Romance Writers of America® (RWA) announced the finalists for the 2009 RITA® and Golden Heart® Awards. The 2009 RITA honors romance fiction published in 2008. More than 1,000 novels and novellas were judged in 12 categories. The 2009 Golden Heart Award honors unpublished romance manuscripts in 2008.
Winners of the awards will be announced July 18th at the RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony to be held at RWA’s 29th Annual National Conference in Washington, D.C.
I’ve found some great new books by perusing the RITA nominations in previous years. Here are some of my favorites that were nominated:
Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Sweet Talk by Susan Mallery
Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks
Scream for Me by Karen Rose
To see the complete list of the nominees click here.
