2010 RITA Nominations: Updated Throughout the Day
Today is the day, fellow romance lovers. Calls are going out to nominated authors and we’ll be adding to the listing as Lynn Spencer and I hear the news throughout the day. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][Authors, if you’re one of the lucky ones, please let us know by emailing sandy @ likesbooks.com. (No spaces.)]
Watch this space – and good luck to everyone!
Note: Some of the nominations listed below were first reported at Judi Fennell’s blog. An official RWA list can be found here.
Contemporary Series Romance
A Not-So-Perfect Past – Beth Andrews
The Snow-Kissed Bride – Linda Goodnight
From the Outside – Helen Branna
The Christmas Love-Child – Jennie Lucas
One Night Mistress…Convenient Wife – Anne McAllister
Duty, Desire and the Desert King – Jane Porter
Single Mom Seeks… – Teresa Hill
Revealed: A Prince and A Pregnancy – Kelly Hunter
I Still Do – Christie Ridgway
Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
Silent Watch – Elle Kennedy
Mountain Investigation – Jessica Andersen
The Christmas Stranger – Beth Cornelison
The Soldier’s Secret Daughter – Cindy Dees
In Care of Sam Beaudry – Kathleen Eagle
Cold Case Affair – Loreth Anne White
The Christmas Present – Tracy Wolff
Contemporary Single Title Romance
Too Good to Be True — Kristan Higgins
Talk Me Down — Victoria Dahl
Fireside – Susan Wiggs
For the Love of Pete — Julia Harper (AKA Elizabeth Hoyt)
Dirty Sexy Knitting — Christie Ridgway
True Love and Other Disasters — Rachel Gibson
A Little Light Magic – Joy Nash
Instant Attraction – Jill Shalvis
Historical Romance
To Beguile a Beast — Elizabeth Hoyt
Not Quite a Husband – Sherry Thomas
With Seduction in Mind — Laura Lee Guhrke
Wicked All Day — Liz Carlyle
Knight of Pleasure — Margaret Mallory
Make Me Yours — Bettina Krahn
Taming Her Irish Warrior — Michelle Willingham
The Lone Texan — Jodi Thomas
Inspirational Romance
The Gladiator — Carla Capshaw
A Lady Like Sarah – Margaret Brownley
The Inheritance – Tamara Alexander
Entertaining Angels – Judy Duarte
An Eye for an Eye – Irene Hannon
Breach of Trust – DiAnn Mills
The Silent Governess – Julie Klassen
The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper – Kathleen Y’Barbo
Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
Silent on The Moor — Deanna Raybourn
The Better Part of Darkness – Kelly Gay
Scandal Sheet – Gemma Halliday
Red’s Hot Honky-Tonk Bar – Pamela Morsi
The Lost Recipe for Happiness – Barbara O’Neal
The Accidental Bestseller – Wendy Wax
The Virgin’s Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I – Jeanne Westin
Lakeshore Christmas – Susan Wiggs
Paranormal Romance
Mortal Sins — Eileen Wilks
What Would Jane Austen Do? — Laurie Brown
My Forbidden Desire – Carolyn Jewel
For the Earl’s Pleasure – Anne Mallory
Darkness Unknown— Alexis Morgan
Untouchable in Deep Kiss of Winter — Kresley Cole
Kiss of a Demon King — Kresley Cole
The Fire King — Marjorie M. Liu
Covet — J.R. Ward
Regency Historical Romance
Lord Braybrook’s Penniless Bride – Elizabeth Rolls
What Happens in London – Julia Quinn
Revealed – Kate Noble
Surrender of a Siren – Tessa Dare
Scandal – Carolyn Jewel
A View to a Kiss — Caroline Linden
Tempting Fate — Alissa Johnson
Romance Novella
Charlotte and the Wicked Lord from The Diamonds of Wellbourne Manor – Amanda McCabe
This Wicked Gift from The Heart of Christmas — Courtney Milan
A Little Night Magic in Hot for the Holidays — Allyson James
The Robber Bride in Huntress — Marjorie M. Liu
Annalise and the Scandalous Rake in The Diamonds of Wellbourne Manor — Deb Marlowe
On a Snowy Christmas in The Night Before Christmas — Brenda Novak
The Christmas Eve Promise in The Night before Christmas — Molly O’Keefe
Romantic Suspense
Dark Country – Bronwyn Parry
One Scream Away — Kate Brady
Waking the Dead — Kylie Brant
A Dark Love — Margaret Carroll
Whisper of Warning — Laura Griffin
Stolen Fury — Elisabeth Naughton
Promises in Death — J.D. Robb
Kill for Me — Karen Rose
Young Adult Romance
Going Too Far — Jennifer Echols
Fairy Tale – Cyn Balog
Perfect Chemistry – Simone Elkeles
Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover – Ally Carter
The ABC’s of Kissing Boys – Tracy Ferraro
Nothing Like You – Lauren Strasnick
Best First Book
The Last Will of Moira Leahy – Therese Walsh
The Gladiator – Carla Capshaw
The Better Part of Darkness – Kelly Gay
Stolen Fury — Elisabeth Naughton
One Scream Away — Kate Brady
He Calls Her Doc — Mary Brady
Angel Vindicated — Viola Estrella
Nothing Like You — Lauren Strasnick
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