Finalists for RWA’s RITA Awards were announced yesterday, with three Harlequin titles nominated in the paranormal romance category! They are:
Peace was for little girls
And Coalition starship admiral Brit Bandar was one tough woman. A mere intergalactic treaty could never get her to trust the Drakken Horde. There was too much bad blood between the Coalition and the Horde and, for intensely personal reasons, Brit wasn’t sure that she was through spilling it! But now a peaceful accord had made Finn Rorkken, a notorious Drakken rogue, second in command on her starship, and–through some grand cosmic irony–front and center in her thoughts…and her heart.
Warleader. Pirate.
Either title sat easily on Finn’s battle-hardened shoulders. Though second in command to “Stone-Heart” Bandar? That one would take some getting used to. Peace required as much sacrifice as war so he’d comply even if his reaction to the gorgeous admiral fell decidedly outside protocol. But would he end up kissing or killing her if the galaxy’s tentative truce turned into all-out war?
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
His powers–inhuman
His passion–beyond immortal
All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she’ll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member–a man trapped in a hell of his own.
Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments…and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction–and a soul-shattering test of love….
All his life, Jonah Gray Wolf has had an uncanny connection to animals and the power to heal the sick and wounded. Driven from the only home he’s ever known by those who wish to harness his gift for profit, he becomes a drifter, working in out-of-the-way towns, never staying long. It’s a lonely life, but Jonah knows he’s still being hunted–he can’t afford to get close to anyone who might learn his secret.
In West Virginia he finds Luce, a tough but beautiful loner who knows all about keeping people at a distance–a kindred soul with whom he might dare to make a life. But the hunters have caught Jonah’s scent again. Danger is coming to their mountain refuge–a confrontation that will be decided only by a force of nature.
Other nominees in this category are:
- Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn (Berkley)
- Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh (Berkley Sensation)
- Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwen Cready (Pocket)
- The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks (Avon Books)
- Thunder Moon by Lori Handeland (St. Martin’s Press)
The full list of all category and nominees can be found here on the RWA website.
Which book are you pulling for to take home the prize? Are there any books left off that you would name the best paranormal romance of 2008?
Wow, what a great lineup of nominees! Will be hard to know who to cheer for come RITA night!
I actually enjoyed Gena Showalter’s 2nd Lords of the Underworld title, The Darkest Kiss, even more than The Darkest Night – but that’s just me.
Gena Showalter is a paranormal romance queen. She is by far one of my most favorite author of this genre.
I <3 Gena!!