CONTEMPORARY SERIES
Final Round Editor: Brittany Lavery ~ Assistant Editor, HQN
FIRST ~ Debauchery by Kristine Charles
SECOND ~ Love on the Books by Betsy Gray
THIRD ~ Love by the Numbers by Lucy Lanier
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Teach Me by Kat Turner
FANTASY, FUTURISTIC & PARANORMAL
(Alternate Earth, Dystopian, Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)
Final Round Editor: Kristine Swartz ~ Associate Editor, Berkley Publishing Group
FIRST ~ Deal With The Devil by Melissa Shirley
SECOND ~ Suspended in Silk by Kyra Dusk
THIRD ~ Tremors by Anastasia Abboud
HONORABLE MENTION ~ 2033: Ancestor Resurrection by Deborah DeHaemer
HISTORICAL
Final Round Editor: Elle Keck ~ Assistant Editor, Avon Books
FIRST ~ How to Steal a Kilt by Gina Conkle
SECOND ~ Fallen For The Earl by Amy Mackey
THIRD ~ The King’s Secret by Blake Ferre
HONORABLE MENTION ~ The Sapphire by Courtney Scalo
HONORABLE MENTION ~ A Wild and Wooly Texan by Katie Barrett
INSPIRATIONAL
Final Round Editor: Raela Schoenherr ~ Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House Publishers
FIRST ~ Remember Not by Barbara Ellin Fox
SECOND ~ Abounding Hope by Cindy Stewart
THIRD ~ A Singular Truth by Loraine Nunley
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Upon a Hearth of Steel by Amy Grochowski
MAINSTREAM with ROMANTIC ELEMENTS
Final Round Editor: Cat Clyne ~ Editor, Sourcebooks
FIRST ~ Stand-Up Guy by Miranda Darrow
SECOND ~ The Guardian’s Mark by Victoria Mencio
THIRD ~ False News by Joan Koster
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Crocodile Tears by Kilby Blades*
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Final Round Editor: Lexi Smail ~ Associate Editor, Grand Central Publishing
FIRST ~ Spy Vs. Spy by P.A. DePaul
SECOND ~ Deadly Aim by Tracy Brody
THIRD ~ Hardwired by R.R. Taylor
HONORABLE MENTION ~ We Can’t Be Friends by Eliza Fyre
SINGLE TITLE
Final Round Editor: Cristina Lupo ~ Editorial Assistant, Forever and Forever Yours / Grand Central Publishing
FIRST ~ Love In An Elevator by Kilby Blades*
SECOND ~ Played by Melanie Bruce
THIRD ~ Under the Ice by Katherine A. Olson
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Opposites Attract by Jacqueline Lee
YOUNG ADULT
Final Round Editor: Alice Jerman ~ Associate Editor, Forever / Grand Central Publishing
FIRST ~ Attractive Forces by Jackie Rutherford*
SECOND ~ When I Found Her by Allison Marlo Hay
THIRD ~ Periodic Attraction by Lana Pattinson
HONORABLE MENTION ~ The Other Brother by Jackie Rutherford*
HONORABLE MENTION ~ Types of Triangles by Jackie Rutherford*
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GREAT EXPECTATIONS FINALISTS!
~Angi Morgan & Fenley Grant
2019 Great Expectations Co-coordinators
gecoordinator@ntrwa.org
www.ntrwa.org