2017 RITA Winners Announced
The Romance Writers of America (RWA) have announced the 2017 winners of the RITA Awards, honoring works of outstanding romance fiction. Named after the first president of the RWA, Rita Clay Estrada, the awards were given to the following titles:
Best First Book
Once and For All: An American Valor Novel, by Cheryl Etchison
Contemporary Romance: Long
Miracle on 5th Avenue, by Sarah Morgan
Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length
Carolina Dreaming, by Virginia Kantra
Contemporary Romance: Short
Christmas on Crimson Mountain, by Michelle Major
Erotic Romance
Off the Clock, by Roni Loren
Historical Romance: Long
No Mistress of Mine, by Laura Lee Guhrke
Historical Romance: Short
A Duke to Remember, by Kelly Bowen
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
The Moon in the Palace, by Weina Dai Randel
Paranormal Romance
The Pages of the Mind, by Jeffe Kennedy
Romance Novella Writer
Her Every Wish, by Courtney Milan
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements
My Hope Next Door, by Tammy L. Gray
Romantic Suspense
Repressed, by Elisabeth Naughton
Young Adult Romance
The Problem with Forever, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
For more information about the awards, click here.