Rita Awards

2007
Adios to My Old Life by Caridad Ferrer (winner)
Blackout by Annie Solomon (winner)
The Book of True Desires by Betina Krahn (winner)
Claiming His Family by Barbara Hannay (winner)
From the First by Jessica Bird (winner)
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (winner)
A Lady Raised High by Laurien Gardner (winner)
The Mommy Quest by Lori Handeland (winner)
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (winner)
Revealed by Tamera Alexander (winner)

2006
The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle (winner)
Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair (winner)
Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo (winner)
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas by Barbara Samuel (winner)
Lakeside Cottage by Susan Wiggs (winner)
The Marriage Miracle by Liz Fielding (winner)
Princess of Convenience by Marion Lennox (winner)
A Reputable Rake by Diane Gaston (winner)
Show Her the Money by Stephanie Feagan (winner)
Survivor in Death by J D Robb (winner)
The Texan's Reward by Jodi Thomas (winner)
Worth Every Risk by Dianna Love (winner)

2005
A.K.A. Goddess by Evelyn Vaughn (winner)
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (winner)
Blue Moon by Lori Handeland (winner)
Christmas Eve Marriage by Jessica Hart (winner)
Grounds to Believe by Shelley Bates (winner)
I'm Watching You by Karen Rose (winner)
John Riley's Girl by Inglath Cooper (winner)
Miss Pruitt's Private Life by Barbara McCauley (winner)
A Passionate Endeavor by Sophia Nash (winner)
Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale (winner)
Time Off for Good Behaviour by Lani Diane Rich (winner)
A Wanted Man by Susan Kay Law (winner)

2004
Autumn Dreams by Gayle Roper (winner)
Back Roads by Susan Crandall (winner)
Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah (winner)
Birthright by Nora Roberts (winner)
The Destiny by Kathleen Givens (winner)
Her Royal Baby by Marion Lennox (winner)
The Knight's Kiss by Nicole Burnham (winner)
Prospero's Daughter by Nancy Butler (winner)
Shades of Midnight by Linda Fallon (Linda Winstead Jones) (winner)
The Top Gun's Return by Kathleen Creighton (winner)
Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas (winner)

2003
The Bride Fair by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber (winner)
Contact by Susan Grant (winner)
A Debt to Delia by Barbara Metzger (winner)
Never Say Goodbye by Irene Hannon (winner)
No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel (winner)
Shades of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom (winner)
Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter (winner)
Taking Cover by Catherine Mann (winner)
Taming the Outlaw by Cindy Gerard (winner)
Three Fates by Nora Roberts (winner)

2002
Beneath a Southern Sky by Deborah Raney (winner)
The Border Bride by Elizabeth English (winner)
The Bridal Season by Connie Brockway (winner)
Coming Home to You by Fay Robinson (winner)
Heart Mate by Robin D Owens (winner)
A Long Hot Christmas by Barbara Daly (winner)
Much Obliged by Jessica Benson (winner)
Quinn's Complete Seduction by Sandra Steffen (winner)
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (winner)
Tempt Me Twice by Barbara Dawson Smith (winner)
True Confessions by Rachel Gibson (winner)

2001
The Best Man and the Bridesmaid by Liz Fielding (winner)
Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts (winner)
Devilish by Jo Beverley (winner)
First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (winner)
A Grand Design by Emma Jensen (winner)
The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning (winner)
It Takes a Rebel by Stephanie Bond (winner)
A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson (winner)
The Mistress by Susan Wiggs (winner)
Rogue's Reform by Marilyn Pappano (winner)
The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher (winner)

2000
Annie, Get Your Groom by Kristin Gabriel and Jennifer Drew (winner)
The Bodyguard by Suzanne Brockmann (winner)
The Bride's Protector by Gayle Wilson (winner)
Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson (winner)
The Maiden and the Unicorn by Isolde Martyn (winner)
Nell by Jeanette Baker (winner)
The Proposition by Judith Ivory (winner)
The Rake's Retreat by Nancy Butler (winner)
Silken Threads by Patricia Ryan (winner)
The Stardust Cowboy by Anne McAllister (winner)
Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann (winner)

1999
The Bride Finder by Susan Carroll (winner)
Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (winner)
His Grace Endures by Emma Jensen (winner)
Meant to Be Married by Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuel) (winner)
Merely Married by Patricia Coughlin (winner)
Monday Man by Kristin Gabriel (winner)
My Darling Caroline by Adele Ashworth (winner)
My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway (winner)
The Notorious Groom by Caroline Cross (winner)
Patterns of Love by Robin Lee Hatcher (winner)

1998
Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle (winner)
Fire Hawk by Justine Dare (winner)
Heart of a Knight by Barbara Samuel (winner)
His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon (winner)
Homeward by Melody Carlson (winner)
Love's Reward by Jean R Ewing (winner)
Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (winner)
On the Way to a Wedding.... by Ingrid Weaver (winner)
Reckless by Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuel) (winner)

