Congratulations to all the finalists in the 2007 Golden Gateway Contest.

2007 Golden Gateway Final Rankings

* requested manuscripts

Historical - Leis Pederson, Berkley
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1st - Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare
2nd - My Lady Knight by Carol Hayes
3rd - For Duty and Desire by Joanne Lockyer
4th - Heaven Sent by Deb Yates
5th - Abducting Oliver by Courtney Milan
6th - Enemy of the King by Beth Trissel

Single Title - Kerry Donovan, NAL
1st - Twist of Fate by Amy Baldwin *
2nd - The Rebel by Marian Stevens
3rd - Don't Look Back by Mary Fechter
4th - Walk, Trot, Shoot by Bev Pettersen
5th - Her Sister's Husband by Suzan Dickenson

Paranormal - Cindy Hwang, Berkley
1st - Vessel by Daria Drake *
2nd - Raven's War by Barbara Cool Lee *
3rd - Just Beyond the Garden Gate by Dawn Marie Hamilton *
4th - Angels at Almack's by Cathy Leming
5th - Wishing You Were Here by Catherine Chant
6th - Dark Embers by Deborah Gilbert

Long Contemporary - Patience Smith, Harlequin
1st - Healing Notes by Maggie Jaimeson *
2nd - Cloud Canyon by JoMarie DeGioia
3rd - Will by Design by Jennifer F. Stroka
4th - The Whims of Fate by Jaclyn V. Di Bona
5th - Perfect Landing by Rachel Sachs Steele

Short Contemporary - Wanda Ottewell, Harlequin
1st - The Preacher's Son by Carla Swafford *
2nd - The Cleopatra Secret by Greta MacEachern *
3rd - Crème by Carolyn Ray Stradinger
4th - A Home for Summer by Barbara Jeffcott Geris
5th - Tornado Allie by Lara Chapman

Erotica - Felecia Mills, Red Sage
1st - Virgin Harvest by Anitra Lynn McLeod *
2nd - Come to Papa by Brandi James *
3rd - Through the Glass Looking by Thalia Leigh

Mainstream - Lara Hyde, Harlequin
1st - The Professor by Cathy Perkins
2nd - Cry of the Harp by Anna Mae Walsh Burke
3rd - Begin Again, Quinn by Karen Dodd
4th - Flaherty's Crossing by Kristina Y. McMorris & Linda Yoshida
5th - Murphy's Law by Sandy James

Romantic Suspense, Jessica Zita, Pocket
1st - Saints and Sinners by Catherine Chant
2nd - Deadly Inheritance by Terri Richison
3rd - Eternity by Maggie Jaimeson
4th - The Princess Shoppe by Kerensa Brougham
5th - Earth's Only Paradise by C.J. Eernisse Chase