The NRCA reception will be Thursday night of the RWA conference at 8:00 in the McKinley Room.

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Best First Book

A Man in a Kilt - Sandy Blair
Unlaced - Kristina Cook
The Unknown Daughter - Anna DeStefano
Enlightened Love - Shara Lanel
The Mistress of Trevelyan - Jennifer St. Giles

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Inspirational

Into the Deep - Colleen Coble
The Debt - Angela Hunt
Mending Places - Denise Hunter
The Heart's Voice - Arlene James
A Nest of Sparrows - Deborah Raney

Short Contemporary

Sins of a Tanner - Peggy Moreland
Seduce Me - Jill Shalvis
Safe Haven - Cindy Smith & Judy Turner
The Fire Still Burns - Roxanne St. Clair
Tall, Dark, and Texan - Jane Sullivan

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Romantic Suspense

On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair
Dangerous Curves - Jacey Ford
The Brotherhood - T. L. Schaefer
French Twist - Roxanne St. Clair
Family Matters - Justine Wittich

Regency

Captain's Mermaid - Mary Blayney
A Rake's Redemption - Susannah Charleton
Saving Lord Verwood - Elena Greene
Star of India - Ammanda McCabe
A Passionate Endeavor - Sophia Nash

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Paranormal

Unleashed - C. J. Barry
A Man in a Kilt - Sandy Blair
A Rogue in a Kilt - Sandy Blair
The Wishing Chalice - Sandra Landry
The Power of Two - Patti O'Shea
Stone Heart - Candace Sams

Historical

Once a Bride - Shari Anton
West of Heaven - Victoria Bylin
Married to the Viscount - Sabrina Jeffries
Untamed - Merline Lovelace
The Improper Wife - Diane Perkins
The Mistress of Trevelyan - Jennifer St. Giles

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Single Title

Some Kind of Wonderful - Maureen Child
Magnolia Sky - Susan Crandall
The Road Home - Susan Crandall
All the Rooms of My Heart - Janis Reams Hudson
Someone Like You - Susan Mallery

Long Contemporary

John Riley's Girl - Inglath Cooper
The Rich Man's Son - Judy Duarte
Joint Forces - Catherine Mann
Her Man To Remember - Suzanne McMinn
To Be a Mother - Rebecca Winters

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Mainstream

Cooking for Love - Sharon Boorstin
What a Girl Wants - Liz Maverick
Do Me, Do My Roots - Eileen Rendahl
Unsettling - Lynda Sandoval
Finding Mary Blaine - Jodi Thomas

Traditional

Her Stand-In Groom - Jackie Braun
The Game Show Bride - Jackie Braun
The Italian's Baby - Lucy Gordon
The Millionaire's Christmas Wish - Lucy Gordon
The Black Knight's Bride - Myrna Mackenzie

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Young Adult

Royally Jacked - Niki Burnham
Putting Boys on the Ledge - Stephie Davis
Studying Boys - Stephie Davis
Who's Your Daddy - Lynda Sandoval
Dear Jack - Tammi Sauer

Romantica

Manhandling - Karen Anders
Mine to Entice - Karen Anders
Enlightened Love - Shara Lanel
Hot Sheets - Jeanie London
Pillow Chase - Jeanie London

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OKRWA will announce the 2004 NRCA Winners at RWA's National Conference in Reno this July.

Updated: 13 July 2005
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