2015 NRCA Finalists

2015 NRCA Finalists

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BEST FIRST BOOK
JB Schroeder  /  Runaway (Romantic Suspense)

Sally Kilpatrick / The Happy Hour Choir (Novel with Romantic Elements)

Jami Gold / Treasured Claim (Paranormal)

Lara Archer / Bared to the Viscount (Erotic)

Anna Malicka / Debt of Honor (Historical)

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CONTEMPORARY SERIES

Jennifer Lohmann  /  A Southern Promise

Marissa Clarke / Chance of a Lifetime

Janice Maynard / Courting the Cowboy Boss

M. Lee Prescott / Emma’s Dream

Tanya Michaels / Falling for the Sheriff

Cathryn Parry / Secret Garden

Shirley Hailstock / Summer on Kendall Farm

Kathy Lyons / The Player Next Door

Melynda Price / Win By Submission

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CONTEMPORARY SERIES – SUSPENSE/ADVENTURE

Carla Cassidy  /  Cowboy of Interest

Debby Conrad  / Hunter’s Reluctance

Carol Braswell  /  Justin’s Gamble

Janie Crouch  /  Leverage

Lori Ryan / Love and Protect

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CONTEMPORARY SINGLE TITLE

Brenda Novak  /  A Winter Wedding

Cindy Kirk / Christmas in Good Hope

Erika Kelly / I Want You to Want Me

Tamra Baumann / It Had to Be Love

Susan Fox / Love Somebody Like You

Nan Rossiter / Nantucket

Kimberly Lang / Something to Prove

Donna Alward / Summer on Lover’s Island

Julie Benson / To Love a Texas Cowboy

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 EROTIC

Erika Wilde  /  Playing with Temptation

Lara Archer / Wild at Heart

Lara Archer / Bared to the Viscount

Opal Carew / Stepbrother, Mine

Silver James / Night Shift

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HISTORICAL

Gayle Callen  /  The Wrong Bride

Callie Hutton / The Highlander’s Choice

Barbara J. Longley / The Highlander’s Folly

Sally MacKenzie / What to Do With a Duke

Amy Jarecki / A Highland Knight’s Desire

Pamela Ford / To Ride a White Horse

E. E. Burke / Fugitive Hearts

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INSPIRATIONAL

Lisa Belcastro  /  A Dream for Love

Karen Witemeyer / A Worthy Pursuit

Renee Andrews / Baby Wanted

Laura Scott / Holiday on the Run

Sherri Shackelford / The Rancher’s Christmas Proposal

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NOVEL WITH ROMANTIC ELEMENTS

Caroylyn Brown  /  The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop

Sally Kilpatrick  /  The Happy Hour Choir

Elizabeth Heiter  / Vanished

Susanna Kearsley  /  A Desperate Fortune

Loreth Anne White  /  A Dark Lure

Sally Kilpatrick / Bittersweet Creek

Julianne MacLean / The Color of Time

Kate Parker / The Conspiring Woman

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NOVELLA

Carolyn Jewel  /  A Seduction in Winter

Nicole Burnham  /  Christmas With a Palace Thief

Willa Blair  /  Heart of Stone

Sally MacKenzie  /  In the Spinster’s Bed

Alina K. Field  /  Liliana’s Letter

Robin Covington / One Little Kiss

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PARANORMAL

Jodi Vaughn  /  By the Light of the Moon

Donna MacMeans  /  Charming the Professor

Jami Gold  /  Ironclad Devotion

Silver James  /  The Devil’s Cut

Jamie Gold  /  Treasured Claim

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Roxanne St. Claire  / Barefoot With a Bodyguard

Brenda Novak  /  Hanover House

JB Schroeder  /  Runaway

Diane Benefiel  /  Shot Through the Heart

Shelley Coriell  /  The Blind

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YOUNG ADULT

Christa McHugh  /  Confessions of a Queen B*

Lauren & Devon Royal  / Juliana

Juli Alexander / Paxton Private Investigations

Christa McHugh / The Queen B* and the Homecoming King

Rachel Hawthorn / Trouble From the Start