EROTIC
First Place Tie: Lauren Smith – The Gilded Cage
First Place Tie: Lauren Smith – The Gilded Cuff
Second Place: VL Locey: Clean Sweep
Third Place Tie: Christina James – Desire Me
Third Place Tie: Renea Mason – Cursing Doctor Vincent
SHORT CONTEMPORARY
First Place: Tanya Michaels – Falling for the Sheriff
Second Place: Heidi Hormel – The Surgeon and the Cowgirl
Third Place: Kathy Lyons – The Player Next Door
1st BOOK
First Place: Katrina Snow – Forbidden
Second Place: Joanna Shupe – The Courtesan Duchess
Third Place Tie:Brooke Newton – Letting Myself Go
Third Place Tie:Nancy Raven Smith – Land Sharks: a Swindle in Sumatra
LONG CONTEMPORARY
First Place: Nancy Herkness – The CEO Buys In
Second Place: Cathryn Parry, The Secret Garden
Third Place Tie: Lauren Gallagher – The Saint’s Wife
Third Place Tie: Holly Jacobs – Carry Her Heart
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Leslie Jones – Night Hush
Second Place: Marta Perry – Where Secrets Sleep
Third Place: Cate Beauman – Reagan’s Redemption
NOVELLA
First Place: Crista McHugh – Tell Me True
Second Place: Tanya Michaels – New Year’s Resolution: Just a Fling
Third Place Tie: Karen Rock – Winter Wedding Bells: The Kiss
Third Place Tie: Marie Tuhart – Red Club Temptation
HISTORICAL
First Place: Joanna Shupe – The Lady Hellion
Second Place: Meg Hennessy – A Pirate’s Command
Third Place Tie: Anna Campbell – A Scoundrel by Moonlight
Third Place Tie: LR Olson – A Dangerous Temptation
PARANORMAL
First Place: Angela Quarles – Must Love Chainmail
Second Place: Allie Marie – Teardrops of the Innocent: The White Diamond Story
Third Place Tie: Angela Quarles – Steam Me Up, Rawley
Third Place Tie: Katrina Snow – Forbidden