Rita Award - Long Contemporary Series (Awarded by Romance Writers of America)

Awards List

2013

A Gift for All Seasons
(Winner)
Karen Templeton

A Texas Chance
(Finalist)
Jean Brashear

From Father to Son
(Finalist)
Janice Kay Johnson

A Life Rebuilt
(Finalist)
Jean Brashear

No Ordinary Joe
(Finalist)
Michelle Celmer

Making Her Way Home
(Finalist)
Janice Kay Johnson

Out of the Depths
(Finalist)
Pamela Hearon

A Cold Creek Noel
(Finalist)
Raeanne Thayne

2005

John Riley's Girl
(Winner)
Inglath Cooper

Hidden Agenda
(Finalist)
Maggie Price

A Real Hero
(Finalist)
Jean Brashear

Joint Forces
(Finalist)
Catherine Mann

The Cop
(Finalist)
Jan Hudson

A Marriage of Majors
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Ashtree

A Family Christmas
(Finalist)
Carrie Alexander

Body Search
(Finalist)
Jessica Andersen

2004

The Top Gun's Return
(Winner)
Kathleen Creighton

All A Man Can Be
(Finalist)
Virginia Kantra

Entrapment
(Finalist)
Kylie Brant

The Last Honorable Man
(Finalist)
Vickie Taylor

The One Safe Place
(Finalist)
Kathleen O'Brien

Night Watch // Wild, Wild Wes
(Finalist)
Suzanne Brockmann

Ring of Deception
(Finalist)
Sandra Marton

Strategic Engagement
(Finalist)
Catherine Mann

Keeping Faith
(Finalist)
Day Leclaire

2003

Taking Cover
(Winner)
Catherine Mann

Babes in Arms
(Finalist)
Kathleen O'Brien

Capturing Cleo
(Finalist)
Linda Winstead Jones

The Secret Son
(Finalist)
Tara Taylor Quinn

Seduced by the Enemy
(Finalist)
Jamie Denton

Wedding at White Sands
(Finalist)
Catherine Mann

What the Heart Wants
(Finalist)
Jean Brashear

What a Woman Wants
(Finalist)
Tori Carrington

2002

Coming Home to You
(Winner)
Fay Robinson

Madigan's Wife
(Finalist)
Linda Winstead Jones

Magic in a Jelly Jar
(Finalist)
Sally Tyler Hayes

In Close Quarters
(Finalist)
Candace Irvin

The Money Man
(Finalist)
Carolyn McSparren

Notorious
(Finalist)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

Plain-Jane Princess
(Finalist)
Karen Templeton

The Word of a Child
(Finalist)
Janice Kay Johnson

2001

Rogue's Reform
(Winner)
Marilyn Pappano

The Comeback of Con MacNeill
(Finalist)
Virginia Kantra

Get Lucky
(Finalist)
Suzanne Brockmann

Saving Grace
(Finalist)
Raeanne Thayne

Beginning With Baby
(Finalist)
Christie Ridgway

The Fourth Child
(Finalist)
C.J. Carmichael

The Daughter Merger
(Finalist)
Janice Kay Johnson

The Brands Who Came for Christmas
(Finalist)
Maggie Shayne

Mad Dog and Annie
(Finalist)
Virginia Kantra

1998

Reckless
(Winner)
Ruth Wind

Adam's Kiss
(Finalist)
Mindy Neff

The 14th...and Forever
(Finalist)
Merline Lovelace

Nighthawk
(Finalist)
Rachel Lee

The Twenty-Third Man
(Finalist)
Peggy Nicholson

Her Ideal Man
(Finalist)
Ruth Wind

MacNamara's Woman
(Finalist)
Alicia Scott

Saving Susannah
(Finalist)
Beverly Bird

1997

Having His Baby
(Finalist)
Karen Young

Mackenzie's Pleasure
(Finalist)
Linda Howard

The Fall of Shane MacKade
(Finalist)
Nora Roberts

Expectant Father
(Finalist)
Leanne Banks

His Runaway Son
(Finalist)
Dee Holmes

My Fair Gentleman
(Finalist)
Jan Freed

Megan's Mate
(Finalist)
Nora Roberts

Award Categories

Best Romance

Contemporary Romance: Long

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Contemporary Romance: Short

Contemporary Series Romance

Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure

Contemporary Single Title

Erotic Romance

Erotica

First Book

Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal

Historical Romance

Historical Romance: Long

Historical Romance: Short

Historical Series

Historical Single Title

Inspirational Romance

Long Contemporary Romance

Long Contemporary Series

Long Historical Romance

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Paranormal Romance

Regency Romance

Romance Novella

Romantic Novella

Award Years

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

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2009

2008

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