PEARLS!

Shoot, looks like my PEARLS announcement here didn't stick! But the Paranormal Romance Group has nominated writers and books for their annual contest and some of them are right HERE on this blog!

Subject: 2005 PEARL Finalists

Here they are at long last, the finalists for 2005 Paranormal Excellence
Awards for Romantic Literature (PEARL).
2005 Finalists are:

BEST FANTASY / MAGICAL
Goblin Moon by Candace Sams
Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan
Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
Heart Choice by Robin D. Owens
Guardian Of Honor by Robin D. Owens


BEST FUTURISTIC
Origin In Death by J. D. Robb
Unmasked by C. J. Barry
Stargazer by Colby Hodge
Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter
Touch Of The White Tiger by Julie Beard
A Taste Of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu


BEST TIME TRAVEL
Spell Of The Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Dreams Of Stardust by Lynn Kurland
A Breath Of Snow And Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court by Marianne Mancusi
Hot & Heavy by Sandra Hill


BEST SHAPE-SHIFTER
Sins Of The Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Dark One by Ronda Thompson
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu
Dead Walkers: The Protectorate by Angelique Armae


BEST NOVELLA OR SHORT STORY
Mating Net by Rowena Cherry
"Road of Adventure" in What Dreams May Come by Robin D. Owens
"Banshee Cries" in In Winter Moon by C.E. Murphy
"Forever Mine" in Beyond The Dark by Linda Winstead Jones
"A Hero's Welcome" in The Journey Home by Rebecca York


BEST ANTHOLOGY
The Journey Home by Catherine Asaro, Diane Chamberlain, Mary Jo Putney,
Patricia Rice, Rebecca York
Highland Vampire by Adrienne Basso, Hannah Howell, Debbie Raleigh
What Dreams May Come by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Robin D. Owens, Rebecca York
Beyond The Dark by Linda Winstead Jones, Evelyn Vaughn, Karen Whiddon
Winter Moon by Mercedes Lackey, Tanith Lee, C.E. Murphy


BEST SCIENCE FICTION
The Good, The Bad, And The Undead by Kim Harrison
Darkscape: Redemption by R. Garland Gray
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
Windfall by Rachel Caine
Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison


BEST EROTIC
Toil And Trouble by C.S. Chatterly, M.A. duBarry
Unleash The Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
White Tigress by Jade Lee
Mercenaries by Angela Knight
Master Of The Moon by Angela Knight


BEST NEW AUTHOR
Marjorie M. Liu
Elizabeth Vaughan
Dawn Thompson
Marianne Mancusi

Robin