2020 RONE Award Winners + Covers

Paranormal Short 1:
Winner:

Fire Maidens: Paris - Anna Lowe

1st Runner-up: Love & Omens – Carrie Pulkinen
2nd Runner-up: Essential Magic – T. M. Cromer

Contemporary Sweet:

Winner:
Catching Waves – Kimberly Krey
Runner-up: Let’s Begin Again – Heather B. Moore
 

Historical: Regency:
Winner:

War Serenade – Jill Wallace/ Peter Noble
Runner-up: Starless – Kathryn Le Veque/ Brad Wills

Paranormal Short 2:
Winner:

Her Midnight Sin – Sofie Darling
1st Runner-up: The Baron’s Daughter –Laura Beers
2nd Runner-up: The Lieutenant and the Lady – Collette Cameron

Young Adult:
Winner:

Gumshoe and the Mysterious Mushrooms – Laura Hawks
Runner-up: The Apocalypse Five – Stacey Rourke

Cops, Jocks and Cowboys:

Winner: Game Changer – Sierra Hill

Runner-up: Second Sight – Patricia D. Eddy

Historical: Victorian-20th Century:

Winner:

Surrender to Honor – Elizabeth St. Michel
1st Runner-up: The Balcony Girl – Tina Susedik
2nd Runner-up: The Wicked Sister – Mary Lancaster
 

Romantic Comedy:
Winner:
Starfish – Lisa Becker
Runner-up: Seize the Day – Kathryn R. Biel

Time Travel/Sci Fi:
Winner:
Tribe of Daughters – Kate L. Mary

Runner-up: The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio – Belle Ami

Historical Ancient – 18^th Century:

Winner:

The Guardian – Maeve Greyson
Runner up: The Promise – Kathryn Le Veque

Fantasy:
Winner:
The Rogue King – Abigail Owen

1st Runner-up: Tides of Time – Luna Joya
2nd Runner-up: A Hundred Breaths – Jean M. Grant
 

Contemporary Steamy:
Winner:
Will Rise From Ashes – Jean M. Grant

1st Runner-up: I’ve Got You - Becca Seymour
2nd Runner-up: Cold Horizon - Kristy McCaffrey

Suspense/Thriller:
Winner:

A Tangled Web – A. Claire Everward

Runner up: For the Love of a SEAL – Dixie Lee Brown

Novella :
Winner:
The Shadowheart Curse – Karilyn Bentley

1st Runner-up: Dragon Burning Bright – Michelle Fox
2nd Runner-up: Fatal Break – Beth Prentice
 

Mystery:

Winner: Sprinkled in Malice – Catherine Bruns

Runner-up: Lovely Digits – Jeanine Englert

Paranormal Long:

Winner: The Dragon of New Orleans – Genevieve Jack

Runner-up: Waking the Dead – Kerry Blaisdell

Novella: Historical:
Winner:
The Sinclair Hound – Caroline Lee

1st Runner-up: Earl of Scarborough – Collette Cameron
2nd Runner-up: The Best is Yet to Be – Kathryn LeVeque


Anthology:
Winner:

The Midnight Hour: All Hallow’s Bride _ Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt, Scarlett Scott, Mary Lancaster, Maggi Andersen, Chasity Bowlin, Sydney Jane Baily, Violetta Rand

Runner-up: Stars Are Shining Brightly – Paula Quinn, Aubrey Wynne, Meara Platt, Sydney Jane Baily, Collette Cameron, Alexa Aston, Avril Bothiry, Mary Lancaster, Elizabeth Ellen Carter, Lynne Connolly

 

RONE COVER WINNERS: