Contemporary Series
- Diane Love Snell, Angel On The Run
- Cari Mandersheid, Project Makeover
- Christyne Butilier, Reilly’s Promise
- Lisa Diaz, Deadly Alliance
- Anna DeStefano, Forever Ago
- Missy Tippens, Michael’s Surrender
Historical
- Tracy Anne Warren, Winterlea
- Ruth Kaufman, The Better Bride
- Elizabeth Spurlock, A Sea Change
- Jean Hart Stewart, Treachery in Sussex
- Cindy Nord, Saving Callie
Single Title Contemporary
- Judythe Hixson, Alex
- Lois Winston, Hooking Mr. Right
- Vedette Rice, Secret Choices
- Shelley Wernlein, Interference
- Susan Crouse, Sowing the Wind
Paranomal
- Teri Thackston, Wait Until Moonrise, Beloved
- Cynthia Homburger, One Ghostly Night
- Cate Rowan, The Source of Magic
- Robin Popp, Too Close to the Sun
- Cynthia Wicklund, Through the Mist