2007 Divas - Put Your Heart In A Book Winners

New Jersey Romance Writers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Put Your Heart in a Book Contest. Congratulations to the winners and finalists!

Historical

First Place: Donna Rosenbloom, The Earl's Christmas Gift
Second Place: Deb Maher, Claire's Crossing
Third Place: Jacqueline Barbour, A Scandalous Liaison

Paranormal

First Place: Caroline Dunsheath, Seeds
Second Place: DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson, Hedda's Sword
Third Place: Cathy Leming, Fallen Angels in Paradise

Romantic Elements

First Place: Melinda Cooke, She Can Run
Second Place: Caroline Dunsheath, One of the Good Guys
Third Place: Alleyne Dickens, Jewel Beyond Price

Single Title

First Place - TBD
Finalists:
Diane Gerber, His Witness
Donna Meier, Deadly Closure
Nisha Sharma, E-mails to Eli

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Upward movement in blue...

Eighteen Finals..........
Cathy Leming
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Twelve Finals............

DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD!
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Eleven Finals..........
Deb Yates
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Nine Finals.........
Kristina McMorris

Donna Rosenbloom
Cat Schield
Deb Yates
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Eight Finals........

Abigail Strom
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Seven Finals.......
Vanetta Chapman

Jeanne Dickson

Donna Meier
Laurel O'Donnell
Kimberly Price - SOLD!

Beth Trissel
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Six Finals......
Annie Oortman

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Five Finals.....
Margaret Batschelet
Sena Conway

Alleyne Dickens

Yvonne L. Harris
Carla Hughes
Cindy Nord
Leslie Tentler
Beth Watson

Kit Wilkinson

Linda Yoshido
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Four Finals....
Amy Baldwin

Kathleen Cherry

Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Angie Fox Gwinner - SOLD!

Donna Hall
Jacqui Jacoby

Lorrie Kruse
Nancy Lytle
Greta MacEachern
Virginia McCullough

Anitra McLeod

Kathryn Parker
Cathy Perkins

Theresa Ragan

Marian Stevens
Kaki Warner
Victoria Wasserman
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Three Finals...
Lynnette Baughman

Pamela Bolton-Holifield

Kelly Boyce
Debbie Brehens
Laurel Bradley
Sharon Calvin
Laurie DeSalvo
Suzan Dickinson

Caroline Dunsheath
Audra Harders

Kimberley Howe
L. Faye Hughes
Sandy James
Donna Kowalczyk
Barbara Longley

Debra K. Maher
Pamela Nissen
Bobbie O'Keefe
Elaine Powell
Erica Ridley
Jan Scarbrough
Inara Scott
Stephie Smith

Kristin Wallace
JoAnn Weatherly
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Two Finals..
Carmine V. Anderson

Kathy Altman

Narelle Atkins
Cynthia Arends

Tyuana Bailey

Laura Graham Booth
Jennifer Brassel
Kerensa Brougham
Shoshana Brown
Darcy Burke
Evie Byrne
Shirley Cayer

Julie Charles

Wendi Christener

Nicole Collins
Caroline Comito
Lisa Cooke
Lynda J. Cox

Laura Cumbie
Karen Docter

Wenda Dottridge

Leah Farrin
Danica Favorite-McDonald
Mary Fechter

Sherry Foley
Gail Francis
Marsha Garcia

Diane Gerber
Sonja Goedde

Laura Gompterz
Joan Goodman
Marianne Harden
Robin Haseltine - SOLD!
Patty Henderson

Judythe Hixson

Debra/Deborah Holland
Nancy Holland

Tanya T. Holmes
Carla Hostetter
Christine Johnson
Susan Diane Johnson
Heather Logan Kaufman

Ruth Kaufman

Joanne Kennedy

Babe King

Kathleen Krevat
Barbara Kroon

Shelia Langley

Barbara Cool Lee
Lesli Lent
Elaine Levine - SOLD!
Jo Lewis-Robertson
Nancy Litzau

Joanne Lockyer
Carrie Lofty
Lesli Muir Lytle
Donna Maloy
Madeline McBride
Micqui Miller
Kelly Moore
Patricia Morgan

Sherri Neilson

Brenda Nelson-Davis

Deborah Nemeth

Michelle Odell
Tracey O'Hara
Kiki Opdenberg

Eve Ortega
Tina Pennica
Robin Perini
Bev Pettersen/Petterson

Jodi Redford
Lynn Reynolds-Burkins
Julie Stevens

Debbie Swanson
LindaTrout

Becke Turner
Pamela Varnado

Suzanne Welsh

Teresa Wilde
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2006 Divas ~ PYHIAB Winners

Contemporary Category

1st—Sally Stotter — HUNK BROTHERS, INC.

