The 2000 All About Romance Reader Awards
Favorite Romance of the Year – Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
- Honorable Mention –
- Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
Favorite Funny – The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
- Honorable Mentions –
- Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Most-Hanky Read – The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
- Honorable Mentions –
- Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas
Most Luscious Love Story – A Secret Love by Stephanie Laurens
- Honorable Mention –
- Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
Most Tortured Hero – Michel Des Anges from Robin Schone’s The Lover
- Honorable Mentions –
- Thomas Blackwood from Adele Ashworth’s Winter Garden
Gregori from Christine Feehan’s Dark Magic
Feistiest Heroine – Jaine from Linda Howards’ Mr. Perfect
Favorite Hero – Roarke from J.D. Robb’s Judgment in Death and Witness in Death
Favorite Heroine – Eve from J.D. Robb’s Judgment in Death and Witness in Death
- Honorable Mentions –
- Kate Sheffield from Julia Quinn’s The Viscount Who Loved Me
Syd Jameson from Suzanne Brockmann’s Get Lucky
Favorite Couple – Eve and Rourke from J.D. Robb’s Judgment in Death and Witness in Death
Favorite Villain – Colin from Linda Howard’s Mr. Perfect
- Honorable Mention –
- Lord Carr from Connie Brockway’s McClairen’s Isle: The Ravishing One
Most Annoying Lead Character – Zanita from Dara Joy’s High Intensity
Favorite Cabin or Road Romance – Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
- Honorable Mentions –
- A Game of Chance by Linda Howard
First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Favorite New Author – Madeline Hunter
Favorite Buried Treasure/New Discovery – Suzanne Brockmann
- Honorable Mentions –
- Adele Ashworth
Gaelen Foley
Kathryn Shay
Author Most Glommed (collected during 2000) – Suzanne Brockmann
Favorite Medieval Romance – By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
Favorite Regency Romance – A tie between:
- A Grand Design by Emma Jensen
Falling for Chloe by Diane Farr
Favorite European Historical Romance – Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
- Honorable Mentions –
- Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas
A Secret Love by Stephanie Laurens
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance – I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne
- Honorable Mention –
- Never Love a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath
Favorite Contemporary Romance – Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
- Honorable Mentions
- The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Favorite Series/Category Romance – Get Lucky by Suzanne Brockmann
Favorite Romantic Suspense – Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Favorite “Other” Romance – The Star King by Susan Grant
- Honorable Mention – Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan
Author You Gave Up On – Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick
- (Dis-)Honorable Mention:
- Catherine Coulter
Author Others Love that You Don’t – Nora Roberts
- (Dis)-Honorable Mention:
- Danielle Steel
Most Disappointing Read – High Intensity by Dara Joy
Worst Read – High Intensity by Dara Joy
Purple-est Prose – The Lover by Robin Schone
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