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