Passionate Plume / Stroke of Midnight Winners (RWA 2008)

Passionate Ink is a Special Interest Chapter of Romance Writers of America for Erotic Romance writers.

3rd Annual Passionate Plume Winners
announced 07/31/08 in San Francisco at the RWA National Conference

NOVELLA
First Place - Male Call, by Denise A. Agnew
Second Place - Rescue Me, by Anna Leigh Keaton
Third Place - Hot Down Under, by Susan Lyons
HM - Second Chance Christmas, by Mackenzie McKade
HM - Desert Heat, by Leigh Wyndfield

CONTEMPORARY
First Place - Wicked Ties, by Shayla Black
Second Place - Roped, by Ann Jacobs
Third Place - Suite Seventeen, by Portia Da Costa
HM - Twin Fantasies, by Opal Carew
HM - Nothing To Lose, by Mechele Armstrong

HISTORICAL This one surprised me. I thought it would be a close call between Kane and Poole with an eventual 1-2 Kane-Poole placement. Particularly considering the glowing lurve for both these books throught out Romancelandia
First Place - At Love’s Command, by Samantha Kane
Second Place - Mirage, by Monica Burns
Third Place - Nicholas, by Elizabeth Amber
HM - One Bashful Lady, by Brenda Williamson
HM - Anchor and Storm, by Kate Poole

FUTURISTIC/FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
First Place - Tailspin, by Denise Rossetti
Second Place - Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind, by Karen Kelley
Third Place - Seducer, by Aubrey Ross
HM - Settler’s Mine 2: The Lovers, by Mechele Armstrong
HM - Born Again, by Rena Marks

PARANORMAL / TIME TRAVEL
First Place - Mona Lisa Blossoming, by Sunny Chen Great Moonlit Ripped-Off Balls! Are you freakin' KIDDING me?!
Second Place - Blood Rose, by Sharon Page
Third Place - Mystic’s Run, by Jory Strong (In my TBR)
HM - Ethereal Foes: The Dragon’s Demon, by Marie Harte Proud Mama Hen moment!
HM - Blood Red, by Sharon Page

3rd Annual Stroke of Midnight Winners (UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS)

NOVELLA
First Place - Scenting Cinnamon, by Ella Drake
Second Place - Reaction Time, by Alannah Lynne
Third Place - From Afar, by Ava March
HM - Full Moon, by Tiffany Kenzie
HM - Him, Memoir of My Second Marriage to the Egyptian God of Fertility, by Constance Denson-Hamilton

CONTEMPORARY
First Place - Liberating Lacey, by Anne Calhoun
Second Place - Laws Of Attraction, by Crystal Kauffman
Third Place - Nice and Naughty, by Jayne Rylon
HM - Love, Lust and Lies, by Cathleen Ross
HM - Trading Favors, by Reece Butler

HISTORICAL
First Place - Plantation Rule, by Noelle Henderson and Barbra Moser
Second Place - Show Me-The Spartan Chronicles, by Nadia Aidan
Third Place - Seeking Truth, by Francesca Hawley
HM - A Gentleman For Her, by Ava March
HM - Wild At Heart, by Crystal Kauffman

FUTURISTIC/FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
First Place - Wings Of Desire, by Sindee Sexton
Second Place - Fairy Prince, by Leanne Karella
Third Place - Almost Darke, by P.M. Black
HM - Soul Bound, by Barbara Morgan
HM - Goddess in Trouble, by Maggie Nash

PARANORMAL/TIME TRAVEL
First Place - The Tiger’s Tale, by Nara Malone
Second Place - Saving Jenna, by Violet Summers
Third Place - Bluebeard’s Hunger, by Ella Drake
HM - Minotaur, by Hortense Powdermaker
HM - Believing Is Seeing, by Corinne Davies

I'll eventually add book and author links (where available) like I did last year (as soon as I have time). Feel free to post updates for the SoM winners!