1999 Annual Reader Poll
(For 1998 Releases)
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Best Romance Novels
- 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
- Favorite Road Romance :– Baby, I’m Yours by Susan Andersen
- 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
Best Characters
- 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 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
Worst of the Year
- 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:- Elusive Flame by Kathleen Woodiwiss, Mine to Take by Dara Joy