The Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award
And the Finalists are . . .
And the Finalists are . . .
Historical Romance
Vanessa Kelly for Mastering the Marquess
Anna Campbell aka Karen Schwartz for Captive of Sin
Deeanne Gist for A Bride in the Bargain
Diane Gaston aka Diane Perkins for Gallant Officer, Forbidden Lady
Caroline Fyffe for Where the Wind Blows
Inspirational/Traditional Romance
Margaret Brownley for A Lady Like Sarah
Jan Washburn for More than Great Riches
Merrillee Whren for Mommy’s Hometown Hero
Trish Perry for Sunset Beach
Elizabeth Pina for Learning to Let Go
Short and Long Contemporary Romance
Kimberly Lang for The Millionaire’s Misbehaving Mistress
Carly Cassidy for Scene of the Crime: Bridgewater Texas
Pamela Ford for Her Best Bet
Terry McLaughlin for A Small Town Homecoming
Gail Barrett for His 7-Day Fiancée
Romantic Suspense
Karylea Cross aka Kari Lee Walker for Cover of Darkness
Karylea Cross aka Kari Lee Walker for No Turning Back
Carla Cassidy for Last Gasp
Beth Cornelison for Under Fire
Casey Clifford aka Mary Jo Scheibl for Black Ribbon Affair
Erotic Romance
Radclyffe aka L.L. Raand for Returning Tides
Radclyffe aka L.L. Raand for Secrets in the Stone
Sylvia Day for In the Flesh
P. J. Mellor for Drive Me Wild
Laura Santiago aka Laura Freeman for Rogues Run
Paranormal
Leanna Renee Hieber for The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
Elizabeth Sinclair aka Marge Smith for Garden of the Moon
Fredericka Meiners aka Ann Macela for Wild Magic
Susan Macatee for Erin’s Rebel
Madeleine Baker aka Amanda Ashley for Immortal Sin
Strong Romantic Elements
Susan Crandall--Seeing Red
Amber Polo--Flying Free
Marilyn Brant--According to Jane
Sandy James--All the Right Reasons
Sandy James--Murphy's Law
Single Title Contemporary
Lisa Van Auken--It Happened One Night
Beth Cornelison--Healing Luke
Sandy James--Faith of the Heart
Sandy James--Turning Thirty Twelve
Winners were announced at the ACRA BootCamp in September. (Winners will be personally notified via email prior to the public announcement.)