2nd—Diane Burke — UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

3rd—Jerre Ferns — DEAD IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

Historical

1st—Elizabeth Stock — A TRULY REFORMED ROGUE

2nd—Lisa Marie Wilkinson — THE DIDDIKAI

3rd—Deb Yates — HEAVEN SENT

HM—Karen Larsen — Spring's Promise

HM—Dawn Ireland-Monsees — Morgan's Folly

Paranormal

1st - Caroline Dunsheath — COLD FURY

2nd - Mary Ann Chulick — THE EMPTY THRONE

3rd - Diane Stoddard — A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

HM—Jamie Banta – Missing Magic

HM—Mary Ann Chulick – Game Time

HM—Cynthia Cox – Thief of Hearts

HM—Kathy Fawcett – Breeding Love

HM—Linda Krzywicki – Pawsitive Attraction

HM—Kathleen Lutter – A Matter of Trust

HM—Elissa Wilds – Axiom of Light and Dark

Romantic Elements

1st—L. Faye Hughes — TO KILL A GEEK

2nd—Laurie Hahn—LADY PATRIOT

3rd—June Portnoy—GOING MAD

HM—Kerensa Brougham — Principal Investigator

Single Title

1st—Kari Townsend—DESTINY WEARS SPURS

2nd—Celesta Hoffmann—PROMISES, SECRETS AND LIES

3rd—Laurie Kellogg—ANY GOOD SISTER WOULD

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DIVA LEADERS...upward movement in blue...
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Thirty-Nine Finals........
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Twenty-One Finals........
Victoria Wasserman
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Eighteen Finals......
Christie Craig - SOLD!

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Fourteen Finals.....

Helen Scott-Taylor
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Thirteen Finals......

Carla Hughes

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Twelve Finals............
Robyn Grady - SOLD!

Donna Kowalczyk
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Ten Finals..........

Tina M. Novinski-Radcliffe

Deb Yates
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Nine Finals.........
Kathleen Beaver aka Kate Carlisle
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Eight Finals........
Christine Diehm - SOLD!

Kimberley Howe
Jennie Manlick
Cyn/Cindy Marolt - SOLD!
Jodi Redford
Stacey Lynn Reimer - SOLD!
Sharon Wray
J. L. Wilson - SOLD!
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Seven Finals.......

Diane Burke
Donna Caubarreaux

Catherine Chant

Mary Ann Chulick
Karen Davenport
Jane Langdell Robinson

Inara Scott
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Six Finals......

Jennifer Haymore
Kimberly Duffy aka Lindsey Brookes
Dorothy Mays
Mona Risk

Donna Rosenbloom
Kathleen Warner
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Five Finals.....
Amy Atwell

Kerensa Brougham
Vannetta Chapman
Diane Della Maggiora
Lisa A. Diaz
Carol Ericson - SOLD!
Judi Fennell

Jerre Ferns

Caroline Fyffe
Jenny Gardiner
Nancy Holland

Lorrie Ann Kruse
Corrina Lavitt

Shelia Rae Z. Mohs
Bev Pettersen
Pam Palmer Poulsen

Theresa Ragan

Vicki Tharp

DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson
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Four Finals....
Terry Irene Blain
Alan Chaput
Kathleen Cherry
Alice Clary
Dani Collins
Gail Foreman

Sharon Forret
Teryl Myers Hager
Courtney Hoffman
Ruth Kaufman
Sandra Kerns
Cathy/Catherine Leming
Catherine McClain

Virginia McCullough

Kristina Y. McMorris
Barbara Monajem

Kristen Painter
Diane Ramsey

Kathy Shaw

Elizabeth Stock

Anna Sudgen

Carol Webb

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Three Finals...

Delilah Ahrendt
Alexandra Nakis Alichos
Kathy Altman
Sarah Andre
Cynthia Anstey

Joanne Barnaba
Mary Biebel
TJ Bittick
Teri Bradburn

Jena Brown

Teresa Elliott Brown
Sheryl Carpenter
Patricia Canavan
Anne Crowder
Jaclyn DiBona
Gillian Doyle
Natalie Eggeman
Allison Fippinger
Maureen Fisher
Karen Foley - SOLD!

