2012 RITA® and Golden Heart® Awards...and the winners are:

The 2012 Golden Heart® and RITA® Award Winners. 

Congratulations to all the winners. 

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Paranormal Romance:

"Never Deal with Dragons" by Lorenda Christensen

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements:

"Song without Words" by Lisa Laing

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Historical Romance:

"The Devil May Care" by Elisa Beatty

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Inspirational Romance:

"Love's Advocate" by Karen Fleming (w/a KD Flemming)

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance:

"No Peeking" by Tamar Bihari (w/a Talia Quinn Daniels)

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Regency Historical Romance:

"The Perfect Heiress" by Kimberly Ohara (w/a April Bennet)

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Young Adult Romance:

"Wired" by Romily Bernard

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Contemporary Series Romance:

"Cyrano at Your Service" by Tamra Baumann

2012 Golden Heart® Winner for Romantic Suspense:

"Edge of Deception" by Elizabeth Bemis

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RITA AWARDS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  
(Click on Covers to be transported to Amazon to view the description and/or buy the book)


2012 RITA® Winner for Paranormal Romance:
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Berkley Publishing Group
Cindy Hwang, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Romance Novella:
I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden
Avon Impulse
Lyssa Keusch, editor

2012 RITA® Winner for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements:
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal
Ballantine Bantam Dell
Shauna Summers, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Best First Book:
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
St. Martin's Press
Jennifer Enderlin, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Historical Romance:
The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
Berkley Publishing Group
Wendy McCurdy, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Inspirational Romance:
The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena Miller
Revell
Vicki Crumpton, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Contemporary Series Romance (Suspense/Adventure):
Soldier's Last Stand by Cindy Dees
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Patience Bloom, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance:
Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe
Carina Press
Charlotte Herscher, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Regency Historical Romance:
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
Avon Books
Tessa Woodward, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Young Adult Romance:
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Macmillan Feiwel & Friends
Liz Szabla, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Contemporary Series Romance:
Doukakis's Apprentice by Sarah Morgan
Harlequin Presents
Lucy Gilmour, editor



2012 RITA® Winner for Romantic Suspense:
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
Penguin Putnam
Leslie Gelbman, editor