Come ogni anno eccomi con i vincitori del premio RITA, molto ambito dalle scrittrici di Romance e sottogeneri vari. Guardando i vincitori ho notato che ben cinque vengono dal self-publishing, preoccupante per le Case Editrici…Comunque di questi libri, che a parte un paio di casi non vedremo in italiano, leggerei ovviamente il Romantic Suspense, l’erotico (un mènage a troix dove i due protagonisti maschili sono bisessuali) e gli storici (contemporanei da valutare).  E voi?

2019 RITA Winners

Best First Book Winner

Lady in Waiting by Marie Tremayne
HarperCollins, Avon Impulse (storico)
Elle Keck, editor

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Winner

Advanced Physical Chemistry by Susannah Nix
Self-published
Julia Ganis, editor

Erotic Romance Winner

Three-Way Split by Elia Winters
Entangled Publishing, LLC, Scorched
Tera Cuskaden, editor

Historical Romance: Short Winner

A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen
Grand Central Publishing, Forever
Alex Logan, editor

Paranormal Romance Winner

Dearest Ivie by J. R. Ward
Ballantine Bantam Dell, Ballantine Books
Kara Welsh, editor

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements Winner

The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano
Tyndale House Publishers
Sarah Rische and Jan Stob, editors

Young Adult Romance Winner

My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
Crown Books for Young Readers
Phoebe Yeh, editor

Contemporary Romance: Long Winner

Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Self-Published
Lauren Clarke, editor

Contemporary Romance: Short Winner

The Bachelor’s Baby Surprise by Teri Wilson
Harlequin, Special Edition
Gail Chasan, editor

Historical Romance: Long Winner

A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy
Self-Published

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance Winner

How to Keep a Secret by Sarah Morgan
Harlequin, HQN
Flo Nicoll, editor

Romance Novella Winner

Bad Blood by M. Malone
Self-published
Angela Ramey, editor

Romantic Suspense Winner

Fearless by Elizabeth Dyer
Self-published

2019 Golden Heart Winners

Contemporary Romance Winner

Never Have I Ever by Rosie Danan

Historical Romance Winner

Tempting the Heiress by Emily Sullivan

Paranormal Romance Winner

Bless Your Heart and Other Southern Curses by Heather Leonard

Romantic Suspense Winner

The Hustler by Angie Hockman

Contemporary Romance: Short Winner

Love on the Books by Betsy Gray

Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance Winner

Everything Comes Back to You by Melissa Wiesner

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements Winner

The Promise of Spring by Martha Hutchens

Young Adult Romance Winner

Dragged! by Susan Lee