Golden Quill 2008
Winners and Finalists
The Desert Rose RWA Chapter is excited to announce this year's
Golden Quill Contest winners and finalists. The annual contest recognizes
outstanding published authors, and winners will be announced in the
July RWR. Congratulations to all the finalists! (the finalists are
listed in alphabetical
order):
Best First Book
Winner: The Charmstone by C.C. Harrison
Dark Rider by Kathrynn Dennis
The Education of Mrs. Brimley by Donna
MacMeans
The Dark Gate by Pamela Palmer
First, There is a River by Kathy Steffen
Erotic
Winner: Touch Me by Susan Lyons
The Dark Garden by Eden Bradley
Blood Red by Sharon Page
Mona Lisa Blossoming by Sunny
Teamwork by Caitlyn Willows
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Futuristic
Winner: Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson
Insufficient Mating Material by Rowena
Cherry
Anaz-Voohri by Vijaya Schartz
Lucinda, Darkly by Sunny
Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson
Historical
Winner: My Fair Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
Untamed Cowboy by Pam Crooks
Wicked Woman by Denise Eagan
The Perfect Bride by Brenda Joyce
Surrender to a Scoundrel by Julianne
MacLean
Hot, Sexy, Sensuous
Winner: The P.I. by Cara Summers
Underneath It All by Lori Borrill
Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy by HelenKay
Dimon
Hard and Fast by Lisa Renee Jones
Beyond Seduction by Kathleen O'Reilly
Inspirational
Winner: Buried Secrets by Margaret Daley
Mountains Stand Strong by Irene Brand
Vanished by Margaret Daley
Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter
Love's Healing Touch by Jane Myers Perrine
Long Contemporary
Winner: Her Sister's Child by Cynthia Thomason
The Sister Switch by Pamela Ford
The Rancher Needs a Wife by Terry
McLaughlin
Betting on Santa by Debra Salonen
Small Town Family by Margaret Watson
Novella
Winner: Blame it on Karma (Jinxed!) by Jacquie
D'Alessandro
One Magic Eve (Western Winter Wonderland)
by Pam Crooks
Hot Down Under (The Firefighter) by Susan
Lyons
Dear Santa (A Blazing Little Christmas) by
Kathleen O'Reilly
Diss-Connected (Names I Call My Sister) by
Lynda Sandoval
Paranormal/Time Travel
Winner: Immortals: The Calling by Jennifer Ashley
Dark Lies by Vivi Anna
Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by
Melissa Mayhue
Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue
Night Hunter by Cathy McDavid
Love in the Fast Lane by Jenna McKnight
Regency
Winner: The Earl's Secret by Terri Brisbin
The Rake's Redemption by Georgina Devon
A Certain Want of Reason by Kate Dolan
A Limited Engagement by Saralee Etter
The Secret Hunter by Susanne Saville
Romantic Suspense
Winner: The Charmstone by C.C. Harrison
White Heat by Cherry Adair
Dead Giveaway by Brenda Novak
Lone Star Legacy by Roxanne Rustand
Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception
by Lois Winston
Short Contemporary
Winner: His Only Wife by Cathy McDavid
Shadow Whispers by Linda Conrad
Red Wolf's Return by
Mary J. Forbes
One Cool Lawman by Diane Pershing
Deja You by Lynda Sandoval
Single Title/Mainstream
Winner: Close to You by Kathryn Shay
Really Something by Shirley Jump
Knock Off by Rhonda Pollero
First, There is a River by Kathy Steffen
There Goes the Bride by Lori Wilde
Traditional
Winner: The Boss's Little Miracle by Barbara
McMahon
Back to Mr. & Mrs. by Shirley Jump
Princess Australia by Nicola Marsh
Raising the Rancher's Family by Patricia
Thayer
A Mother For The Tycoon's Child by Patricia
Thayer
