2024 NERFA WINNERS – Are Bolded Below and Have Been Moved to the Top of the Category List
June 1-30th – Final Round Judging
July 8th – Winners Announced
FINALISTS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, NO RANKING
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan
Mistletoe Latte by Ellen Mint
Royal Caleva: Gabriel by Nancy Herkness
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Forgiven Never Forgotten by Susan Leigh Furlong
Highland Beast by Heather McCollum
Two Scandals and a Scott by Tracy Sumner
MAINSTREAM ROMANCE
The Buried Hours by R.S. Grant*
His Montana Star by Shirley Hailstock
***Never on Monday by Maggie FitzRoy
ROMANCE NOVELLA
Staging Christmas – A Dickens Holiday Romance by Kathryn Hills
***A Barking Chance by Leah Miles
***Holidate Fail by Abigail Sharpe
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Trust Me by Rachel Grant*
Delayed Redemption by Kel O’Connor
Ranch Showdown by Tina Wheeler
SPECULATIVE ROMANCE
The Witch Whisperer by **Barb DeLong
Leopold by Dania Voss
Lost in the Dark by Gail Chianese
YOUNG ADULT
We are sorry to say we did not get enough entries for this category – Please try again next year
BEST FIRST BOOK
The Witch Whisperer by **Barb DeLong
***Sanctuary on Victoria Island by Karen Andover
The Gangster’s Daughter by Jodie Leigh Murray
*Rachel Grant is a double finalist but two different pen names. Rachel Grant and R.S. Grant
**Barbara DeLong is a double finalist
***First Coast Romance Writers Members
