"Fairytale Bride" by Michelle Chambers
Winner, English Tea Rose (Non-American Historical)
A wish on a blue moon whirls skeptic Maddie Elliott back to Regency England and into the arms of the despicable earl who can make her hidden fairytale dreams come true.
"Isabelle and the Outlaw" by Loretta Rogers
Winner, Cactus Rose (Western Historical)
Drawn to 1870 Yuma by an Apache shaman’s spell, Isabelle Landers rescues a condemned man from hanging. But is the dark-eyed outlaw as innocent as he claims?
"Victory's Gate" by Leanne Tyler
Winner, American Rose (American Historical)
Left standing at the altar, Victoria Hamill's solo honeymoon trip transports her to Civil War-era Charleston, where she defiantly nurses a wounded Union soldier back to health.
"Sundial" by Carrie Lofty
Winner, Vintage Rose (20th Century Historical)
Modern girl Amber Schulman arrives in 1958 Sorrento, Italy, and meets a fellow time traveler who's also eager to return home--but he's from 1987, the era of cassettes and Reaganomics!