2021 Vivian Award (Awarded by Romance Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary Romance: Long

False Start
(Winner)
Jessica Ruddick

Contemporary Romance: Mid

Tempting Taste
(Winner)
Sara Whitney

Contemporary Romance: Short

Engaging the Enemy
(Winner)
Reese Ryan

Erotic Romance

Pure Satisfaction
(Winner)
Rebecca Hunter

First Book

Love Me Like a Love Song
(Winner)
Annmarie Boyle

Historical Romance: Long

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke
(Winner)
Loretta Chase

Historical Romance: Mid

A Study in Passion
(Winner)
Louisa Cornell

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

An Everyday Hero
(Winner)
Laura Trentham

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

At Love's Command
(Winner)
Karen Witemeyer

Romantic Suspense: Long

Hail Mary
(Winner)
Hope Anika

Romantic Suspense: Mid

Storm
(Winner)
Janie Crouch

Speculative Romance: Long

A Stitch in Time
(Winner)
Kelley Armstrong

Speculative Romance: Mid

Betwixt
(Winner)
Darynda Jones

Contemporary Romance: Long

Cherokee Summer
(Finalist)
Susan Antony

Lovestruck
(Finalist)
Bronwyn Sell

The Marriage Game
(Finalist)
Sara Desai

Like Lovers Do
(Finalist)
Tracey Livesay

A Fast Woman
(Finalist)
Laralyn Doran

The Boy Toy
(Finalist)
Nicola Marsh

Contemporary Romance: Mid

The Secret Ingredient
(Finalist)
Kilby Blades

Under His Protection
(Finalist)
Laquette

Heartthrob
(Finalist)
Robin Bielman

Swipe Right for a Cowboy
(Finalist)
Karen Foley

Pilot Down
(Finalist)
Kimberley Troutte

Roughing
(Finalist)
Michaela Grey

Contemporary Romance: Short

Worth Fighting For
(Finalist)
Laura Kaye

There Galapagos My Heart
(Finalist)
Philip William Stover

Marriage by Arrangement
(Finalist)
Sophia Sasson

Erotic Romance

The Redemption
(Finalist)
Nikki Sloane

First Book

Cherokee Summer
(Finalist)
Susan Antony

How to Stay
(Finalist)
Christina R. Mitchell

Lovely Digits
(Finalist)
Jeanine Englert

Her Outback Driver
(Finalist)
Giulia Skye

Choosing Theo
(Finalist)
Victoria Aveline

Perfect Distraction
(Finalist)
Allison Ashley

Greedy Heart
(Finalist)
A.P. Murray

Painting the Lines
(Finalist)
Ashley R. King

A Fast Woman
(Finalist)
Laralyn Doran

A Song of Secrets
(Finalist)
Robyn Chalmers

Historical Romance: Long

The Clothier's Daughter
(Finalist)
Bronwyn Parry

Once a Spy
(Finalist)
Mary Jo Putney

His Secret Mistress
(Finalist)
Cathy Maxwell

Historical Romance: Mid

For This Knight Only
(Finalist)
Barbara Bettis

The Footman and I // The Footman is an Earl
(Finalist)
Valerie Bowman

A Song of Secrets
(Finalist)
Robyn Chalmers

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

Every Last Drop
(Finalist)
Sarah Robinson

Accidentally Family
(Finalist)
Sasha Summers

The Last Goodbye
(Finalist)
Fiona Lucas

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

Hadley Beckett's Next Dish
(Finalist)
Bethany Turner

Stay with Me
(Finalist)
Becky Wade

Small Town Faith
(Finalist)
Michelle Lindo-Rice

Romantic Suspense: Long

Code of Conduct
(Finalist)
April White

Honor Avenged
(Finalist)
Tonya Burrows

Cold Wicked Lies
(Finalist)
Toni Anderson

Burn
(Finalist)
Stephanie Rowe

Romantic Suspense: Mid

Lovely Digits
(Finalist)
Jeanine Englert

Harbour
(Finalist)
Claire Boston

K-9 Protector
(Finalist)
Julie Miller

Speculative Romance: Long

Written in Water
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Schechter

Echoes of the Runes
(Finalist)
Christina Courtenay

Curse of Seduction
(Finalist)
C.R. Robertson

Award Categories

Contemporary Romance: Long

Contemporary Romance: Mid

Contemporary Romance: Short

Erotic Romance

First Book

Historical Romance: Long

Historical Romance: Mid

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

Romantic Suspense: Long

Romantic Suspense: Mid

Speculative Romance: Long

Speculative Romance: Mid

Award Years

2021