The 1997 All About Romance Reader Awards
Favorite Romance of the Year – Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mention
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As You Desire
- by Connie Brockway
Favorite Funny – Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mentions
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Wonderful
- by Jill Barnett
Brighter than the Sun
- by Julia Quinn
Most-Hanky Read – One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo PutneyHonorable Mentions
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All Through the Night
- by Connie Brockway
This is All I Ask
- by Lynn Kurland
The Promise of Jenny Jones
- by Maggie Osborne
Most Luscious Love Story – As You Desire by Connie BrockwayHonorable Mentions
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Rejar
- by Dara Joy
Wild at Heart
- by Patricia Gaffney
A Well Pleasured Lady
- by Christina Dodd
All Through the Night
- by Connie Brockway
Finding the Dream
- by Nora Roberts
Some Like it Hotter
- by Deb Stover
Most Tortured Hero – Jack Seward from Connie Brockway’s All Through the NightHonorable Mentions
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- Stephen Kenyon from Mary Jo Putney’s
One Perfect Rose
- Robert Cambourne from Laura Kinsale’s
My Sweet Folly
- Houston Leigh from Lorraine Heath’s
Texas Destiny
Feistiest Heroine – Three way tie:
- Elise Gerard from Jenny Lykins’
Echoes of Tomorrow
- Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts)
Vengeance in Death
- Jenny Jones from Maggie Osborne’s
The Promise of Jenny Jones
Favorite Hero – Harry from Connie Brockway’s As You DesireHonorable Mentions
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- Rourke from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts)
Vengeance in Death
- Ethan from Eileen Charbonneau’s
The Randolph Legacy
Favorite Heroine – Four way tie:
- Sydney Darrow from Patricia Gaffney’s
Wild at Heart
- Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts)
Vengeance in Death
- Elise Gerard from Jenny Lykins’
Echoes of Tomorrow
- Jenny Jones from Maggie Osborne’s
The Promise of Jenny Jones
Favorite Couple – Eve and Rourke from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts) Vengeance in DeathHonorable Mentions
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- Harry and Desdemona from Connie Brockway’s
As You Desire
- Jamie and Claire from Diana Gabaldon’s
Drums of Autumn
Favorite Road Romance – One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo PutneyHonorable Mentions
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The Promise of Jenny Jones
- by Maggie Osborne
Texas Destiny
- by Lorraine Heath
Favorite New Discovery – Jenny LykinsHonorable Mentions
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- Connie Brockway
- Deb Stover
Author Most Glommed (collected during 1997) – Nora RobertsHonorable Mentions
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- Connie Brockway
- Mary Balogh
Favorite Medieval Romance – Wonderful by Jill BarnettHonorable Mentions
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This is All I Ask
- by Lynn Kurland
A Knight to Remember
- by Christina Dodd
Favorite Regency Romance – Christmas Bride by Mary BaloghHonorable Mentions
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Cupid’s Mistake
- by Karen Harbaugh
With This Ring
- by Carla Kelly
Favorite European Historical Romance – All Through the Night by Connie BrockwayHonorable Mention
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One Perfect Rose
- by Mary Jo Putney
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance – Wild at Heart by Patricia GaffneyHonorable Mentions
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Texas Destiny
- by Lorraine Heath
The Promise of Jenny Jones
- by Maggie Osborne
Favorite Contemporary Romance – Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Favorite Romantic Suspense – Son of the Morning by Linda HowardHonorable Mentions
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Vengeance in Death
- by J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts)
Ritual Sins
- by Anne Stuart
Sanctuary
- by Nora Roberts
Favorite “Other” Romance – Drums of Autumn by Diana GabaldonHonorable Mentions
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Echoes of Tomorrow
- by Jenny Lykins
Rejar
- by Dara Joy
Author You Gave Up On: – Catherine Coulter(Dis)-Honorable Mentions
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- Julie Garwood
- Kathleen Woodiwiss
Author Others Love that You Don’t: – Danielle Steel(Dis)-Honorable Mentions
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- Nora Roberts
- Catherine Coulter
- Laura Kinsale
Most Disappointing Read: – Two-way tie:Petals on the River
- by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Drums of Autumn
- by Diana Gabaldon
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions
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Rejar
- by Dara Joy
Sanctuary
- by Nora Roberts
A Well Pleasured Lady
- by Christina Dodd
Purple-est Prose: – Rejar by Dara Joy(Dis)-Honorable Mentions
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Petals on the River
- by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Dream Lover
- by Virginia Henley
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