2006 Summer Sizzle Contest Winners

SWEET/SENSUAL, judged by Cindy Hwang of Berkley

• First Place: A Second Chance by Lucy Balch (Requested)

• Second Place: A Memory to Die for by Nancy Schneider

• Third Place: Spit at the Moon by Brenda Nelson-Davis

SPICY/SEXY, judged by Kathryn Lye of Harlequin

• First Place: Elusive Grace by Anitra Lynn Mcleod

• Second Place: Shooting Stars by Anna Muzzy

• Third Place: Body Language by Robin Sorrentino

2005 Summer Sizzle Contest Winners

SWEET, judged by Orly Trieber, Assistant Editor - Avalon Books

• First Place: Good Clean Fun by Judy Carpenter

• Second Place: Ticket to Paradise by Lynn Dille

• Third Place: Deadly Journey by Ginny Powers

• Fourth Place: A Chasing of the Wind by Julie Lessman

SENSUAL, judged by Briana St. James, Editor - Ellora's Cave/Cerridwen Press

• First Place: What's Cooking Now by Dianne Kodger Harper

• Second Place: Hot Spot by Karen Foley

• Third Place: To Love A Viscount by Kathleen Cherry

• Fourth Place: Emmy and the Cowboy by Ginny Lester

SPICY, judged by Wanda Ottewell, Senior Editor - Harlequin

• First Place: The Lawyer's Dance (Scene A) by Leslie Shores**

• Second Place: There's Only Been You by Donna M. Kowalczyk**

• Third Place: The Lawyer's Dance (Scene B) by Leslie Shores**

SEXY, judged by Heather Osborn, Senior Editor - Ellora's Cave Publishing

• First Place: Changing Hearts by Cai Smith & Stephanie Lynch*

• Second Place: Stagecoach Capture by Linda Carroll-Bradd*

• Third Place: Plains Elf by D.C. Fontana

* Indicates manuscript requested
**Indicates an alternate full submission request was made for another novel by both of these authors as Desire and Blaze are not currently accepting manuscripts that have children in their plot