RITA Awards Winners Announced

The RITA Awards were presented at the Romance Writers Association annual conference in Atlanta. The winners included:

Best Long Contemporary Romance:

Worth Every Risk by Dianna Love Snell (Silhouette)

Best Paranormal Romance:

Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair (Bantam)

Best Inspirational Romance:

Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo (WaterBrook)

Best First Book:

Show Her the Money by Stephanie Feagan (Silhouette)

Best Long Historical Romance:

The Devil To Pay by Liz Carlyle (Pocket Books)

Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements:

Lady Luck's Map of Vegas by Barbara Samuel (Ballantine)

Best Romantic Suspense:

Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb (Penguin Putnam)

Best Contemporary Single Title:

Lakeside Cottage by Susan Wiggs (MIRA Books).

RWA Lifetime Achievement Award:

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author of Match Me If You Can and Ain't She Sweet.

Congratulations to all the winners!