RWA Announces 2021 Vivian Finalists
Congratulations to the finalists in the inaugural Vivian contest! Calls are going out to finalists today, and we're posting names here as they're notified. A complete list of finalists will be posted by 2 p.m. CDT.
Best First Published Book
Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony
Choosing Theo: The Clecanian Series (Book One) by Victoria Aveline
A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran
Greedy Heart by A. P. Murray
Her Outback Driver by Giulia Skye
How to Stay by Christina Mitchell
Love Me Like a Love Song by Annmarie Boyle
Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert
Painting the Lines by Ashley R. King
Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley
A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers
Contemporary Romance - Long
The Boy Toy by Nicola Marsh
Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony
False Start by Jessica Ruddick
A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran
Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay
Lovestruck by Bronwyn Sell
The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
Contemporary Romance - Mid
Heartthrob by Robin Bielman
Pilot Down by Kimberley Troutte
Roughing by Michaela Grey
The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades
Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley
Tempting Taste by Sara Whitney
Under His Protection by LaQuette
Contemporary Romance - Short
Engaging the Enemy by Reese Ryan
Marriage by Arrangement by Sophia Singh Sasson
There Galapagos My Heart by Philip William Stover
Worth Fighting For by Laura Kaye
Erotic Romance
Pure Satisfaction by Rebecca Hunter
The Redemption by Nikki Sloane
Historical Romance - Long
The Clothier's Daughter by Bronwyn Parry
His Secret Mistress by Cathy Maxwell
Once a Spy by Mary Jo Putney
Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance - Mid
For This Knight Only by Barbara Bettis
The Footman and I by Valerie Bowman
A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers
A Study in Passion by Louisa Cornell
Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance
Accidentally Family by Sasha Summers
Every Last Drop by Sarah Robinson
An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham
The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas
Most Anticipated Romance
23 and You and Me by Michelle McCraw
Burning Caine by Janet Oppedisano
The Compound by Deena Short
Love, With Complications by Jane Durand
Trivial Pursuit by Ingrid Pierce
Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements
At Love's Command by Karen Witemeyer
Hadley Beckett's Next Dish by Bethany Turner
Small Town Faith by Michelle Lindo-Rice and Michelle Stimpson
Stay with Me by Becky Wade
Romantic Suspense - Long
Burn by Stephanie Rowe
Code of Conduct by April White
Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson
Hail Mary by Hope Anika
Honor Avenged by Tonya Burrows
Romantic Suspense - Mid
Harbour by Claire Boston
K-9 Protector by Julie Miller
Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert
Storm by Janie Crouch
Speculative Romance - Long
Curse of Seduction by Claire Robertson
Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Written in Water by Elizabeth Schechter
Speculative Romance - Mid
Betwixt by Darynda Jones