RONE Award Finalists!

RONE
Awards

PARANORMAL:  SHORT (6 Finalists)   
Fire Maidens:  Paris - Anna Lowe
Essential Magic -    T. M. Cromer
Reign of Fire - Casi McLean
Love & Omens - Carrie Pulkinen
Matching Bloodlines  - Deborah Garland
Charm Me Again - Tena Stetler   ***tie***
Blood King  - Amber K. Bryant  ***tie***
   
CONTEMPORARY:  SWEET (5 finalists)
Ponytails & Promises  -Annette Bower
The Billionaire's Alternate Marriage -   Tamie Dearen
Catching Waves - Kimberly Krey
Missing Pieces - Susan Clayton-Goldner
Let's Begin Again - Heather B. Moore
   
AUDIOBOOKS (4 Finalists)
Rebel Bear - Anna Lowe/Kelsey Osborne
Captivated by a Vampire - Susan Griscom/John York/Gracia Gilland
Starless - Kathryn Le Veque/Brad Wills
War Serenade - Jill Wallace/Peter Noble  ***tie***
The Captain - Julie Coulter Bellon/Tristan Wright ***tie***   
   
HISTORICAL: REGENCY (7 Finalists
How to Wake a Sleeping Lady - Bree Wolf
The Lieutenant and the Lady     - Collette Cameron
The Song of Love     - Meara Platt
The Baron's Daughter - Laura Beers
Her Midnight Sin      - Sofie Darling
Unkempt Promises - Jude Knight
Last Duke Standing - Cheryl Bolen
YOUNG ADULT (4 Finalists)   
Cherokee Summer - Susan Anthony
Gumshoe and the Mysterious Mushroom - Laura Hawk
Portal Through the Veil -  Miranda Lyn
The Apocalypse Five - Stacey Rourke
       
COPS, JOCKS & COWBOYS (4 Finalists   
Nobody Else But You - Claire Marti
Game Changer - Sierra Hill
Waratah Inn - Lilly Mirren
Second Sight - Patricia D. Eddy
       
HISTORICAL:  VICTORIAN - 20TH CENTURY (7 FINALISTS)       
Evie - Shanna Hatfiled
Controlled Burn - Lynda J Cox
Nobody's Duke - Scarlett Scott
Surrender to Honor - Elizabeth St. Michel
The Balcony Girl - Tina Susedik
The Innocent Wife - CiCi Cordelia
The Wicked Sister - Mary Lancaster  ***tie***
Moon Water - Pam Webber  ***tie***
   
ROMANTIC COMEDY (4 FINALISTS)       
Babies at Coconuts - Beth Carter
Let It Be Me - Laura Chapman
Starfish - Lisa Becker
Seize the Day - Kathryn R. Biel

TIME TRAVEL/SCI-FI (4 Finalists)   
To Weave a Highalnd Tapestry -               Mary Morgan
Bond Proof -  EG Manetti
The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio -          Belle Ami
Tribe of Daughters - Kate L. Mary
       
HISTORICAL:  ANCIENT - 18TH CENTURY (4 FINALISTS)       
The Promise - Kathryn Le Veque
Forgotten Secrets - Elizabeth Rose
The Secret of Skye Isle -  Marisa Dillon
The Guardian - Maeve Greyson
   
FANTASY (6 FINALISTS)       
The Whisperers of Evernow -
Heidi Catherine
Tides of Time - Luna Joya
The Rogue King - Abigail Owen
A Hundred Breaths - Jean M. Grant
Charmed Against All Odds - Betty Bolte
Amber Ruin    - Suzanne M. Sabol
       
CONTEMPORARY: STEAMY (6 Finalists)
Forbidden By Time - Negeen Papehn
Cold Horizon - Kristy McCaffrey
Typhoon Toby - R. L. Merrill
Will Rise From Ashes - Jean M. Grant
Beyond the Dark      - S. H. Pratt
I've Got You - Becca Seymour
   
SUSPENSE/THRILLER (5 Finalists)   
Code of Conduct - April White
For the Love of a SEAL    - Dixie Lee Brown
Break My Bones - Rachael Tamayo
A Tangled Web - A. Claire Everward
Playing Jasper - Ginger Ring   
   
NOVELLA (6 FINALISTS)       
The Marriage of Time - Mariah Stone
Dragon Burning Bright -  Michelle Fox
Faceoff - Rebecca Connolly, Heather B. Moore, Sophia Summers
Healing Emily's Heart - CiCi Cordelia
Fatal Break - Beth Prentice
The Shadowheart Curse - Karilyn Bentley

MYSTERY (5 FINALISTS)   
Murder in the Cards - Tony Piazza
When Mountains Fall - Rolynn Anderson
Sprinkled in Malice - Catherine Bruns
Lovely Digits - Jeanine Englert
Death By Dissertation -
Kelly Brakenhoff   
   
PARANORMAL: LONG (5 FINALISTS)       
Waking the Dead     - Kerry Blaisdell
Hot Magic - Catherine Kean
The Dragon of New Orleans     -
Genevieve Jack
Vermilion Lies - L. D. Rose
Midnight's Redemption  - Isobelle Cate
   
HISTORICAL: NOVELLA (6 FINALISTS)       
The Best is Yet to Be - Kathryn Le Veque
Seeking Rachel - Josie Riviera
Earl of Scarborough - Collette Cameron
Gift of Faith - Shanna Hatfield
The Sinclair Hound - Caroline Lee
Seduced by the Pirate - Maggi Andersen
The Pirate's Redemption - Ruth A. Cassie
   
ANTHOLOGY (4 FINALISTS)       
The Midnight Hour:  All Hallow's Bride - Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt, Scarlett Scott, Mary Lancaster, Maggi Andersen, Chastity Bowlin, Sydney Jane Baily, Violetta Rand
Stars Are Shining Brightly - Paula Quinn, Aubrey Wynne, Meara Platt, Sydney Jane Baily, Collette Cameron, Alexa Aston, Avril Bothiry, Mary Lancaster, Elizabeth Ellen Carter, Lynne Connolly
Meows and Mistletoe - Sue-Ellen Welfonder, Sharon Buchbinder, Candace Colt, Darcy Devlon, Mia Ellas, Debra Jess, Kristal Hollis, Kerry Evelyn, Catherine Kean
Timeless Romance Anthology: Kissing a Billionaire    - Danyelle Ferguson, Sarah M. Eden, Taylor Hart, Heather B. Moore, Sophia Summers, Annette Lyon