Books

RITA Award (awards)

This award was given to 324 books.


  1. Enemy: Book 1

    Enemy Within

    by Marcella Burnard

    Year: 2011
    Category: Best First Book
    Finalist
  2. Firestorm (Love Inspired Large Print Suspense)

    by Kelly Ann Riley

    Year: 2011
    Category: Best First Book
    Finalist
  3. I Now Pronounce You Someone Else

    by Erin McCahan

    Year: 2011
    Category: Best First Book
    Finalist
  4. Blood Rose Trilogy: Book 1

    Pieces of Sky

    by Kaki Warner

    Year: 2011
    Category: Best First Book
    Rank: Winner
  5. Wed in the West: Book 4

    Welcome Home, Cowboy

    by Karen Templeton

    Year: 2011
    Category: Contemporary Series Romance
    Rank: Winner
  6. Single Father

    The Moon That Night

    by Helen Brenna

    Year: 2011
    Category: Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
    Rank: Winner
  7. Lucky Harbor: Book 1

    Simply Irresistible

    by Jill Shalvis

    Year: 2011
    Category: Contemporary Single Title Romance
    Rank: Winner
  8. His at Night

    by Sherry Thomas

    Year: 2011
    Category: Historical Romance
    Rank: Winner
  9. Heroes of Quantico: Book 3

    In Harm's Way

    by Irene Hannon

    Year: 2011
    Category: Inspirational Romance
    Rank: Winner
  10. Harmony Trilogy: Book 1

    Welcome to Harmony

    by Jodi Thomas

    Year: 2011
    Category: Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
    Rank: Winner
  11. The Dark Forgotten: Book 3

    Unchained: The Dark Forgotten

    by Sharon Ashwood

    Year: 2011
    Category: Paranormal Romance
    Rank: Winner
  12. Pink Carnation

    The Mischief of the Mistletoe

    by Lauren Willig

    Year: 2011
    Category: Regency Historical Romance
    Rank: Winner
  13. Iron Seas

    Burning Up

    Whisper of Sin / Blood and Roses / Shifting Sea / Here There Be Monsters

    by Nalini Singh, Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, Meljean Brook

    Year: 2011
    Category: Romance Novella "Shifting Sea"
    Rank: Winner
  14. Hat Squad: Book 2

    Silent Scream

    by Karen Rose

    Year: 2011
    Category: Romantic Suspense
    Rank: Winner
  15. The Iron Fey: Book 1

    The Iron King

    by Julie Kagawa

    Year: 2011
    Category: Young Adult Romance
    Rank: Winner
  16. A Not-So-Perfect Past

    by Beth Andrews

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance
  17. Top Secret Deliveries: Book 3

    The Soldier's Secret Daughter

    by Cindy Dees

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance; Suspense/Adventure
  18. Too Good to Be True

    by Kristan Higgins

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
  19. Sheridan: Book 1

    One Scream Away

    by Kate Brady

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best First Book
  20. Not Quite a Husband

    by Sherry Thomas

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Historical Romance
  21. The Inheritance

    by Tamera Alexander

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Inspirational Romance
  22. The Lost Recipe for Happiness

    by Barbara O'Neal

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Novel With Strong Romantic Elements
  23. Immortals after Dark: Book 7

    Kiss of a Demon King

    by Kresley Cole

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Paranormal Romance
  24. Bevelstoke: Book 2

    What Happens in London

    by Julia Quinn

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Regency Historical Romance
  25. The Glass Sisters: Book 2

    Whisper of Warning

    by Laura Griffin

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Romantic Suspense
  26. Perfect Chemistry Trilogy: Book 1

    Perfect Chemistry

    by Simone Elkeles

    Year: 2010
    Category: Best Young Adult Romance
  27. The Night Before Christmas

    by Day Leclaire, Brenda Novak, Molly O'Keefe

    Year: 2010
    Category: Winner for Best Romance Novella - The Christmas Eve Promise
  28. Wed in the West: Book 1

    A Mother's Wish

    by Karen Templeton

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance
  29. The Taken: Book 1

    Danger Signals

    by Kathleen Creighton

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
  30. Sex, Lies, and Online Dating: Book 4

    Not Another Bad Date

    by Rachel Gibson

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
  31. Oh. My. Gods.: Book 1

    Oh. My. Gods.

    by Tera Lynn Childs

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best First Book
  32. The Edge of Impropriety

    by Pam Rosenthal

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Historical Romance
  33. Noble Legacy: Book 3

    Finding Stefanie

    by Susan May Warren

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Inspirational Romance
  34. Tribute

    by Nora Roberts

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
  35. Seducing Mr. Darcy

    by Gwyn Cready

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Paranormal Romance
  36. Spymaster/Meeks Street: Book 2

    My Lord and Spymaster

    by Joanna Bourne

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Regency Historical Romance
  37. It Happened One Night

    by Stephanie Laurens, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Candice Hern, Mary Balogh

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Romance Novella - The Fall of Rogue Gerard
  38. Black Ops Inc. (Cindy Gerard): Book 2

    Take No Prisoners

    by Cindy Gerard

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Romantic Suspense
  39. Maggie Quinn: Girl vs Evil: Book 2

    Hell Week

    by Rosemary Clement-Moore

    Year: 2009
    Category: Best Young Adult Romance
  40. Snowbound

    by Janice Kay Johnson

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance
  41. Treasure

    by Helen Brenna

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure
  42. Gideon's Cove: Book 1

    Catch Of The Day

    by Kristan Higgins

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
  43. Nicki Styx: Book 1

    Dead Girls Are Easy

    by Terri Garey

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best First Book
  44. Rothwell: Book 2

    The Lessons of Desire

    by Madeline Hunter

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Historical Romance
  45. The Brothers' Bond: Book 2

    A Touch Of Grace

    by Linda Goodnight

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Inspirational Romance
  46. Lady Julia Grey: Book 1

    Silent in the Grave

    by Deanna Raybourn

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
  47. Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 4

    Lover Revealed

    by J. R. Ward

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Paranormal Romance
  48. Bevelstoke: Book 1

    The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

    by Julia Quinn

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Regency Historical Romance
  49. Harlequin NEXT: Book 84

    Like Mother, Like Daughter

    Born in My Heart / Becoming My Mother, and Other Things I Learned from Jane Austen / The Long Distance Mother

    by Jennifer Greene, Nancy Thompson, Peggy Webb

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Romance Novella - Born in my Heart
  50. Ice: Book 3

    Ice Blue

    by Anne Stuart

    Year: 2008
    Category: Best Romantic Suspense

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