The RITA for Best Historical Romance goes to:
- Always a Temptress by Eileen Dreyer (Grand Central Publishing Forever; Amy Pierpont, editor)
- The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne (Berkley Publishing Group; Wendy McCurdy, editor)
- The Danger of Desire by Elizabeth Essex (Kensington Brava; Megan Records, editor)
- Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Wendy McCurdy, editor)
- Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase (Avon Books; May Chen, editor)
- Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt (Grand Central Publishing; Amy Pierpont, editor)
- Unveiled by Courtney Milan (HQN Books; Margo Lipschultz, editor)
- The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Kate Seaver, editor)
