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TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED--
The North Texas Chapter
of Romance Writers of America is proud to announce …
The 2017
Great
Expectations Contest Winners!
Denotes Request for Partial Manuscript *
Denotes Request for Full Manuscript **
CONTEMPORARY SERIES ROMANCE
Final Editor: Brittany Lavery, Assistant Editor, HQN
First
Place: Take
Me Away by Jessie Gussman
Second
Place: How a
Heart Beats by Stacie Kaye
Third
Place: Discovering
Serenity by Haley Burke
Honorable
Mention: What He Wants by Jessie Gussman
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Final Editor: Elle Keck, Assistant Editor, Avon Books
First
Place: The Runaway Bride by Elizabeth King
Second
Place: Love’s Redemption by Jeanine Englert
Third
Place: The Art of the Deal by Suzanne Turner
Honorable
Mention: The Seduction of Mrs. Smith
by Elizabeth Everett
INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE
Final Editor: Raela Schoenherr, Acquisitions Editor,
Bethany House
First
Place: Fresh Brewed Love by Amanda Wen
Second
Place: At Bealtaine's Bidding
by Mary-Teresa Heath
Third
Place: Stolen Vows by Darlene L Turner
Honorable
Mention: A Texas Lady by Elizabeth
Lukinuk
MAINSTREAM WITH ROMANTIC
ELEMENTS
Final Editor: Marla Daniels, Assistant Editor, Simon and
Schuster
First
Place:
Simple Acts of Grace by Adriana
Allegri
Second
Place: What Would Ginger Do?
by Kimberly
MacCarron
Third
Place: The Nine Lives of Eric Merry
by
Aubrey Wynne
Honorable
Mention: Soul Song by Rayn Ellis
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Final Editor: Lexi Smail, Assistant Editor, Grand Central
Publishing
First
Place: Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert *
Second
Place: Hit and Run by Lori Matthews
Third
Place: Forbidden Paradise by Barbara Forlenza *
Honorable
Mention: Emerald: Drone by Alan Chaput
SINGLE TITLE ROMANCE
Final Editor: Madeleine Colavita, Associate Editor,
Hachette Book Group
First
Place: Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
Second
Place: Hit Me with Your Best Shot by PJ Ryley
Third
Place: Tame My Racing Heart by Kelly Duff
Honorable
Mention: Miracle on Tenth Avenue
by Gabrielle Luthy
SPECIALIZED ROMANCE
(Alternate
Earth, Dystopian, Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)
Final Editor: Kristine Swartz, Associate
Editor, The Berkley Publishing Group
First
Place: Bless
Your Heart,
and Other Southern Curses
by Heather
Leonard *
Second
Place: Praetorian Rising by Lisa Knight *
Third
Place: Burn for Me by Christal Murphy
Honorable
Mention: Leap of Fate by Kimberly
MacCarron
YOUNG ADULT
Final Editor: Alice Jerman, Associate Editor, HarperCollins
First
Place: Loving
Outside the Lines
by Kimberly MacCarron
Second
Place: Mouthful by C.R. Grissom
Third
Place (tied): All
the Feels by Kimberly MacCarron
Unconditional
by Kimberly MacCarron
Honorable
Mention: Covenant Park by
Christine Gunderson
Congratulations
to our winners and good luck on your road to publication!
