The 1998 All About Romance Reader Awards
Favorite Romance of the Year – Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
- Honorable Mentions –
- Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Mine to Take by Dara Joy
Favorite Funny – Three way tie:
- Baby, I’m Yours by Susan Andersen
My Man Pendleton by Elizabeth Bevarly
To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn
Most-Hanky Read – Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most Luscious Love Story – Mine to Take by Dara Joy
Most Tortured Hero – Gabe Bonner from Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ Dream a Little Dream
Feistiest Heroine – Lydia Grenville from Loretta Chase’s The Last Hellion
- Honorable Mentions –
- Lily Bede from Connie Brockway’s My Dearest Enemy
Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts) Holiday in Death
Favorite Hero – Gian Ren from Dara Joy’s Mine to Take
- Honorable Mentions –
- Rourke from J.D. Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts) Holiday in Death
Devil Cynster from Stephanie Laurens’ Devil’s Bride
Favorite Heroine – Anna Spinelli from Nora Roberts’ Sea Swept
- Honorable Mentions –
- Caroline from Adele Ashworth’s My Darling Caroline
Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb’s Holiday in Death
Favorite Couple – Eve and Rourke from J.D. Robb’s Holiday in Death
Favorite Road Romance – Baby, I’m Yours by Susan Andersen
Favorite New Discovery – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Honorable Mentions –
- Adele Ashworth
Rachel Gibson
Author Most Glommed (collected during 1998) – Nora Roberts
- Honorable Mentions –
- Linda Howard
Mary Balogh
Jo Beverley
Favorite Medieval Romance – Lord of Midnight by Jo Beverley
- Honorable Mention – Wild by Jill Barnett
Favorite Regency Romance – Irresistible by Mary Balogh
- Honorable Mention – Best Laid Schemes by Emma Jensen
Favorite European Historical Romance – Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens
- Honorable Mentions –
- My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway
Forbidden Magic by Jo Beverley
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance – Texas Glory by Lorraine Heath
- Honorable Mentions –
- Nobody’s Darling by Teresa Medeiros
Cherish by Catherine Anderson
Favorite Contemporary Romance – Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Honorable Mention – Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
Favorite Romantic Suspense – Kill & Tell by Linda Howard
- Honorable Mention – Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
Favorite “Other” Romance – Mine to Take by Dara Joy
Author You Gave Up On – Jude Deveraux
Author Others Love that You Don’t – Danielle Steel
- (Dis)-Honorable Mentions –
- Kathleen Woodiwiss
Nora Roberts
Most Disappointing Read – Another Chance to Dream by Lynn Kurland
- (Dis)-Honorable Mentions –
- Cherish by Catherine Anderson
With This Ring by Amanda Quick
Worst Read: – An Angel for Emily by Jude Deveraux
- (Dis)-Honorable Mention – The Senator’s Wife by Karen Robards
Purple-est Prose – Two-way tie between
- Elusive Flame by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Mine to Take by Dara Joy
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