Squee!

I’m thrilled to be two of the finalists –Yes, two! I double finalled!—in the New Jersey Romance Writers 2012 Put Your Heart in a Book contest.

Here’s the finalist list:

Paranormal

Katrina Snow – Bewitched by a Kiss*

Laurel Wanrow – Passages *

Leisl Leighton – Seer’s Blood

Romantic Suspense

Keith Zwingelberg – Medicine Woman

Jenna Blue – The Runaway *

Michelle Sharp – The Dreamer

Single Title

Michele Mahon – Octagon Girl *

Susan J Bickford – Synchrony’s Call

Claudia Handel – Lost in You

Young Adult

McCall Hoyle – Twice Shy

Laurel Wanrow – Seaside Sorcery *

Karen Schwartz – Extra Ordinary Guy

Historical

Eileen Emerson – Embracing the Unloved Earl

Mary Jane Esber w/a Miranda Liasson – The Spy Who Loved Me

Jodi Rotondo w/a Joanna Shupe – Drawn to the Earl *

*denotes NJRW member

Congratulations to everyone!

The winners will be announced at NJRWA’s great Mid-Atlantic Put Your Heart in a Book Conference in October. I’ll be attending, my third visit with chapter-mates from Maryland Romance Writers and Washington Romance Writers.