2011 Divas - Put Your Heart in a Book Contest Winners

New Jersey Romance Writers is proud to announce the 2011 Put Your Heart In A Book Contest Winners!
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Short Contemporary
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1st Place: Judith Wherett – Running For Her Life
2nd Place: Daria Yanez – Labor of Love
3rd Place: Janet Pepsin – Love is in the Air
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Honorable Mentions –
Tamra Baumann – Cyrano at Your Service
Karen Muir – The Undercover Nanny
Sheila Seabrook – Terms of Surrender
Larri Winslow – I Dare You
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Single Title Contemporary
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1st Place: Jeanell Bolton – Passion
2nd Place: Sheila Seabrook – Stuck on You
3rd Place: Jeannie Hall – Makes Us Stronger
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Honorable Mentions:
Janet Campbell – Macy's Place
Joanna Shupe – The Ex-Husband Next Door
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Historical
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1st Place: Diana Quincy – Tempting Bella
2nd Place: Frances Fowlkes – The Gentleman's Surgeon
3rd Place: Virginia Taylor – Starling
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Honorable Mentions –
Sheridan Edmondson – Lady Catherine's Secret
Lynn Gutierrez – Her Heart's Desire
Amy Villalba – To Pluck a Rose
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Paranormal
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1st Place: Dawn Groszek – Rose of Hope
2nd Place: Tara Lynn Mosby – Beyond Fate: A Novel of the Legion Warriors
3rd Place: Joy Hancock – The Inquisitor
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Romantic Elements
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1st Place: D. B. Shuster – Breach of Contract
2nd Place: D. B. Shuster – Easy in Theory
3rd Place: P. J. O'Dwyer – Dark Victory
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Honorable Mentions –
Nancy Holland – Strange Bedfellows
Susanna Rogers – Naked Choke
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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Nine Finals...

Caro LaFever

Kate Meader

Rebecca Sampson

Robin Weaver

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Seven Finals...
Jeanell Bolton

Nan Dixon
Averil Reisman
Camryn Rhys

Virginia Taylor

Beth Watson
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Six Finals...
Harley Brooks
Sarah Castille

P.H. Dunn

Alicia Lienhart

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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

Stephanie Winkelhake
Casey Wyatt
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Four Finals...
Sasha Cain

Cecily Cornelius-White
Louisa Cornell
Laura Drake

Amity Grays

Kimila Kay
Ellen Lindseth
Virginia McCullough
Susanna Rogers

Isis Rushdan
Ellen Russell

D. B. Shuster

Clarissa Southwick
Sharon Struth

Kristine B. Thompson

Sharon Wray
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Three Finals...
Sarah Andre

Carol-Faye Ashcraft
Tamara Baumann
Shelly Bell

Romily Bernard
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
Nancy Holland

Barbara Huddleston

K. R. Lawson

Katy Lee
Michaela Moore

Virginia Munoz
Brenda Nelson-Davis

Janet Nickoles
Cindy Nord
P.J. O'Dwyer

Mary Oldham

Cathy Perkins
Helen H. Pilz
Gloria Richard
Jane Sevier
Michelle Sharp
Madeline Smyth

Lucia St. John

Micha Summers
Sasha Summers
Carla Swafford

Wanda Thomas

Marlene Urso

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

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

Meredith Clark
Mary Culver
Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Marilyn Ebbs

Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Stanalei Fletcher
MV Freeman
Chris Anna Fullerton
Abby Gaines

Collyn Gale
Diane Garner

Daphe Gray
Laurie A. Green

Dawn Groszek

Jan Gurney
Natasha Hacaga
Richard Hacker
Joy Hancock

Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Carolyn Heinemann

Lily Herman
Gwen Hernandez
Kim Hernandez

Angie Hodapp
Shanyn Hosier
Faye Hughes

Monique Insalaco
Sherry Isaac
Kendra James
Jessica Keller
Samantha Ann King
Pamela Kopfler
Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
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

J. S. Nichols

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

Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
Laura Sheehan
Eva Siedler
Joanna Shupe

Meredith Simmons

Bonnie Staring
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Donna Thorland
Sandra Tilley
Carole Towriss

Linda Triegel
Christina Westcott

Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Yvonne Yirka
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2009 Divas - Put Your Heart In A Book Contest Winners

New Jersey Romance Writers

Is proud to announce

Our 2009 Put Your Heart In A Book Winners!

Short Contemporary

1st Place: Lyn Wagner – The Lawman's Baby
2nd Place: Sally Stotter – Never a Bride
3rd Place: Amy Talley – Heartbreaker
Honorable Mention – Kim Law – Unconditional Family

Single Title Contemporary

1st Place: Heidi Luchterhand – Once Upon a Margarita
2nd Place: Laura Graham Booth – Sharing Spaces
2nd Place: Carla Kempert – Gabriel's Angel

Historical

1st Place: Tracey Devlyn – A Lady's Revenge
2nd Place: Alison Atwater – Good-Timin' Man
3rd Place: Gwynlyn MacKenzie – Forfeit's Lady
Honorable Mention – Susan Newman – Rakes and Radishes
Honorable Mention – Patricia Patton – The Lover

Paranormal

1st Place: Cate Rowan – Kismet's Kiss
2nd Place: Jeanell Bolton – Trail of Blood
3rd Place: JB Hunt – Reading the Waters
Honorable Mentions –
Jamie Banta – Deeper Than Bone
Melanie Card – Calling Fire
Lisa Kessler – Night Walker
Judy Mills – King of Magic
Allison Pang – Shadow of the Incubus

Romantic Elements

1st Place: Barbara Kroon – Get Real
2nd Place: Celesta Hofmann – Southern Diversion
3rd Place: Constance Gillam – Lakota Dreaming

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Seven Finals:

Diane O'Brien Kelly

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Six Finals:
Yvonne Harris

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Five Finals:

Nancy Evertz

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Elaine M. Powell

Laura Williams
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Four Finals:
Deanna Carlyle

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Susan Newman

Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!

Cat Schield
Michal Scott
Tracy St. Hilaire

Beth Watson
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Three Finals:
Sara Avellino

Elizabeth Bemis
Deborah Blake

Jeanell Bolton

Sherry Foley

Constance Gillam
Alison Henderson

Virginia McCullough

Chi Nguyen-Rettig

Kathleen Bittner Roth
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Two Finals:
Melanie Card

Anne-Marie Carroll
Meredith Clark

Beth Davis
Katie Graykowski
Deborah Gross
Linda Hurtado
Jeffe Kennedy

Lisa Kessler

Sherri Lee
Cathy Leming

Mary Lindsey
Barbara Longley

Heidi Luchterhand

Kate MacArthur

Jennifer Mackin
Carolyn Martin

Jean Mason

Judy Mills
Laurel O'Donnell

Susan Shellabarger

Susan Speers
Teri Wilson

Sharon Wray

Gail Zerrade
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SOLD!
Amanda Berry

Christine E. Johnson

Elizabeth Pina
Arianna Skye
Amy Talley
Penny Watson

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