2015 CONTEST WINNERS!

CONTEMPORARY SERIES ROMANCE
Final Editor: Karen Reid, Associate Editor, Harlequin Publishing

First Place: The Trouble with Freddie ** by Diana Waldhuber
Second Place: Wrong Side of Love ** by Susan JP Owens
Third Place: The Right Sister ** by Sharla Francis
Honorable Mention: Cordelia and Her Cowboy by Deborah Vlahakes

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Final Editor: Gabrielle Keck, Editorial Assistant, HarperCollins

First Place: The Secret Affairs of a Duke’s Daughter * by Janna MacGregor
Second Place: A Lady In Shadow by Robin Delany
Third Place: Love’s Triumph by Jeanine Englert
Honorable Mentions: Rescuing Mr. Gracey by Eileen Barnes
                                   Love’s Wager by Jeanine Englert

INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE
Final Editor: Raela Schoenherr, Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House

First Place: Lead Me Home by Natalie Monk
Second Place: The Sacrifice by Megan Besing
Third Place: Reclaimed by Jennifer Rodewald
Honorable Mention: Healing Grace by Anna Taylor

MAINSTREAM WITH ROMANTIC ELEMENTS
Final Editor: Laura Fazio, Assistant Editor, NAL / Penguin Group

First Place: Between Nowhere and Lost by Alexandra Christle
Second Place: Waking the Dead by D.B. Sieders
Third Place: What You Wish For by Gina Wynn
Honorable Mention: Cave Girl by Liz McClure

NEW ADULT
Final Editor: Julie Mianecki, Editorial Assistant, Berkley Publishing Group

First Place: A Cruel Kind of Beautiful ** by Michelle Hazen
Second Place: Feel Again ** by Carilyn Ballentine
Third Place: A Not So Sleeping Beauty by Sheryl Kaleo
Honorable Mention: Branded by Robin Delany

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Final Editor: Alex Logan, Senior Editor, Grand Central Publishing

First Place: Broken River: Redemption by Lindsay Cross
Second Place: Wrong Side of Love by Susan JP Owens
Third Place: Forsworn by Michelle Hazen
Honorable Mention: Stalker by Sidney Bristol

SINGLE TITLE ROMANCE
Final Editor: Madeleine Colavita, Editorial Assistant, Grand Central Publishing

First Place: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Nicole Evelina
Second Place: How Not To Be A Tabloid Cover Story ** by C A Speakman
Third Place: The First Word by Isley Robson
Honorable Mention: If I Should Remember by Kirk Van Brunt

SPECIALIZED ROMANCE (Alternate Earth, Dystopian, Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)
Final Editor: Kristine Swartz, Assistant Editor, Berkley Publishing Group

First Place: Skin Deep * by Margo Bond Collins
Second Place: Not His Dragon by Annie Nicholas
Third Place: The New London Marriage Stipulation by Margo Bond Collins
Honorable Mention: Awake and Dreaming by Andrea Contos

YOUNG ADULT
Final Editor: Alice Jerman, Assistant Editor, HarperCollins

First Place: The Nascent Bloom ** by Janet Halpin
Second Place: Song of the Sirens by Carolyn Rogers
Third Place: Colliding Skies by Debbie Koristz
Honorable Mention: Beest by Debbie Van Brunt

Congratulations to our winners and good luck on your road to publication!

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