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2004 Annual Reader Poll
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Best 2003 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- Gone Too Far Suzanne Brockmann
- Honorable Mention :- Cry No More Linda Howard
- Favorite Funny :-Take a Chance On Me Susan Donovan
- Most-Hanky Read :- Cry No More Linda Howard
- Most Luscious Love Story :- Worth Any PriceLisa Kleypas
- Best Cabin/Road Romance :–Beyond Sunrise Candice Proctor
- Honorable Mention :- Gone Too Far Suzanne Brockmann
- Best New Author :- Deidre Martin
- Honorable Mention :- Nonnie St. George
- Best Buried Treasure :- Fallen From Grace Laura Leone
- Honorable Mention :- Still Life With Murder P.B. Ryan
- Guiltiest Pleasure :- Standing in the Shadows Shannon McKenna
- Author Most Glommed :- Mary Balogh
- Best Medieval :-Born in Sin Kinley MacGregor
- Best European Historical :- Slightly Married Mary Balogh
- Honorable Mentions :- Worth Any Price Lisa Kleypas , To Sir Philip, With Love Julia Quinn
- Best Traditional Regency :-The Ideal Bride Nonnie St. George
- Best Amer Hist/Frontier :-Here’s to the Ladies Carla Kelly
- Best Contemporary :- See Jane Score Rachel Gibson
- Honorable Mention :- Fallen From Grace Laura Leone
- Best Series Romance :- Night Watch Suzanne Brockmann
- Honorable Mention :- Some Men’s Dreams Kathleen Korbel
- Best Romantic Suspense :- Cry No More Linda Howard
- Best Alternate Reality :- Portrait In Death J.D. Robb
- Honorable Mention :- The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenenger
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fict :- The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels Marsha Moyer
- Best Short Story :- A Tale of Two Sisters Where’s My Hero? Julia Quinn
- Honorable Mentions :- Only Human Lover Beware Eileen Wilks , Kathleen Flaherty’s Long Winter Here’s to the Ladies Carla Kelly, A Family Christmas Under the Mistletoe Mary Balogh
Best 2003 Characters
- Most Tortured Hero (tie) :- Dance With the Devil Zarek Sherrilyn Kenyon , Fallen From Grace Ryan Laura Leone
- Honorable Mentions :- Born in Sin Sin Kinley MacGregor , The Devil You Know Bentley Liz Carlyle , Bad Moon Rising J.D. Katherine Sutcliffe
- Strongest Heroine :- Cry No More Milla Linda Howard
- Best Hero :- Portrait In Death Roarke J.D. Robb ,
- Honorable Mention :- Cry No More Diaz Linda Howard
- Best Heroine :- Cry No More Milla Linda Howard
- Honorable Mentions :- Portrait In Death Eve J.D. Robb , See Jane Score Jane Rachel Gibson
- Best Couple :- Gone Too Far Alyssa & Sam Suzanne Brockmann
- Honorable Mention :- Portrait In Death Eve & Roarke J.D. Robb
- Best Villain :- Standing in the Shadows (unnamed to avoid spoilers) Shannon McKenna
- Honorable Mention :- Slightly Scandalous (unnamed to avoid spoilers) Mary Balogh
Worst of the Year for 2003
- Most Annoying Lead :- Genevive Nerd in Shining Armor Vicky Lewis
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :- Charlotte Destiny Thompson Katie MacAllister
- Author You Gave Up On :- Stephanie Laurens
- Author Others Love/You Don’t :- Nora Roberts
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :- Suzanne Brockmann
- Most Disappointing Read :- Nerd in Shining Armor Vicky Lewis Thompson
- Worst Read :- Gone Too Far Suzanne Brockmann
- (Dis) Honorable Mention :- Into the Fire Anne Stuart
- Purple-est Prose :- The Prince of Pleasure Nicole Jordan