I’m overwhelmed with joy – the Golden Heart calls went out today… and some of my dearest friends whipped butt.

Beth Burgoon – double Long Contemporary Final with NOTHING BUT TROUBLE and HARD TO HOLD!!!!

Anna Sugden – Long Contemporary Final with LOVE BY BEQUEST

Leslie Dicken – Short Historical Final with MARK OF THE MONSTER

Stacey Lynn Riemer – Two finals –Long Historical with MUSTANG WILD and Romantic Suspense with PLAYING FOR KEEPS.

Kelli Shewey – Paranormal with BLOOD SQUAD

A huge congrats to all my Ghopher buddies who finaled, and the Wild Cards swept the contest again!!! Yay gang

And, last but not least, I did it again (why do I hear Britney Spears singing in my head?) — UNDERCOVER SEDUCTION finaled in Short Contemporary this year!

Since I just talked to the editor about this story and got some awesome revision suggestions earlier this week (I’ll detail that in another post — really! I’ll post.) this was an extra great final. I have really high hopes for this story – especially with the new angle I’m adding.

So -wishing all the 2006 Golden Heart finalists a HUGE congratulations!!! I’m so happy for you all!!!!