NEW ADULT
Final Judge: Mary Altam – Sourcebooks
Winner: The Fairy Godmother’s Rulebook by Sarah Vance Tompkins*
2nd: Everty’s Ghost by Jennifer Leon
3rd: Steam Me Up, Rawley by Angela Quarles
HISTORICAL
Final Judge: Cat Cline – Sourcebooks
Winner: A Haunting Desire by Julie Mulhern
2nd: All that Shimmers by Kady Winter
3rd: Akhakh by T. Snow
FANTASY
Final Judge: Chris Kessler – Boroughs Publishing
Winner: Taxing Courtship by Jaycee Jarvis
2nd: A Second Chance by AugustinaVanHoven
3rd: Pangaea by Anna Questerly
ROMANTIC ELEMENTS
Final Judge: Andrea Somberg – Harvey Klinger Literary
Winner: Song of the Ancients by Sandy Wright**
2nd: Luckriders by Lynne Maclean
3rd: Pangaea by Anna Questerly
SCIENCE FICTION
Final Judge: Laurie McLean – Foreward Literary
Winner: Commonground by Leslie Brown
2nd: Skyrise by Shannon Orso
3rd: Keeping Athena by Rowena Hacker
EROTICA
Final Judge: Kelli Collins – Ellora’s Cave
Winner: Sins of a Man by T. Snow
2nd: Hubby 4 Hire by T. Snow
3rd: Beauty and the Werebeast by CC Seis
PARANORMAL
Final Judge: Marlene Castricato – Crescent Moon
Winner: Song of the Ancients by Sandy Wright
2nd: Dead River Destiny by Kay Miller
3rd: Werewolf King by Melissa Stark
TIME TRAVEL – FUTURISTIC
Final Judge: Cassie Knight – Champagne Books
Winner: Taxing Courtship by Jaycee Jarvis
2nd: A Second Chance by AugustinaVanHoven
3rd: Skyrise by Shannon Orso
URBAN FANTASY
Final Judge: Melissa Singer – Tor
Winner: Evil’s Unlikely Assassin by Jenn Windrow*
2nd: Pride & Purgatory by Noelle Pierce
3rd: Demon, Interrupted by Amanda Kin
YOUNG ADULT
Final Judge: Becca Stumpt – Prospect Agency
Winner: Beyond the Shadows by Nina Bangs
2nd: Prism by Rowena Hacker
3rd: The Golden Fox by Cecilia Dominic
