I want to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the Golden Heart finalists who participated in my GH Spotlights the last few months. I had a great time getting to know you all and really appreciate you sharing a little about yourselves, your writing and your stories with the rest of us.
As most of you know, I was a GH finalist in 2007 and it’s an experience I will never forget. I truly believe the experience jump-started my career, and I’m happy I was able to introduce my readers to some up and come new authors. I have a feeling we’ll be hearing from many of you in the weeks and months and years to come.
The Golden Heart awards honors excellence in unpublished romance manuscripts In honor of this year’s Golden Heart finalists, I’ve put together the full list of finalists for the 2010 Golden Heart Awards, which will be given out this Saturday, July 31st, in Orlando, Florida at the 30th Annual Romance Writers of America National Conference.
And the finalists are…
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Contemporary Series Romance:
Caught Beneath the Mistletoe
by Tina Joyce
Games Without Rules
by Nancy Holland
Honey, I’m Home
by Laurie Kellogg
The Reluctant Nude
by Cara McKenna
Laura Takes a Lover
by Mary Oldham
Fake Fiancee, Real Love
by Cat Shield
The Magic Man
by Paula Stelluto
Hometown Star
by Joleen Wieser James
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure:
Breathless
by Kimberly Ann Howe
Wanted: Dead
by Tina Joyce
Hollywood Hoodoo
by Rochelle Staab
See Jane Run
by Angie Platt
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Contemporary Single Title Romance:
For Love or Money
by Elizabeth Bemis
Sharing Spaces
by Laura Graham Booth
Steel Hearts
by Nan Dixon
Rules of the Road
by Hope Ramsay
Songbird
by Lizbeth Selvig
Who Wants to Marry a Cowboy
by Abigail Sharpe
Three Little Words
by Paula Stelluto
Seattle’s Best
by Carolyn Ann Whitecarver
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Historical Romance:
Good-Timin’ Man
by Alison Atwater
The Healer
by Elisabeth Burke
The Serpent’s Tooth
by Jessica Darago
In Longfellow’s Keep
by Mary Lawrence
Rafe’s Redemption
by Jennifer Jakes
Between Heaven and Hell
by Jacqui Nelson
Overlander
by Clarissa Southwick
Wild Flower
by Lynda Bailey
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Inspirational Romance:
Unforgiven
by CJ Eernisse Chase
Violets & Violins
by Kelly Gwyn
Here Comes the Wedding Planner
by Kristin Leigh Wallace
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Novel with Strong Romantic Elements:
Damaged Goods
by Barbara Binns
A Place at the Table
by Patricia O’Dea Rosen
Fortune’s Gold
by Jane Sevier
The Lake Effect
by Gabrielle Luthy
Switching Sides
by Maureen McGowen
The Sinners
by Lisa Connelly
Rescuing Rembrandt
by Jean Willett
When the Bough Breaks
by Chris Keniston
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Paranormal Romance
Glorious Misfortune
by Donnell Epperson
The Perfect Adventure
by Katrina Snow
Something Wicked
by A.N. Conway
Bloodborn: Book One in the Light Blade Series
by Kylie Griffin
Shadowed
by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Honor Bound
by J. Keely Thrall
Ancient Skills
by Robin Weaver
The Divine Gate
by Morgan Karpiel
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Regency Historical Romance
Her Husband’s Harlot
by Grace Chow
A Whiff of Scandal
by Robyn Enlund
To Seduce a Proper Rogue
by Gillian Layne
A Most Improper Gentleman
by Elisa Beatty
Sweet Enemy
by Heather Snow
My Dearest Rogue
by Elizabeth Stock
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Romantic Suspense
Deadly Recall
by Donnell Ann Bell
He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not
by Lena Diaz
Stronger than Bone
by Kendra Elliot
Counterfeit
by Linda Lovely
Dangerous Summer
by Greta MacEachern
The Yard Man
by G. Jillian Stone
Midnight Guardian
by Sharon Brennan Wray
The Poet’s Secret
by Kenneth Zak
2010 Golden Heart Finalists – Young Adult Romance
Ghost-Ridden
by Vanessa Barneveld
Shattered
by Shea Berkley
Bloom
by Shelley Coriell
Welcome Caller, This is Chloe
by Shelley Coriell
The Halo Chronicles: The Guardian
by Carey Corp
Squeeze Three Times
by Kimberly Eve MacCarron
Unchosen
by Erica O’Rourke
Congrats to all the finalists and best of luck to each and every one of you!!
Be sure to check the RWA National Website Saturday night to see who the lucky winners are!
July 31st, 2010 at 12:06 am · Link
Congratulations and good luck to all! Great of Elisabeth to feature the books here; I’m late, but going back through all the posts this week.
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:18 pm · Link
Thank you so much for the opportunity to blog here, Elisabeth, and all of the support you have given to the Unsinkables in the last few months. It was wonderful to meet you in Orlando, and I’m looking forward to reading lots and lots of your stories in the future!
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:32 am · Link
Thank you for doing the interviews, Elisabeth. I thought you might enjoy knowing that my husband discovered an article about the Inspirational GH finalists (in an online publication), and the author linked to your interview of me.
August 6th, 2010 at 1:01 pm · Link
I want to thank you for inviting me to blog with you. Eeven though I was not one of the lucky winners, my congratulations go out to all Golden Heart recipients.