The Romance Writers of America have been honouring the best in romance writing since 1982, first with the Golden Medallion and then with the RITA award starting in 1990. We still have two winners from 1983 in our library collection: The Heart's Victory (M) by Nora Roberts and The Endearment (M) by LaVyrle Spencer. Nora actually makes another appearance this year under her alias of J.D. Robb.
The purpose of the RITA® contest is to
promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding
published romance novels and novellas. The award itself is a golden
statuette named after RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada, and
has become the symbol for excellence in published romance fiction.
This year's winners are:
Best First Book
by Darynda Jones
"Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light.' But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely."--Publisher
Paranormal Romance
Dragon Bound (M)
by Thea
Harrison
"Pia's ex
betrayed her, blackmailing her into doing something dangerous and
scary. Dragos is a multi-billionaire wyr dragon who controls a huge
financial empire headquartered in New York. After Pia steals a penny
from his horde, leaving a replacement with a note, he will not rest
until he finds her. She was raised by a single mother, a member of
one of the elder races, who knew to put all kinds of safety measures
in place for Pia, including drops with false identities and cash. But
even so, Pia is unable to evade Dragos. When they end up combining
forces, they are captured and tortured by goblins, until her unique
powers enable them to escape.
Harrison presents a big, sprawling
novel with such fascinating secondary characters as a faerie princess
who is Dragos' public-relations manager, a former god who creates
thunder and lightning when angry, and a harpy. This is an outstanding
blend of romantic suspense and urban fantasy with great storytelling
and world building, extremely sensuous scenes that move the story arc
along, and characters readers will be reluctant to leave." -- Booklist
Historical Romance
by Joanna
Bourne
He is her
enemy. He is her lover. He is her only hope.
Someone is
stalking French agent Justine DeCabrillac through London's gray
streets. Under cover of the rain, the assassin strikes--and Justine
staggers to the door of the one man who can save her. The man she
once loved. The man she hated. Adrian Hawkhurst.
Adrian
wanted the treacherous beauty known as "Owl" back in his
bed, but not wounded and clinging to life. Now, as he helps her heal,
the two must learn to trust each other to confront the hidden menace
that's trying to kill them--and survive long enough to explore the
passion simmering between them once again" -- Publisher
Regency Historical Romance
by Tessa
Dare
"Welcome
to Spindle Cove, where ladies with delicate constitutions come for
the sea air, and men in their prime are ... nowhere to be found. Or
are they? Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types
of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives
disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the
wrong men. It is a haven for those who live there. Victor Bramwell,
the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as he
can tell, there's nothing in this place but spinsters ... and sheep.
But he has no choice; he has orders to gather a militia. It's a
simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna
Finch--a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the
invasion of Bram's makeshift army. Susanna has no use for aggravating
men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an
epic battle ... but who can be named the winner when both have so
much to lose?"--Publisher
Romantic Suspense
by J.D.
Robb
"An
intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas,
one that will take her all the way to the city that gave her her name
- and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood. When a monster
named Isaac McQueen escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind.
One is to pick up where he left off. The other is to get revenge on
the woman who stopped him all those years ago - Eve."--Publisher
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