This year’s RITA winners are….
Romance Novella Winner
Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan
Self-published
Lindsey Faber, editor
Contemporary Romance: Long Winner
Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan
Harlequin, HQN
Flo Nicoll, editor
Young Adult Romance Winner
The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Harlequin, HQN Teen
Margo Lipschultz, editor
Historical Romance: Long Winner
No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke
Avon Books
Erika Tsang, editor
Romantic Suspense Winner
Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton
Montlake Publishing
Charlotte Herscher and Christopher Werner, editors
Buy Now: A/BN/iB/K
Paranormal Romance Winner
The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Peter Senftleben, editor
Erotic Romance Winner
Off the Clock by Roni Loren
Penguin Random House, Berkley
Kate Seaver, editor
Historical Romance: Short Winner
A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Alex Logan, editor
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements
My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray
Amazon, Waterfall Press
Amy Hosford, editor
Buy Now: A/BN/iB/K
Contemporary Romance: Short Winner
Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major
Harlequin, Special Edition
Gail Chasan, editor
Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Winner
Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra
Berkley Publishing Group
Cindy Hwang, editor
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel
Sourcebooks, Landmark
Shana Drehs and Anna Michels, editors
Best First Book Winner
Once and For All: An American Valor Novel by Cheryl Etchison
Avon, Impulse