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HAPPY EVER AFTER

Congratulations to this year's RITA and Golden Heart winners

Special for USA TODAY
"Romancing the Duke" by Tessa Dare.

Saturday night more than 2,000 members of the romance publishing industry settled in in a ballroom at the Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square to honor the RITA and Golden Heart award winners. Congratulations to all!

RITA WINNERS

Best first book: Run to You by Clara Kensie

Contemporary romance (long): Baby, It's You by Jane Graves

Contemporary romance (mid-length): One in a Million by Jill Shalvis

Contemporary romance (short): A Texas Rescue Christmas by Caro Carson

Erotic romance: The Headmaster by Tiffany Reisz

Historical romance (long): Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran

Historical romance (short): Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

Inspirational romance: Deceived by Irene Hannon

Paranormal romance: Evernight by Kristen Callihan

Romance novella: His Road Home by Anna Richland

Romantic suspense: Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb

Young Adult: Boys Like You by Juliana Stone

GOLDEN HEART WINNERS

Contemporary: Call Me Mrs. Whitlock by Kimberly Buckner

Erotic romance: A Deal for Love by Michele Arris

Historical romance: The Reunion by Sara Leyton

Paranormal romance: Demons Don't by Jeanne Oates Estridge

Romantic suspense: A Shot Worth Taking by Tracy Poole

Short contemporary: Winning Her Over by Alexa Rowan

Young Adult: When I Wake by Stephanie Winkelhake

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