The RITA for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements goes to:
- The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn (Harlequin MIRA; Valerie Gray, editor)
- Death Magic by Eileen Wilks (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor)
- First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (St. Martin's Press; Jennifer Enderlin, editor)
- Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros (Gallery Books; Lauren McKenna, editor)
- How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal (Ballantine Bantam Dell; Shauna Summers, editor)
- The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (Sourcebooks Landmark; Deb Werksman, editor)
- Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray (Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor)
- Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep (Pocket Books; Megan McKeever, editor)
- Shadow Walker by Allyson James (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Kate Seaver, editor)