The North Texas
Romance Writers of America Chapter is proud to announce the
2016 Great
Expectations Contest Finalists
Congratulations to all who entered and put your work
in the hands of strangers.
Best of Luck to the finalists as they submit their
work to our final round editors.
*denotes double finalist
(Listed in alphabetical order by title)
CONTEMPORARY SERIES
Final
Round Editor: KAREN REID, Associate
Editor, Harlequin
The Brothers of Brigadier Station, by Sarah
Williams
Faking His Fiancée, by Jessica Davidson
Higher Learning, by Seana Kelly*
Shell of a Chance, by Tanya Agler
HISTORICAL
Final
Round Editor: GABRIELLE KECK, Editorial
Assistant, HarperCollins
Lord James' Challenge, by Evelyn Alexie
The Lost Letter, by Mimi
Matthews
My Lord Mercenary, byTrace
Hemming
Taming the Earl, by Elizabeth
King
INSPIRATIONAL
Final
Round Editor: RAELA SCHOENHERR, Fiction
Acquisitions, Bethany House
15 Days, by Rebekah
Millet
Honorable Intentions, by Michele
Morris
Love Never Fails, by Lorri
Dudley
The Thief's Redemption, by Connie
Queen
MAINSTREAM with ROMANTIC ELEMENTS
Final
Round Editor: ISABEL FARHI, Editorial
Assistant, Berkley Publishing Group
Happily Ever Afters, by Rachel
Magee
Lady Jane Lives, by Angie
Dicken
Off-the-Grid in the Tropics, by Mindy
Miller
A Town Called Hope, by Abby Gaines
NEW ADULT
Final
Round Editor: JULIE MIANECKI, Assistant
Editor, Berkley Publishing Group
Crossing the Lines, by JoAnna
Grace
Heartfall, by Diana Beebe
The Mercy Killers, by Jessica Grace
Kelley
Saving Grace, by JoAnn Sky
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Final
Round Editor: ALEX LOGAN, Senior Editor,
Grand Central Publishing
Deadly Secrets, by Lynn
Balabanos
In the Wrong Sights, by Tracy Brody
Smoke and Secrets, by Nikki Brock
Thrill of the Chase, by Shelly
Alexander
SINGLE TITLE
Final
Round Editor: MADELEINE COLAVITA, Assistant
Editor, Grand Central Publishing
Eire Ever After, by Jeanne M.
Dickson
Murphy's Secret, by Becke
Turner
Season Pass, by LS Rhoades
Welcome Home, Katie Gallagher, by Seana Kelly*
SPECIALIZED (Alternate Earth, Dystopian,
Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)
Final
Round Editor: KRISTINE SWARTZ, Assistant
Editor, Berkley Publishing Group
Beneath Us, by Michelle
Joyce Bond
Rain Goddess, by Amanda Byrd
Rolf's Quest, by Aubrey
Wynne
Sanctuary, by Seana Kelly*
YOUNG ADULT
Final
Round Editor: ALICE JERMAN, Assistant
Editor, HarperCollins
Mom I Married a Highlander, by Lana
Pattinson
Resistance, by Linda
Parisi
Soren's Resistance, by Christine
Gunderson
The True Ones, by Nina Bangs
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GREAT EXPECTATIONS FINALISTS!
Fenley Grant
Great
Expectations Contest Coordinator
GECoordinator@NTRWA.org
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