Put Your Heart in a Book Contest
2019 Finalists
New Jersey Romance Writers is thrilled to announce the finalists in our 2019 Put Your Heart in a Book contest!
The winners will be announced at the Put Your Heart in a Book Conference on October 19, 2019.
Congratulations to all our finalists!
***Permission to forward granted and encouraged***
* - Indicates NJRW member
Contemporary, Single Title
A Fast Woman - Laralyn Doran
First Comes Marriage - Casey Dembowski
Something to Talk About - Despina Karras
Contemporary, Series
Better than One - Margot Ryan*
Blue-Eyed Devlin - Lorraine Quinn
Hardwired - RR Taylor
Paranormal
Blood Sugar - Kat Turner
Chasing Paradise - Priscilla Alden
Forever More - Gloria Duke
Historical
Betting on a Duke's Heart - Royaline Sing
Finding Desire - Alexandra Sterling
The Pearson Plot - Angelica Hawthorne
Romantic Suspense
All Fired Up - Sue Jaskula
Saratoga Sleep - Joyce Hunt
VIPER - Too Deadly to Love - Kristie Wolf*
The winners will be announced at the Put Your Heart in a Book Conference on October 19, 2019.
Congratulations to all our finalists!
***Permission to forward granted and encouraged***
* - Indicates NJRW member
Contemporary, Single Title
A Fast Woman - Laralyn Doran
First Comes Marriage - Casey Dembowski
Something to Talk About - Despina Karras
Contemporary, Series
Better than One - Margot Ryan*
Blue-Eyed Devlin - Lorraine Quinn
Hardwired - RR Taylor
Paranormal
Blood Sugar - Kat Turner
Chasing Paradise - Priscilla Alden
Forever More - Gloria Duke
Historical
Betting on a Duke's Heart - Royaline Sing
Finding Desire - Alexandra Sterling
The Pearson Plot - Angelica Hawthorne
Romantic Suspense
All Fired Up - Sue Jaskula
Saratoga Sleep - Joyce Hunt
VIPER - Too Deadly to Love - Kristie Wolf*
Categories
Single-Title Contemporary— (40,000 words minimum) Romances set in present day. Not part of a series.
Contemporary Series— (40,000 word minimum) Category length romances and romantic suspense set in the present day.
Paranormal— (40,000 word minimum) Fantasy, futuristic, paranormal and FFP romantic suspense.
Historical— (40,000 word minimum) Category and Single Title length romances set before 1945. Includes Regency romances.
Romantic Suspense— (40,000 word minimum) Romance novel in which suspense is a major element of the plot.
Young Adult— (40,000 word minimum) Novels with a strong romantic theme geared toward young adult readers.
Contemporary Series— (40,000 word minimum) Category length romances and romantic suspense set in the present day.
Paranormal— (40,000 word minimum) Fantasy, futuristic, paranormal and FFP romantic suspense.
Historical— (40,000 word minimum) Category and Single Title length romances set before 1945. Includes Regency romances.
Romantic Suspense— (40,000 word minimum) Romance novel in which suspense is a major element of the plot.
Young Adult— (40,000 word minimum) Novels with a strong romantic theme geared toward young adult readers.
