2021年薇薇安獎（The Vivian）得獎名單

去年因為蜜蘭案後續風波，美國羅曼史作家協會停辦了評選年度最佳羅曼史的RITA獎。後來曼協內部重組，也研議了新的評獎方式，從今年起不再頒發RITA獎，改由「薇薇安獎」（The Vivian）取代（向創會的薇薇安‧史蒂芬斯女士致敬啦～）。2021年的得獎名單昨天剛出爐，這邊趕緊跟WRN同學分享，供大家選書參考。粗體字是獎項得主，其他是入圍作品：

最佳首作Best First Published Book

Love Me Like a Love Song by Annmarie Boyle

Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony

Choosing Theo: The Clecanian Series (Book One) by Victoria Aveline

A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran

Greedy Heart by A. P. Murray

Her Outback Driver by Giulia Skye

How to Stay by Christina Mitchell

Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert

Painting the Lines by Ashley R. King

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley

A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers

 

最佳現代羅曼史（長篇）Contemporary Romance - Long

False Start by Jessica Ruddick

The Boy Toy by Nicola Marsh

Cherokee Summer by Susan Antony

A Fast Woman by Laralyn Doran

Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay

Lovestruck by Bronwyn Sell

The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

 

最佳現代羅曼史（中篇）Contemporary Romance - Mid

Tempting Taste by Sara Whitney

Heartthrob by Robin Bielman

Pilot Down by Kimberley Troutte

Roughing by Michaela Grey

The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades

Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley

Under His Protection by LaQuette

 

最佳現代羅曼史（短篇）Contemporary Romance - Short

Engaging the Enemy by Reese Ryan

Marriage by Arrangement by Sophia Singh Sasson

There Galapagos My Heart by Philip William Stover

Worth Fighting For by Laura Kaye

 

最佳情慾羅曼史Erotic Romance

Pure Satisfaction by Rebecca Hunter

The Redemption by Nikki Sloane

 

最佳歷史羅曼史（長篇）Historical Romance - Long

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase

The Clothier's Daughter by Bronwyn Parry

His Secret Mistress by Cathy Maxwell

Once a Spy by Mary Jo Putney

 

最佳歷史羅曼史（中篇）Historical Romance - Mid

A Study in Passion by Louisa Cornell

For This Knight Only by Barbara Bettis

The Footman and I by Valerie Bowman

A Song of Secrets by Robyn Chalmers

 

最佳主流愛情小說Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance

An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham

Accidentally Family by Sasha Summers

Every Last Drop by Sarah Robinson

The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas

 

最期待新作Most Anticipated Romance

Burning Caine by Janet Oppedisano

23 and You and Me by Michelle McCraw

The Compound by Deena Short

Love, With Complications by Jane Durand

Trivial Pursuit by Ingrid Pierce

（註：這個獎項是頒給尚未出版的手稿，前面的「最佳首作」則是已出版的作品。）

 

最佳宗教性靈羅曼史Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements

At Love's Command by Karen Witemeyer

Hadley Beckett's Next Dish by Bethany Turner

Small Town Faith by Michelle Lindo-Rice and Michelle Stimpson

Stay with Me by Becky Wade

 

最佳懸疑羅曼史（長篇）Romantic Suspense - Long

Hail Mary by Hope Anika

Burn by Stephanie Rowe

Code of Conduct by April White

Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson

Honor Avenged by Tonya Burrows

 

最佳中篇懸疑羅曼史（中篇）Romantic Suspense - Mid

Storm by Janie Crouch

Harbour by Claire Boston

K-9 Protector by Julie Miller

Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert

 

最佳幻設羅曼史（長篇）Speculative Romance - Long

A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong

Curse of Seduction by Claire Robertson

Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay

Written in Water by Elizabeth Schechter

 

最佳幻設羅曼史（中篇）Speculative Romance - Mid

Betwixt by Darynda Jones

 

不知大家有沒有看到喜歡的作品上榜呢？這邊有頒獎典禮全程錄影可以看，因應疫情全改為線上舉行了😅