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(If there are multiple honorable mentions, they are listed in vote order unless they are a tie)

Best 2006 Romance Novels

• Best Romance :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward
• Honorable Mention :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase
• Favorite Funny  :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase
• Honorable Mention :-  Drop Dead Gorgeous, Linda Howard
• Most-Hanky Read :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward
• Honorable Mention :- Simply Love, Mary Balogh
• Most Luscious Love Story :- The Raven Prince, Elizabeth Hoyt
•  Honorable Mention :- Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas
•  Best Erotic Romance :- All U Can Eat, Emma Holly
• Best Cabin/Road Romance :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase
• Best New Author :- Elizabeth Hoyt
• Best Buried Treasure :- Jacob, Jacquelyn Frank
• Honorable Mentions :-  Beauty and the Spy, Julie Anne Long  ,  The Raven Prince, Elizabeth Hoyt
• Guiltiest Pleasure :- All U Can Eat, Emma Holly
• Honorable Mention :- Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas
• Author Most Glommed :- J.R. Ward
• Best Medieval :- The Silver Rose, Susan Carroll
• Best European Historical :- Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas
• Honorable Mention :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase
• Best Amer Hist/Frontier – tie :- A Reason To Live, Maureen McKade , The Rogue’s Return, Jo Beverley (partially set in Canadian frontier)
• Best Contemporary  :- Drop Dead Gorgeous, Linda Howard
• Honorable Mentions :- Angels Fall, Nora Roberts , Sex, Lies, and Online Dating, Rachel Gibson Best Series (Category) Family at Stake, Molly O’Keefe
• Best Romantic Suspense :- Cold as Ice, Anne Stuart
• Honorable Mention :- Angels Fall, Nora Roberts
• Best Paranormal :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward
• Best Chick Lit/Wom Fict :- Hot Dish, Connie Brockway
• Honorable Mention :- Summer at Willow Lake, Susan Wiggs
• Best Short Story :-  Honorable Mention Hot Toy (Santa, Baby), Jennifer Crusie,  The Warlord Wants Forever (Playing Easy To Get), Kresley Cole

Best 2006 Characters

• Most Tortured Hero  :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward Zsadist
• Strongest Heroine :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward , Bella
• Honorable Mentions :- Memory in Death, J.D. Robb , Eve Dallas  , Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase,   Bathsheba Wingate
• Best Hero :- Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas Sebastian (St. Vincent)
• Best Heroine :- Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas , Evie Jenner
• Honorable Mentions :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase, Bathsheba Wingate , Drop Dead Gorgeous, Linda Howard, Blair Mallory
• Best Couple :- Lord Perfect, Loretta Chase, Bathsheba/Benedict
• Honorable Mentions :-  Devil in Winter, Lisa Kleypas, Evie/Sebastian , Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward,  Bella/Zsadist
•  Best Villain :- Lover Awakened, J.R. Ward (unnamed to avoid spoilers)

Worst of the Year for 2006

• Most Annoying Lead :- Drop Dead Gorgeous, Linda Howard Blair Mallory
• Author You Gave Up On :- Christina Dodd
• Dishonorable Mentions :- Nora Roberts , Julia Quinn
• Most Disappointing Read :- On the Way To the Wedding, Julia Quinn
•  Worst Read  :- On the Way To the Wedding, Julia Quinn
• Purple-est Prose  :- Prince of Ice, Emma Holly
• Dishonorable Mention  :- Mistral’s Kiss, Laurell K. Hamilton

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