2008 From the Heart Romance Writers Lories Best Published Contest Final Round Placements

The Final Round Placements are in.

A big thanks to Debbie Meredith, Romance Manager for The Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Radcliff, KY, and LeeAnn Daughtery, bookseller at Waldenbooks in Elizabethtown, KY, for taking the time from their hectic schedules to read each of these books and providing wonderful feedback.

To reach the final round of The Lories Best Published Contest, each of the books was first judged as the winner in its individual category. Congratulations to everyone!! Reaching the final round is a wonderful accomplishment and one you should be proud of.

Overall Final Round Placements:

1st/Grand Prize Winner - A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith, BelleBooks

2nd - Dead Giveaway by Brenda Novak, MIRA Books

3rd - Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue, Pocket Books

4th - Dead Right by Brenda Novak, MIRA Books

5th - Everything Forbidden by Jess Michaels, Avon Red

6th - Secret Santa in Christmas Presence by Lisa Childs, Harlequin Next

7th - Incognito:  Charming Carmen by Anna Leigh Keaton & Madison Layle, Cobblestone Press

8th - The Importance of Almack’s by Denise Patrick, Samhain Publishing, Inc.

9th - Borrowing Alex by Cindy Procter-King, Amber Quill Press

10th - Test of Truth by April Reid, Amber Heat