheila Athens
Alison Atwater

Stefani Catenzaro Baltar
Patricia Barletta
Anne Barton

Joyce Barton
Tamra Baumann

Jennifer Beane

Jennifer Beckstrand
Mary A. Behre
TJ Bennett

Jenny Bernard

Amanda Berry - SOLD!

Robin Bielman
Ann Bleakley
Kara Bonnevie
Kelley Bowen
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Jude Brown

Kelsey Browning
Marie Campbell
Elise Chand

Kathleen Cherry
Zita Christian

Robin Constantine
Ally Cowee 

Donna Cummings

Beth Davis
Laurie DeMarino
Tracey Devlyn
Kate Diamond
Alleyne Dickens
Ella Drake
Cheryl Draycott

Cat Dubie
Lee Rhuday Duncan
Kendra Elliot

Nikki Enlow

Tracy Falenwolfe
Gloria Ferguson

Louise D. Foster
Joe Fraser

Bethany Cunningham Gabbert
Lottie Green
Anna Hackett
Ashley Henderson
Molly Herwood

Laura Hirneisen

Celesta Hofmann

Jennifer Holden

Kinsey W. Holley

Sharon Houdek 
Bev Irwin

Sandy James

Christine Johnson - SOLD!
Suzanne Kalb
Joan Kayse
Jeffe Kennedy
Sandra Kerns
Barbara Kroon 

Sara LaBudda
Corrina Lavitt
Suzanne Lazear 

Alison Leake
Sherri Lee
Melinda Leigh

Mary Lindsey - SOLD!
Kate MacArthur
Greta MacEachern

Kate MacEachern
Jennifer Mackin

Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin
Dora Mekouar
Maureen McGowan

Jamie Michele
Imani Miller

Judy Mills
Gwen Mitchell

Jean B. Newlin
Laurel O'Donnell
Mary Oldham
Sally Orr

Tara Owens
Kathleen Irene Paterka
Alison Pritchard

Dawna Rand
Jodi Redford
Shellee Roberts
Cate Rowan

Lynn Rush

Lateia Sandifer
Pamela Scheibe
Jan Schliesman

Catherine Marie Scott
Merry Simmons

Arianna Skye - SOLD!
Dina Sleiman

Coreene Smith
Heather Snow 

Susan Speers
Lori Dillon Stacy
Jennifer Stroka
Morgan Taylor

Sheila Tenold

Jean A. Therkelsen

Linda Trout

Tracy Truman

Jan Warren

Holly Watson
Ami Weaver
Kayla Westra
Hailey Williams
Teri Wilson
Kevin Wolf
Marilyn Yarbrough

Rebecca Zanetti 

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SOLD!
Amanda Berry
Christine E. Johnson

Mary Lindsey
Elizabeth Pina
Angi Platt
Tina Radcliffe

Arianna Skye
Liz Talley
Penny Watson
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