Great Expectations 2019 Results

PERMISSION to FORWARD is GRANTED and ENCOURAGED

North Texas Romance Writers of America

is proud to announce the

2019 Great Expectations Winners

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.

CONTEMPORARY SERIES

Final Round Editor:  Brittany Lavery ~ Assistant Editor, HQN 

FIRST ~ Debauchery by Kristine Charles 

SECOND ~ Love on the Books by Betsy Gray 

THIRD ~ Love by the Numbers by Lucy Lanier 
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Teach Me by Kat Turner 

FANTASY, FUTURISTIC & PARANORMAL

(Alternate Earth, Dystopian, Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)

Final Round Editor:  Kristine Swartz ~ Associate Editor, Berkley Publishing Group

FIRST ~ Deal With The Devil by Melissa Shirley 

SECOND ~ Suspended in Silk by Kyra Dusk 

THIRD ~ Tremors by Anastasia Abboud  

HONORABLE MENTION ~ 2033: Ancestor Resurrection by Deborah DeHaemer  

HISTORICAL

Final Round Editor:   Elle Keck ~ Assistant Editor, Avon Books

FIRST ~ How to Steal a Kilt by Gina Conkle  
SECOND ~ Fallen For The Earl by Amy Mackey 
THIRD ~ The King’s Secret by Blake Ferre 
FOURTH ~ The Sapphire by Courtney Scalo 
HONORABLE MENTION ~ A Wild and Wooly Texan by Katie Barrett  

INSPIRATIONAL

Final Round Editor:  Raela Schoenherr ~ Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House Publishers

FIRST ~ Remember Not by Barbara Ellin Fox

SECOND ~ Abounding Hope by Cindy Stewart 

THIRD ~ A Singular Truth by Loraine Nunley 

FOURTH ~ Upon a Hearth of Steel by Amy Grochowski  

MAINSTREAM with ROMANTIC ELEMENTS  

Final Round Editor:  Cat Clyne ~  Editor, Sourcebooks

FIRST ~ Stand-Up Guy by Miranda Darrow   
SECOND ~ The Guardian’s Mark by Victoria Mencio  
THIRD ~ False News by Joan Koster 
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Crocodile Tears by Kilby Blades*

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE         

Final Round Editor:   Lexi Smail ~ Associate Editor, Grand Central Publishing

FIRST ~ Spy Vs. Spy by P.A. DePaul 

SECOND ~ Deadly Aim by Tracy Brody 

THIRD ~ Hardwired by R.R. Taylor  

HONORABLE MENTION ~ We Can’t Be Friends by Eliza Fyre

SINGLE TITLE            

Final Round Editor:   Cristina Lupo ~ Editorial Assistant, Forever and Forever Yours / Grand Central Publishing

FIRST ~ Love In An Elevator by Kilby Blades*  

SECOND ~ Played by Melanie Bruce  
THIRD ~ Under the Ice by Katherine A. Olson  
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Opposites Attract by Jacqueline Lee  

YOUNG ADULT 

Final Round Editor: Alice Jerman ~ Associate Editor, Forever / Grand Central Publishing

FIRST ~ Attractive Forces by Jackie Rutherford* 

SECOND ~ When I Found Her by Allison Marlo Hay 

THIRD ~ Periodic Attraction by Lana Pattinson   
HONORABLE MENTION ~ The Other Brother by Jackie Rutherford* 
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Types of Triangles by Jackie Rutherford*  

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GREAT EXPECTATIONS FINALISTS!

~Angi Morgan & Fenley Grant

2019 Great Expectations Co-coordinators

GECoordinator@NTRWA.org

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