Mary Gardner

Angela Gwinner

Laurie Hahn
S. L. Hardwick
Donna Hatch
Elysa Hendricks
Erin Hudson

L. Faye Hughes

Melissa James
Christy Janisse
Laura Jochum
Darynda Jones

Robin Kawczynski
Christine Keach
Kim Kerr
Maggi Landry
Jean Mason
Anitra Lynn McLeod

Maya Milhous
Anna Muzzy

Brenda Nelson-Davis
Stacey Joy Netzel
Terry Odell
Diane Owens
Dorrie Parini

Susan Kenney Paytas
Melinda Porter
Mary Reiber
Rachel Robinson
Pamela Roller
Cate Rowan
Laurie Saloman
Dee Scheffler
Karen Seaton

Joy Smith
Jean Hart Stewart

Sally Strotter
Teri Thackson

Cheryl Wilson
Roberta Winegard
Danniele Worsham
Cheryl Wyatt - SOLD!
Michelle Ann Young
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Two Finals..
Gabriella Anderson

Donnell Ann Bell

Kathy Bennett

Debra Bess
Nicole Bovard
Kate Bowman
Marilee Brothers
Karen Brown
Maggie Brown
Peggy Brown
Teri Brown
Stephanie Buchanan
Wendy Byrne

Sharon Calvin
Linda Carroll-Bradd
Pat Casiello
Stefani Catenzaro
Brooke Chapman
Susan Charnley
Tera Lynn Childs
Kathie Clare
Catherine Cockburn

Katey Coffing
Lynda Coker
Lisa Cooke

Laurie Cooper

Stacy Cornell

Cynthia Cox
Sara Creasy

Brenna Crowder

Vicki Crum
Laura Cumbie

Patricia Detweiler
Leslie Dicken - SOLD!
Jodie Dittman
Marissa Doyle

Caroline Dunsheath
Kay Dykes
Donnell Epperson

Kathy Fawcett

Mary Fechter
Patti Fischer/Fisher
Lauren Ford

Barbara Fraire
Denise Frost - SOLD!
Gail Fuller

Andrea Geist
Deborah Gilbert

Michelle Gilles
Sonja Goedde
Eileen Goldman

Joan Goodman
Robena Grant
Debbie Graves
Sherrill Green
Sarah Gross
Dawn Groszek
Melissa Haack
JoAnn Haberer
Renee Hagar
Pamela Hathaway
Juli/Julie Heaton
Tiffinie Helmer
Alison Henderson
Kathryn Hern
Nancy Herriman

Celesta Hoffman
Wanda Hogan
Michele Paige Holmes
Rita Horiguchi

Dawn Ireland-Monsees
Patience Jackson
Nadele/Nadelle Jacobs
Christine E. Johnson
Deborah Johnson
Tammy Johnson
Laurel Jue
Mary Kaye

Laurie Kellogg
Kathryn Kelly/Kelley
Cathy Keister
Sandra Kerns

Lyndell "Babe" King
Kathy Kulig
Doris M. Lemcke
Ginny Lester
Diana Loftin
Patrice Luneski

Gabrielle Luthy

Kathleen Lutter

Maggie Lynch
Janice Lynn - SOLD!
Susan Lyons
Greta MacEachern
Debra K. Maher
Carol/Carolann Malley

Laura Martello
Cheryl Martin
Carolyn Matkowsky
Melissa Mayhue

Jennifer McAndrews

Elaine Meece
Lynda Mikulski - SOLD!

Trish Milburn
Patricia Morgan

Betsy Norman
Vonda Ogle

Mal Olson

Annie Oortman
Debra Hall Ownbey
Karen E. Papandrew

Jody Payne
Susan Peek
Catherine Pegau
Jean Marie Peragine

Anna Perrin
Belinda Peterson
Elaine M. Powell
Michelle Pressma
Doreen Rebh
Gail Reinhart

Alix Rickloff
Erica Ridley

Heidi Rice

Kelly Riley
Michelle D. Rodgers
Paula Roe
Lee Roland
Karen Sandler

Jennifer Satterfield
Jan Scarbrough

Nancy Schneider
Melanie Scott

Cathie Shaffer
Susan Shay
Andrea Shuman
Lynne Simpson
Cheryl Skoglund
Carolyn Slaughter
Robin Sorrentino
Lori Sowell
Mary Stahlke
Karen Steele
Linda Steinberg
Patti/Patty Stern
Marian Stevens

Diane Stoddard

Pamela Stone
Carla Swafford
Jennifer Talty

Laurie Temple

Robbie Terman

Kari Townsend
Beth Trissel
Philine Tucker
Susan Heinzig Turnbull
Leanne Tyler

Candice Vetter
Kristin Wallace
Amy Wang
Cassandra Ward
Lisa Watson

Marilyn Weigel
Joleen Wieser/Jolene Weiser
Oberon Wonch
Kim Wooldridge
Julie Woolley
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