2023 RONE Award Winners

Historical: Steamy

Saving Her Highland Traitor by Maeve Greyson WINNER
The Impoverished Dowry by Emily EK Murdoch
On Prevailing Winds by Elizabeth St. Michel
Duke in All but Name by Caroline Warfield
Discreet Destruction by K.J. Jackson RUNNER-UP

Suspense/Thriller

Forging Forgiveness by C.B. Clark WINNER
Fatal Hunt by Michelle Godard-Richer
Shattered Promises by Linda Trout

Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

The Necromancer’s Daughter by D. Wallace Peach WINNER
Elemental Fire by E.G. Manetti RUNNER-UP
Second Star to the Left – Reimagined Fairy Tales Book 1 by Megan Van Dyke
City of Ruin (Witch Walker Book 2) by Charissa Weaks

Audiobooks

Earl of Brecken (Wicked Earls' Club) by Aubrey Wynne, Narrator: Harry Frost
The Wylder Rose (The Wylder West) by Jane Lewis, Narrator: Dawson McBride
A Knight's Reward (Knight's Series, Book 2) by Catherine Kean, Narrator: James Gillies WINNER

Suspense/Thriller: Steamy

Saddled Hearts (The White Rune Series Book 3) by Jan Sikes
Tough Justice (K-9 Special Ops, Book 1) by Tee O'Fallon
Whiskey Storm (Whiskey Falls Book 3) by Taryn Rivers WINNER

Contemporary: Steamy

Somewhere In Between by Natalie Parker WINNER
Bound to Burn by Paula Dombrowiak
Sasha’s Secret Santa by Peggy Jaeger
Broody Devil by Melissa Ivers RUNNER-UP

Paranormal: Long

Lucky Me by Genevieve Jack WINNER
Dark Wine at the Grave by Jenna Barwin
Heartquake by Terry Newman
Fire Magic and Ice Cream by Lauren Connolly RUNNER-UP

Historical: Sweet

The Best Intentions by Sarah M. Eden
Never a Proper Lady by Collette Cameron
The Call of the Sea by Sian Ann Bessey RUNNER-UP
Divine Vintage by Sandra L. Young
Edward and Amelia by Karen Thornell WINNER

Mystery

What Lies Beneath Stillwater by Susan Clayton-Goldner WINNER
Cause for Elimination by Marla A. White
Hush, My Darling by Winter Austin

Young Adult

Witch’s Gamble (The Witches of Vegas Book 3) by Mark Rosendorf
The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen WINNER
The Incident by Avis M. Adams

Contemporary: Sweet

It Started with a Glance by Meg Easton
A Summer to Cherish by Josie Riviera WINNER
Christmas Island by Mary Shotwell

Paranormal: Short

Beer & Broomsticks by T.M. Cromer
Becoming Crone by Lydia M Hawke WINNER
The Haunting of Wilton June by Peggy Jaeger

Novella

A Vampire’s Midlife Crisis by Valerie Twombly
A Scot to Have and to Hold by Maeve Greyson 
Tempted: A Vampire Mafia Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Rivard WINNER