1997
Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath (winner)
As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers (winner)
Conor's Way by Laura Lee Guhrke (winner)
Cowboy Pride by Anne McAllister (winner)
Daniel's Gift by Barbara Freethy (winner)
Her Very Own Husband by Lauryn Chandler (winner)
The Lady's Companion by Carla Kelly (winner)
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers (winner)
See How They Run by Bethany Campbell (winner)
Stardust of Yesterday by Lynn Kurland (winner)
Wild Blood by Naomi Horton (winner)

1996
Born in Ice by Sarah Hardesty (Nora Roberts) (winner)
The Covenant by Modean Moon (winner)
Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley (winner)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (winner)
The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis (winner)
Runaway by Cheryl Zach (winner)
Single Dad by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Something Shady by Pamela Morsi (winner)
Stranger in Her Arms by Elizabeth Sites (winner)
The Warlord by Elizabeth Elliott (winner)
Winter's Edge by Anne Stuart (winner)

1995
Again by Kathleen Gilles Seidel (winner)
Dancing on the Wind by Mary Jo Putney (winner)
An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers (winner)
Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie (winner)
Ghostly Enchantment by Angie Ray (winner)
Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts (winner)
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (winner)
Lord of the Storm by Justine Davis (winner)
Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand by Carla Kelly (winner)
Oh, Baby! by Lauryn Chandler (winner)
Second to None by Arlynn Presser (Vivian Leiber) (winner)
A Soldier's Heart by Kathleen Korbel (winner)
To Tame a Texan's Heart by Jodi Thomas (winner)

1994
Annie and the Wise Men by Lindsay Longford (winner)
Avenging Angel by Glenna McReynolds (winner)
A Candle in the Dark by Megan Chance (winner)
Deirdre and Don Juan by Jo Beverley (winner)
Dragonslayer by Emilie Richards (winner)
Falling Angel by Anne Stuart (winner)
Lord of the Night by Susan Wiggs (winner)
My Lady Notorious by Jo Beverley (winner)
Nightshade by Nora Roberts (winner)
Private Scandals by Nora Roberts (winner)
Summer Lightning by Wendy Corsi Staub (winner)
Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell (winner)

1993
Come Spring by Jill Marie Landis (winner)
Divine Evil by Nora Roberts (winner)
Emily's Ghost by Antoinette Stockenberg (winner)
Father Goose by Marie Ferrarella (winner)
Keeper of the Dream by Penelope Williamson (winner)
Navarrone by Helen R Myers (winner)
The Prisoner by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
The Silence of Midnight by Karen Young (winner)
Song of the Buffalo Boy by Sherry Garland (winner)
This Time Forever by Kathleen Eagle (winner)
Trust Me by Jeane Renick (winner)
An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley (winner)

1992
Angel for Hire by Justine Davis (winner)
Candle in the Window by Christina Dodd (winner)
Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi (winner)
Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon (winner)
Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley (winner)
Every Kind of Heaven by Bethany Campbell (winner)
A Human Touch by Glenda Sanders (winner)
A Man to Die for by Eileen Dreyer (winner)
Night Shift by Nora Roberts (winner)
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep by Lurlene McDaniel (winner)
A Rose for Maggie by Kathleen Korbel (winner)
The Tender Texan by Jodi Thomas (winner)

1991
Black Horse Island by Dee Holmes (winner)
Night Spice by Karen Keast (winner)
Patrick Gallagher's Widow by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale (winner)
The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase (winner)
Song of the Lorelei by Lucy Gordon (winner)
Step into My Parlor by Jan Hudson (winner)
Where Love Dwells by Elizabeth Stuart (winner)
A Wild Yearning by Penelope Williamson (winner)

1990
The Bride by Julie Garwood (winner)
The Ice Cream Man by Kathleen Korbel (winner)
Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
Night of the Hunter by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Out of the Blue by Alaina Hawthorne (winner)
Perchance to Dream by Kathleen Korbel (winner)
Private Relations by Diane Chamberlain (winner)
The Rake and the Reformer by Mary Jo Putney (winner)
Renee by Vivian Schurfranz (winner)
Rhapsody in Bloom by Mona Van Wieren (Karen Van Der Zee) (winner)
The Silver Noose by Patricia Gardner Evans (winner)

1989
Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts (winner)
Brighton Road by Susan Carroll (winner)
A Crime of the Heart by Cheryl Reavis (winner)
Flirtation River by Bethany Campbell (winner)
The Ghosts of Stony Clove by Eileen Charbonneau (winner)
Leaves of Fortune by Linda Barlow (winner)
Sun Flower by Jill Marie Landis (winner)
Winter's Daughter by Kathleen Creighton (winner)

