2017 RITA Award Winners Announced
Presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA), the RITA Awards went to 13 authors including debut author Cheryl Etchison for Once and For All (Avon) and contemporary romance writer Sarah Morgan for Miracle on 5th Avenue (Harlequin).The awards recognize "excellence in published romance novels and novellas," according to the association.
Chosen from up to 2,000 romance novels and novellas, the winners were announced at the RITA Awards ceremony as part of the 37th Annual RWA Conference in Orlando, Fl. on Thursday, July 27. The full list of winners is as follows:
Romance Novella: Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan
Contemporary Romance Long: Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan
Young Adult Romance: The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Historical Romance Long: No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke
Romantic Suspense: Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton
Paranormal Romance: The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy
Erotic Romance: Off the Clock by Roni Loren
Historical Romance Short: A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements: My Hope Next Door by Tammy L. Gray
Contemporary Romance Short: Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major
Contemporary Romance Mid-length: Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance: The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel
Best First Book: Once and for All by Cheryl Etchison
