Welcome to the web site of the Kentucky Romance Writers, chapter #57 of the Romance Writers of America. We are a non-profit organization of writers who meet bi-monthly to exchange market news, share ideas, and give each other support and encouragement. Organized in 1990, KYRW boasts a membership of 43 active writers, 28 of whom are published.

Browse our site to meet our bestselling authors and view their latest releases! Prospective members are welcome at our meetings.

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News Alert
Romantic Times 2007 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners
BEST CONTEMPORARY & PARANORMAL
LOVER UNBOUND
J.R. Ward Signet (October 2007)

Romantic Times 2007 Career Achievement Award Winners
SERIES ROMANCE Jessica Bird

KYRW's RITA and Golden Heart Finalists

2008 RITA for Contemporary Single Title Romance Finalists

Tempt Me Tonight by Toni Blake
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books, Red - (978-0-06-113609-2)
Lucia Macro, editor

2008 RITA for Paranormal Romance Finalists

Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
Penguin Group USA, Signet, Onyx - (978-0-451-41235-5)
Kara Ceseare, editor

2008 Golden Heart for Historical Romance Finalists

No Greater Glory by Cindy Nord

Teresa Medeiros and Elizabeth Bevarly
October KYRW Book Signing in Radcliff, Kentucky
See more pictures in our Photos page.

2008 Releases! scroll down

Ladies of Legend: Finding Home Anthology
“Claiming the Legend” by Janet H. Eaves
“Midnight in Legend, TN” by Magdalena Scott
“Bed, Breakfast and You” by Maddie James
“The Reunion Game” by Jan Scarbrough
Resplendence Publishing
Available January 2008

Maddie James
The Cult, Book Two in The Legend of Blackbeard's Chalice series Resplendence Publishing
Available February 2008

Kay Stockham
Another Man's Baby
Harlequin Superromance
Available March 2008

Jan Scarbrough
A Man of Her Own
Resplendence Publishing
Available March 2008

Joanne Rock
Getting Lucky!
Harlequin Blaze
Available March 2008

Anya Bast
Witch Blood
Berkley Sensation
Available March 2008

Joanne Rock
A Knight Most Wanted
Harlequin Historicals
Available March 2008

Maddie James
Red: A Seduction Tale
Resplendence Publishing
Available March 2008

Elizabeth Bevarly
Fast and Loose
Berkley Sensation
Available April 2008

Lacey Alexander
Seven Nights of Sin
NAL Heat
Available April 2008

Jan Scarbrough
My Lord Raven
Resplendence Publishing
Available April 2008

Anya Bast
Magical Seduction (anthology)
Pocket Books
Available April 2008

Elizabeth Bevarly
You've Got Male
HQN Reissue
Available April 2008

Joanne Rock
Up Close and Personal
Harlequin Blaze
Available May 2008

Maddie James
The Quest, Book Three in The Legend of Blackbeard’s Chalice series
Resplendence Publishing
Available May 2008

Sloan Seymour
That Montana Summer
The Wild Rose Press
Available May 2008

Anya Bast
What Happens in Vegas... (anthology)
Harlequin Spice
Available May 2008

Elizabeth Bevarly
Express Male
HQN Reissue
Available May 2008

Toni Blake
Letters to a Secret Lover
Avon Books
Available June 2008

Elizabeth Bevarly
Overnight Male
HQN Books
Available June 2008

Kay Stockham
Untitled
Harlequin Superromance
Available July 2008

Elizabeth Bevarly
Flirting with Trouble
Book One, Thoroughbred Legacy
Silhouette Continuity
Available July 2008

Teresa Medeiros
Some Like It Wicked
Avon Books
Available August 2008

Jan Scarbrough
Tangled Memories
The Wild Rose Press
August 2008

Joanne Rock
Something to Talk About
Harlequin Special Releases
Available September 2008

Anya Bast
The Chosen Sin
Berkley Heat
Available October 2008

Sheryl Brennan
Celtic Sacrifice
Tiger Publications
Release date TBA

Tracy Preston
Destiny's Captive
The Wild Rose Press
Release date TBA