THE FIRE LORD'S LOVER wins first place in the GOLDEN QUILL

...in the F/SF/F category. There's much awesome talent here, and I am honored! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. Bravo!

2011 Golden Quill Winners

Best First Book: Stone Kissed - Keri Stevens

Erotic: Bliss - Opal Carew
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Futuristic: The Fire Lord’s Lover - Kathryne Kennedy
Historical: The Hawk - Monica McCarty
Hot, Sexy, Sensuous: Under Wraps - Joanne Rock
Inspirational: Within My Heart- Tamera Alexander
Inspirational Romantic Suspense: Beguiled - Deeanne Gist
Long Contemporary: A One-Of-A-Kind Family - Holly Jacobs
Novella: “Saving Brie” Twice the Temptation - Cara Summers
Paranormal/Time Travel: Dangerous Highlander- Donna Grant
Regency: The Guise of a Gentleman- Donna Hatch
Romantic Suspense: Deadly Intent - Kylie Brant
Short Contemporary: About A Baby - Ann Yost
Single Title/Mainstream: The First Love Cookie Club - Lori Wilde
Traditional: Instant Family - Elisabeth Rose

Best First Book Finalists

Love ‘em or Leave ‘em - Angie Stanton
Quicksilver - Joy Spraycar
Stone Kissed - Keri Stevens
Summer Iris - M. Kate Quinn
The Healer’s Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson

Erotic Finalists

Bliss - Opal Carew
Pleasure Bound - Opal Carew
Sex On The Beach - Susan Lyons
The Moon, The Madness, and The Magic - Eliza March
Unbridled and Undone - Elle Saint James

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Futuristic Finalists

Black Jaguar: Chronicles of Kassouk - Vijaya Schartz
Captured - Julia Rachel Barrett
Luminous Nights - Michele Hart
Queen in Exile - Donna Hatch
The Fire Lord’s Lover - Kathryne Kennedy

Historical Finalists

Crimson Sky - Gretchen Craig
Knight of Passion - Margaret Mallory
The Captive - Joanne Rock
The Hawk - Monica McCarty
The Laird’s Captive Wife - Joanna Fulford

Hot, Sexy, Sensuous Finalists

Dane, The Lord of Satyr - Elizabeth Amber
Led Into Temptation - Cara Summers
Love, Unexpectedly - Susan Lyons
Taken Beyond Temptation - Cara Summers
Under Wraps - Joanne Rock

Inspirational Finalists

A Woman Called Sage - DiAnn Mills
Maid to Match - Deeanne Gist
Prairie Courtship - Dorothy Clark
Whisper on the Wind - Maureen Lang
Within My Heart - Tamera Alexander

Inspirational Romantic Suspense

Beguiled - Deeanne Gist
End Game - Roxanne Rustand
Fatal Burn - Roxanne Rustand
Murder in Plain Sight - Marta Perry
Secret Agent Father - Laura Iding

Long Contemporary Finalists

A Child Changes Everything - Ruth MacLean
A One-Of-A-Kind Family - Holly Jacobs
Can’t Stand the Heat - Margaret Watson
Life Rewritten - Margaret Watson
Skylar’s Outlaw - Linda Warren

Novella Finalists

Faery’s Bargain - Madeleine Drake
“Dangerous Admirer” My Deadly Valentine - Valerie Hansen
Notorius Eliza - Barbara Monajem
“Saving Brie” Twice the Temptation - Cara Summers
“Tattoos and Mistletoe” The Naughty List - Susan Lyons

Paranormal/Time Travel Finalists

Dangerous Highlander - Donna Grant
Haunting Warrior - Erin Quinn
Tastes of Love & Evil - Barbara Monajem
The Mists of Time - Susan Squires
Unchained:The Dark Forgotten - Sharon Ashwood

Regency Finalists

A Hellion in Her Bed - Sabrina Jeffries
An Earl To Enchant - Amelia Grey
My Reckless Surrender - Anna Campbell
The Guise of a Gentleman - Donna Hatch
The Truth About Lord Stoneville - Sabrina Jeffries

Romantic Suspense Finalists

Broken - Shiloh Walker
Cold Sight - Leslie Parrish
Deadly Intent - Kylie Brant
Edge Of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire
Killer Heat - Brenda Novak

Short Contemporary Finalists

About A Baby - Ann Yost
His, Hers, and … Theirs? - Judy Duarte
Inheriting His Secret Christmas Baby - Heidi Betts
Royal Holiday Baby - Leanne Banks
The Officer’s Girl - Leigh Duncan

Single Title/Mainstream Finalists

Never Too Hot - Bella Andre
Remember Me - Laura Moore
The Bite Before Christmas - Heidi Betts
The First Love Cookie Club - Lori Wilde
The True Love Quilting Club - Lori Wilde

Traditional Finalists

Her Lone Cowboy - Donna Alward
Instant Family - Elisabeth Rose
The Lionhearted Cowboy Returns - Patricia Thayer
The Nurse Who Saved Christmas - Janice Lynn
The Tangled Web - Elisabeth Rose