Congratulations to RITA finalists in the Best First Book and Contemporary categories!
As many of you know, it is quite an honor to be a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist. We encourage all GLIAS readers to peruse the list of nominated authors and titles. See anything below you would love to read? Leave the title and your comment, along with your email contact info for a chance to win the RITA finalist book of your choice!
2014 RITA® Finalists
Best First Book
Five Days in Skye
by Carla Laureano
David C. Cook
John Blase and Tonya Osterhouse, editors
Fix You
by Beck Anderson
Omnific Publishing
Jessica Royer Ocken and Cindy Robinson Campbell, editors
Private Practice
by Samanthe Beck
Entangled Publishing, Brazen
Heather Howland, editor
Promise to Return
by Elizabeth Byler Younts
Simon & Schuster, Howard Books
Beth Adams and Amanda Demastus, editors
The Sweet Spot
by Laura Drake
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Latoya Smith, editor
Contemporary Romance
Along Came Trouble
by Ruthie Knox
Random House Group, Loveswept
Sue Grimshaw, editor
Beach House No. 9
by Christie Ridgway
Harlequin, HQN
Margo Lipschultz, editor
Country Roads
by Nancy Herkness
Amazon Publishing, Montlake
Kelli Martin and JoVon Sotak, editors
Crazy Thing Called Love
by Molly O’Keefe
Random House Group, Ballantine Bantam Dell
Shauna Summers, editor
Fix You
by Beck Anderson
Omnific Publishing
Jessica Royer Ocken and Cindy Robinson Campbell, editors
Half Moon Hill
by Toni Blake
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books
May Chen, editor
Home to Whiskey Creek
by Brenda Novak
Harlequin, MIRA
Paula Eykelhof, editor
Homecoming Ranch
by Julia London
Amazon Publishing, Montlake
Maria Gomez, editor
It Had to Be You
by Jill Shalvis
Grand Central Publishing
Alex Logan, editor
Letters to Nowhere
by Julie Cross
Self-published
Martha Trachtenberg, copyeditor
Rescued by a Stranger
by Lizbeth Selvig
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Impulse
Tessa Woodward, editor
Rumor Has It
by Jill Shalvis
Berkley Publishing Group
Kate Seaver, editor
The Second Chance Café
by Alison Kent
Amazon Publishing, Montlake
Lindsay Guzzardo, editor
Sleigh Bells in the Snow
by Sarah Morgan
Harlequin, HQN
Flo Nicoll, editor
The Sweet Spot
by Laura Drake
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Latoya Smith, editor
Talk of the Town
by Beth Andrews
Harlequin, Superromance
Wanda Ottewell, editor
The Way You Look Tonight
by Bella Andre
Self-published
Shelley Bates, copyeditor
Whiskey Beach
by Nora Roberts
Penguin Group USA, G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Leslie Gelbman, editor
Commenters: Leave the title of the RITA finalist book you'd most like to read for a chance to win the the book of your choice. Be sure to leave your e-mail contact info!
***Note: Offer void where prohibited. Prizes will be mailed to North America addresses only. If an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) is available, the author may utilize that option for International participants. Odds of winning vary due to the number of entrants.
Commenters: Leave the title of the RITA finalist book you'd most like to read for a chance to win the the book of your choice. Be sure to leave your e-mail contact info!
***Note: Offer void where prohibited. Prizes will be mailed to North America addresses only. If an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) is available, the author may utilize that option for International participants. Odds of winning vary due to the number of entrants.
Can't decide! So many great titles. I like this crazy thing called love.... I heard good things about it!
ReplyDeleteThey all look fantastic !
ReplyDelete~Angi
Too many; not sure yet
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Half Moon Hill is the one I want to read the most but they all look good.
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I would pick It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis.
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I would choose The Second Chance Café by Alison Kent
ReplyDeleteLauigl [at] carolina [dot] rr [dot] com
There are so many great books on the list! I love Jill Shalvis and Sarah Morgan's books which I already own. So I would like to pick Beach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway.
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Lots of fabulous books to choose from! I'd love to win Home to Whiskey Creek by Brenda Novak. Thanks! :-)
ReplyDeletethebigbluewall77 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
maybe Whiskey Beach
ReplyDeletebn100candg at hotmail dot com
Five Days in Skye sounds interesting
ReplyDeleteCampbellamyd At gmail dot com
I have many of these books already - So I will say Fix You
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Talk of the Town by Beth Andrews.
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Love Jill book, thanks
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Glad I'm not judging these. They all look great. I would love to read:
ReplyDeleteHalf Moon Hill.........by Toni Blake
Thanks for the chance.
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Five Days in Skye sounds good.
ReplyDeletesheryll1974 AT netscape DOT net
I LOVED "Five Days in Skye" -- I can now reveal that I actually judged this book for the contest and gave it a perfect score. My fingers are crossed for Carla in the finals!!
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