AAR 2005 Annual Reader Poll
(For 2004 releases)
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Interim Results
We invite the winners to pick up their awards here
Best 2004 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Favorite Funny :- Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Honorable Mention :- Undead and Unwed MaryJanice Davidson
- Most-Hanky Read :- When He Was Wicked Julia Quinn
- Most Luscious Love Story :- Duke of Sin Adele Ashworth
- Honorable Mention :- Shadowheart Laura Kinsale
- Best Cabin/Road Romance :- My Seduction Connie Brockway
- Best New Author :- Marianne Stillings
- Best Buried Treasure :- Under a Lucky StarDiane Farr
- Guiltiest Pleasure :- Night Play Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Author Most Glommed :- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Honorable Mention :- Mary Balogh
- Best Medieval/Renaissance :- Shadowheart Laura Kinsale
- Best European Historical :- Slightly Dangerous Mary Balogh
- Best Traditional Regency :- Courting Trouble Nonnie St. George
- Best Amer Hist/Frontier :- Foxfire Bride Maggie Osborne
- Honorable Mention :- Moon in the Water Elizabeth Grayson
- Best Contemporary :- Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Best Series Novel :- A.K.A. Goddess Evelyn Vaughn
- Honorable Mention :- Joint Forces Catherine Mann
- Best Romantic Suspense :- Kiss Me While I Sleep Linda Howard
- Honorable Mention :- Flashpoint Suzanne Brockmann
- Best Alternate Reality :- Undead and Unwed MaryJanice Davidson
- Honorable Mention :- Night Play Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fict :- Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Best Short Story :- A Hasty Marriage Wedding Belles Carla Kelly
Best 2004 Characters Most
- Tortured Hero :- Allegretto Shadowheart Laura Kinsale
- Strongest Heroine :- Lily Mansfield Kiss Me While I Sleep Linda Howard
- Honorable Mention :- Sugar Beth Carey Ain’t She Sweet? Susan E Phillips
- Best Hero :- Wulfric Bedwyn Slightly Dangerous Mary Balogh
- Honorable Mentions :- Cal Morrisey Bet Me Jennifer Crusie , Vane Kattalakis Night Play Sherrilyn Kenyon , Nate Burke Northern Lights Nora Roberts
- Best Heroine :- Min Dobbs Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Honorable Mention :- Sugar Beth Carey Ain’t She Sweet? Susan E. Phillips
- Best Couple :- Min & Cal Bet Me Jennifer Crusie
- Honorable Mention :- Christine & Wulfric Slightly Dangerous Mary Balogh
- Best Villain :- (unnamed to avoid spoilers) Kiss Me While I Sleep Linda Howard
- Honorable Mentions :- (unnamed to avoid spoilers) Dream of Me Lisa Cach , Flashpoint Suzanne Brockmann , My Seduction Connie Brockway
Worst of the Year for 2004
- Most Annoying Lead :- Aline Marsden Again the Magic Lisa Kleypas
- (Dis) Honorable Mentions :- Theresa Falconetti Fair Play Deirdre Martin , Daisy Lee Monroe Daisy’s Back in Town Rachel Gibson
- Author You Gave Up On :- Stephanie Laurens
- Author Others Love/You Don’t :- Nora Roberts
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :- Suzanne Brockmann
- Most Disappointing Read :- Daisy’s Back in Town Rachel Gibson
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :– When He Was Wicked Julia Quinn
- Worst Read :- The Real Deal Lucy Monroe
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :- Forced Mate Rowena Cherry
- Purple-est Prose – tie :- Lord of Seduction and Master of Temptation Nicole Jordan