ROMANCE WRITERS
OF AMERICA'S RITA AWARD FOR BEST REGENCY ROMANCE NOVEL
1985-2002
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Romance novels currently constitute 54% of popular paperback fiction
purchased in the United States. More than 41 million people in the U.S.
read romance novels. The Romance Weiters of America present the RITA Award
(or Golden Medallion) each year to works published in several romance categories.
The following list gives winners and their works in the category of
Regency Romance Novel (romances set in England in the early 1800s).
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| 2002 |
Jessica Benson |
Much Obliged |
| 2001 |
Emma Jensen |
A Grand Design |
| 2000 |
Nancy Butler |
The Rake's Retyreat |
| 1999 |
Emma Jensen |
His Grace Endures |
| 1998 |
Jean R. Ewing |
Love's Reward |
| 1997 |
Carla Kelly |
The Lady's Companion |
| 1996 |
Lynn Kerstan, Alicia Rasley |
Gwen's Christmas Ghost |
| 1995 |
Carla Kelly |
Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand |
| 1994 |
Jo Beverley |
Deirdre and Don Juan |
| 1993 |
Jo Beverley |
An Unwilling Bride |
| 1992 |
Jo Beverley |
An Arranged Marriage |
| 1991 |
Loretta Chase |
The Sandalwood Princess |
| 1990 |
Mary Jo Putney |
The Rake and the Reformer |
| 1989 |
Susan Carroll |
Brighton Road |
| 1988 |
Susan Carroll |
Sugar Rose |
| 1987 |
Amanda Scott |
Lord Abberley's Nemesis |
| 1986 |
Monette Cummings |
The Beauty's Daughter |
| 1985 |
Kasey Michaels |
The Lurid Lady of Lockport |