2011 Golden Pen Finalists

PARANORMAL (Leis Pederson, editor, Berkeley Publishing Group)
Tattoo of Your Name Across My Soul by Abigail Schmidt
Bound by Blood by Dawn Groszek
Bathtub Jinn by Kay Hudson

SINGLE TITLE (Katherine Pelz, editor, Berkeley Publishing Group)
Legally Mastered by Sarah Castille *
It’s Not You by Kimberly Kincaid
Better than Pasta by Kate Meader

SERIES CONTEMPORARY (Susan Litman, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [Special Edition])
The Scandalous Seduction of Miss Spencer by Jane O’Reilly
Mistress By Blackmail by Caro LaFever
Going the Distance by Althea West

HISTORICAL (Deb Werksman, editor, Sourcebooks)
Silverhawk by Barbara Bettis
Notorious Match by Angelyn Schmid
A Whisper to the Wild by Eileen Emerson

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE (Holly Blanck, editor, St. Martin’s Press)
Guardian’s Promise by Sharon Wray
The Shadow Hour by Jacqui Nelson
Chance Encounter by Tracy Poole

YOUNG ADULT (Regina Griffin, editor, Egmont USA)
Camp Awakening by Bonnie Staring
Forget Tomorrow by P.H. Dunn
Kisses and Curses by Shoshana Brown

INSPIRATIONAL (Melissa Endlich, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [Steeple Hill])
Left to Chance by Jessica Keller *
All the Blue of Heaven by Virginia Carmichael
Jerusalem’s Harlot by Wanda Thomas

NSRE (Valerie Gray, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [MIRA and SPICE])
Sweet Spot by Laura Drake *
The Hourglass by Sharon Struth
Strange Bedfellows by Nancy Holland

* indicates a manuscript that was requested by the final-round judge.