Winner: The Moon That Night by Helen Brenna (Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
Finalists:
▪ The Baby’s Guardian by Delores Fossen (Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
▪ Case File: Canyon Creek, Wyoming by Paula Graves (Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
▪ To Catch a Killer by Kimberly Van Meter (Silhouette Romantic Suspense; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
▪ A Cop in Her Stocking by Ann Voss Peterson (Harlequin Intrigue; Allison Lyons, editor)
▪ Meltdown by Gail Barrett (Silhouette Romantic Suspense; Susan Litman, editor)
▪ The Moon That Night by Helen Brenna (Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
▪ Perfect Partners? by C.J. Carmichael (Harlequin Superromance; Johanna Raisanen, editor)
▪ Renegade Angel by Kendra Leigh Castle (Harlequin Nocturne; Ann Leslie Tuttle, editor)