I’m not sure if many of you remember this, but I’m one of the co-chairs for the Swirl Awards, an award launched to recognize and promote excellence in romance written for the multicultural/interracial genre. Well all summer I’ve been partially busy with making sure the awards doesn’t turn into one huge clusterf@*k. And thankfully it didn’t. In fact last week, the awards came to an end, a successful one I might add, because we announced the category winners! 
BDSM
Prime Defender by Ann Jacobs (Ellora’s Cave Publishing)
Finalists:
Seducing Sarah by Jinx Jamison (CrushStar Publishing)
Dreamer by Ann Mayburn (Decadent Publishing)
Best Cover
Model Behavior by Stephanie Williams & Laverne Thompson (Phaze Books)
Best Series
The Guardian Series by LaVerne Thompson (Decadent Publishing)
Contemporary
Macy’s Awakening by Pepper Anthony (Beachwalk Press)
Finalists:
Fight for Love by Delaney Diamond (Amira Press) & Exception to the Rules by Stephanie Morris (Sugar and Spice Press)
Love Rehab by Theresa Scott (Red Rose Publishing)
LGBT
Care Package by Jaxx Steele (Silver Publishing)
Finalists:
My Yakuza by AJ Llewellyn and John Simpson (Total-e-Bound)
I Feel You by Alex Berry (Sitting Bull Publishing)
Historical
The Promise of Canaan by Jane Kent (Whispers Publishing)
Finalists:
Chocolate Damsel by A.C. Mason (Lyrical Press)
Queen Isra by Sienna Mynx (The Divas Pen)
Novella
Blue Moon by Sam Cheever (Electric Prose Publications/Sam Cheever)
Finalists:
The Djinn’s Dilemma by Mina Khan (Harlequin) & His Treasure by Kiru Taye (Breathless Press)
At Ease by Olivia Brynn (Ellora’s Cave)
Paranormal
Donor by Ambrielle Kirk (Amira Press)
Finalists:
Wolf’s Glory, After the Crash, Book 2 by Maddy Barone (Liquid Silver)
Night Reigns by A.C. Mason (Pink Petal Books)
Romantic Suspense
On the Hunt by Sue Fineman (Sue Fineman Books)
Finalists:
Indian Summer by Emily Cale (Passion In Print Press)
Something Blue by Ursula Sinclair (Decadent Publishing)
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Dark Sins & Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven(Harlequin)
Finalists:
Blessed by Ann Mayburn ( Liquid Silver Publishing)
Jada and the Sea Prince by Dana LittleJohn (Secret Craving Publishing)
