Please join the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America® in congratulating the winners of this year’s New England Readers’ Choice Awards!

 

CONTEMPORARY – LONG

1^st place: Shelly Alexander, It’s In His Arms (Red River Valley #4)

2^nd place: Rose Grey*, Waiting for You (Durrell Brothers #1)

3^rd place: Maria K. Alexander, Awaken My Heart (Tangled Hearts #3) and Jo McNally, She’s Far from Hollywood

 

CONTEMPORARY – SHORT

1^st place: Jen Doyle*, Holiday House Call (Calling It series)

2^nd place: Kate James, Home to Stay (San Diego K-9 Unit #4)

3^rd place: Angela Quarles, Earning It

 

EROTIC ROMANCE

1^st place: Kilby Blades, Snapdragon

2^nd place: Marie Johnston, Unmistaken Identity

3^rd place: Karen Stivali, Moment of Fate (Moments in Time #5)

 

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

1^st place: Patricia Barletta*, Moon Shadow (Book #2 Auriano Curse series)

2^nd place: Abigail Dane, The Viscount and the Valet

3^rd place (tie): Lisa Berne, The Laird Takes a Bride (The Penhallow Dynasty #2) and Michelle Sinclair, Never Kiss a Highlander

 

NOVELLA

1^st place: Miranda Liasson, Can’t Miss Christmas (Mirror Lake Christmas series)

2^nd place: Nancy Herkness, Second To None (Second Glances series)

3^rd place: Maria K. Alexander, Believe In My Heart (Tangled Hearts #4)

 

PARANORMAL/FANTASY/SCIFI/TIME TRAVEL

1^st place: Nadine Mutas, To Enthrall the Demon Lord (Love and Magic #4)

2^nd place: Gabi Stevens, Mystic

3^rd place: Saharra K. Sandhu, Fire in Ice: Tale of the Dragon Rider

 

ROMANCE WITH RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS

1^st place: Dana R. Lynn, Plain Target (Amish Country Justice #1)

2^nd place: Dana R. Lynn, Amish Christmas Abduction (Amish Country Justice #3)

3^rd place: Karen Foley, A Hummingbird Christmas (Glacier Creek #1)

 

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

1^st place: Abbie Roads, Saving Mercy (Fatal Truth #1)

2^nd place: Sarah Andre, Capturing the Queen

3^rd place: Katie Reus, Resurrection (Redemption Harbor #1)

 

SHORT STORY

1^st place: Gina Conkle, To Steal a Viking Bride

2^nd place: Sionna Fox*, Etudes, in Symphony Amore: Erotic Stories of Love and Music

3^rd place (tie): Jean C. Joachim, The House-Sitter’s Christmas and Madame de Boudoir, King of the Sea

 

YOUNG ADULT

1^st place: Ann Gallagher, Having Her Back

2^nd place: Meg Kassel, Black Bird of the Gallows

3^rd place: C. C. Hunter, The Mortician’s Daughter

 

GRAND PRIZE ($250 certificate from Barclay Publicity)

Dana R. Lynn, Plain Target (Amish Country Justice #1)

 

* denotes a NECRWA member