1988
Does Your Nose Get in the Way, Too? by Arlene Erlbach (winner)
The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
In Defense of Love by Kathleen Creighton (winner)
It Takes a Thief by Rita Rainville (winner)
Stolen Moments by Janice Kaiser (winner)
The Sugar Rose by Susan Carroll (winner)
Twilight Whispers by Barbara Delinsky (winner)

1987
By Right of Arms by Robyn Carr (winner)
Lord Abberley's Nemesis by Amanda Scott (winner)
One Summer by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opal Fire by Sandy Dengler (winner)
Still Waters by Kathleen Creighton (winner)
Sunshine and Shadow by Sharon and Tom Curtis (winner)
Video Fever by Kathleen Garvey (winner)

1986
Banish Misfortune by Anne Stuart (winner)
The Beauty's Daughter by Monette Cummings (winner)
The Crystal Unicorn by Doreen Owens Malek (winner)
From This Day Forward by Kathleen Karr (winner)
A Much Needed Holiday by Joan Hohl (winner)
Not So Wild a Dream by Francine Rivers (winner)
Today, Tomorrow, Always by Georgia Bockoven (winner)
Waiting for Amanda by Cheryl Zach (winner)

1985
After All These Years by Kathleen Gilles Seidel (winner)
For the Love of Mike by Charlotte Nichols (winner)
The Frog Princess by Cheryl Zach (winner)
The Karas Cup by Brittany Young (winner)
The Lurid Lady Lockport by Kasey Michaels (winner)
A Matter of Choice by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opposites Attract by Nora Roberts (winner)
Twice Loved by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)

1984
The Clergyman's Daughter by Julia Jeffries (winner)
Destiny's Sweet Errand by Deirdre Mardon (winner)
Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
Julie's Magic Moment by Barbara Bartholomew (winner)
Memory and Desire by Eileen Bryan (winner)
This Magic Moment by Nora Roberts (winner)
Untamed by Nora Roberts (winner)

1983
Andrea by Jo Stewart (winner)
Defiant Love by Maura Seger (winner)
The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opal Fires by Lynda Trent (winner)
Renegade Player by Dixie Browning (winner)

1982
The Day Beyond Destiny by Anna James (Madeline Harper) (winner)
Rendezvous At Grammercy by Constance Ravenlock (winner)
The Sun Dancers by Barbara Faith (winner)
Winner Take All by Brooke Hastings (winner)

2014
The Sweet Spot by Laura Drake (winner)

2013
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St James (winner)

2012
First Grave On the Right by Darynda Jones (winner)

2011
Pieces of Sky by Kaki Warner (winner)

2010
One Scream Away by Kate Brady (winner)

2009
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs (winner)

2008
Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey (winner)

2007
The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren (winner)

2018
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel
His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (winner)
The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle
Waltzing with the Earl by Catherine Tinley

2017
Close to You by Kara Isaac
The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt
Once and For All by Cheryl Etchison (winner)
Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods

2016
Altered by Marnee Blake
Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn (winner)
Night Hush by Leslie Jones
No Better Man by Sara Richardson
A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter
Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon
Viking Warrior Rising by Asa Maria Bradley

2015
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
The Dress Thief by Natalie Meg Evans
For Such a Time by Kate Breslin
Purely Professional by Elia Winters
The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander
To Scotland With Love by Patience Griffin

2014
Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano
Fix You by Beck Anderson
Private Practice by Samanthe Beck
Promise to Return by Elizabeth Byler Younts

2013
The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber
Crazy Little Thing by Tracy Brogan
Firelight by Kristen Callihan
Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan
Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

2012
Beautiful Disaster by Laura Spinella
The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell
The Devil in Disguise by Stefanie Sloane
Hourglass by Myra McEntire
How to Marry a Duke by Vicky Dreiling
I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler
Warped by Maurissa Guibord

2011
Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard
Firestorm by Kelly Ann Riley
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
A Tailor-made Bride by Karen Witemeyer
Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts
When Harry Met Molly by Kieran Kramer

2010
The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw
He Calls Her Doc by Mary Brady
The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh
Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick
Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton

2009
Her One Desire by Kimberly Killion
No Good Girls by Jean Marie Pierson
Passionate by Anthea Lawson
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
The Secret Soldier by Jennifer Morey
Strangers In The Night by Kerry Connor
The Wrong Sort of Wife? by Elise Chidley

2008
Graffiti Girl by Kelly Parra
Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Snow Angel by Jamie Carie
Thief with No Shadow by Emily Gee
Treasure by Helen Brenna

2007
Adios to My Old Life by Caridad Ferrer
Blind-Date Marriage by Fiona Harper
Eyes of Crow by Jeri Smith-Ready
A Killing Tide by P J Alderman
Rekindled by Tamera Alexander
Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday
Ten Thousand Charms by Allison Pittman