.
Best First Book
A Summer Sentence
Carolynn Carey
Avalon Romance
(Bouregy/Thomas)		 Walks In Shadow
Joyce Henderson
Dorchester
Get Bunny Love
Kathleen Long
Zebra		 Witch's Knight
Virginia Lea Reede
Ellora's Cave
Good Girls Don't
Kelley St. John
Warner Forever		  
.

Inspirational

Distant Echoes
Coleen Coble
Westbow Press
Chloe
Lyn Cote
Faith (Warner)
Unlikely Hero
Marta Perry
Love Inspired
(Steeple Hill)
A Sheltering Love
Terri Reed
Love Inspired
(Steeple Hill)
Love Next Door
Anna Schmidt
Love Inspired
(Steeple Hill)

Short Contemporary

Chameleons
Becky Barker
Cerridwen Press
When the Lights Go Down
Heidi Betts
Silhouette Desire
Tanner Ties
Peggy Moreland
Silhouette Desire
Like Lightning
Charlene Sands
Silhouette Desire
One Night in Texas
Jane Sullivan
Harlequin Temptation
.
Romantic Suspense
Enigma 
Dee Davis
Harlequin
Laura's Secrets 
Shannon Greenland
Echelon
A Breath Away
Rita Herron
Harlequin
Blaze 
JoAnn Ross
Simon and Schuster
Wednesday's Child 
Gayle Wilson
Harlequin
Regency
Dame Fortune
Meredith Bond
Zebra Regency
(Kensington)
The Captain
Lynn Collum
Zebra Regency
(Kensington)
The Mysterious Miss M
Diane Gaston
Harlequin Historical
The Marriage List
Dorothy McFalls
Signet (Penguin)
Dedication
Janet Mullany
Signet (Penguin)
Touched by Time
Leanne Shawler
Zebra Regency
(Kensington)
.
Paranormal
Unmasked
C. J. Barry
Dorchester
Hunter's Moon
Lori Handeland
St. Martin's Press
Guardian of Honor
Robin Owens
Luna Books
The Pleasure Slave
Gena Showalter
HQN
Touch of Night
Susan Spencer Paul
St. Martin's Press
Historical
Midnight Magic
Shari Anton
Warner Forever
Her Highland Rogue
Leanne Burroughs
Vintage Romance
The Lord Next Door 
Gayle Callen
HarperCollins
A Lady’s Guide to Rakes
Kathryn Caskie
Warner Forever
Walks In Shadow
Joyce Henderson
Dorchester
My Lord Beast
Mary Lennox
Thomson Gale
.
Single Title
A Real McCoy
Tori Carrington
Harlequin
She Drives Me Crazy
Leslie Kelly
HQN
Nerd Gone Wild
Vickie Lewis Thompson
St. Martin's Press
Seeing Red
Jill Shalvis
Signet
Good Girls Don't
Kelley St. John
Warner Forever
Long Contemporary
Forgiveness
Jean Brashear
SuperRomance
(Harlequin)
The Pregnancy Test 
Susan Gable
SuperRomance
(Harlequin)
Most Wanted Woman
Maggie Price
Intimate Moments
(Silhouette)
Almost a Family
Roxanne Rustand
SuperRomance
(Harlequin)
Hometown Girl
Margaret Watson
SuperRomance
(Harlequin)
.
Mainstream
Match Game
Beverly Brandt
Penguin
The Tiara Club
Beverly Brandt
St. Martin's Press
The Givenchy Code
Julie Kenner
Simon and Schuster
If the Shoe Fits
Stephanie Rowe
Dorchester
One Last Dance
Mardo Williams
Calliope Press
Traditional
Trouble in Paradise
Carolyn Brown
Avalon Romance (Bouregy/Thomas)
The Wager
Carolyn Brown
Avalon Romance (Bouregy/Thomas)
A Summer Sentence
Carolynn Carey
Avalon Romance (Bouregy/Thomas)
Snowbound Baby
Susan Meier
Silhouette Romance
A Taste of Paradise
Patricia Thayer
Silhouette Romance
.
Young Adult
Sticky Fingers
Niki Burnham 
Simon and Schuster
Smart Boys & Fast Girls
Stephie Davis
Dorchester
Who Needs Boys?
Stephie Davis
Dorchester
Island Girls (and Boys)
Rachel Hawthorne
HarperCollins
Sk8er Boy
Mari Mancusi
Dorchester
Erotic Romance
The Guardian
C.S. Chatterly
Venus Press
Skin Deep
Jasmine Haynes
Penguin
Don't Open 'Til Christmas
Leslie Kelley
Blaze (Harlequin)
Primitive Passion
Shara Lanel
Liquid Silver Books
Witch's Knight
Virginia Lea Reede
Ellora's Cave
.
OKRWA will announce the 2005 NRCA Winners at RWA's National Conference in Atlanta this July.

Updated: 18 April 2006
Graphics KMW Designs