(For 2007 releases)
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Best 2007 Romance Novels
- Best Romance – tie :- If His Kiss Is Wicked, Jo Goodman
- Honorable Mention :- The Serpent Prince, Elizabeth Hoyt , Natural Born Charmer, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Favorite Funny :- Natural Born Charmer, SEP
- Most-Hanky Read :- Beau Crusoe, Carla Kelly
- Most Luscious Love Story :- The Serpent Prince, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Honorable Mentions – tie :- Mine Till Midnight, Lisa Kleypas , Dangerous Lover, Lisa Marie Rice
- Best Erotic Romance :- Fairyville, Emma Holly
- Best Cabin/Road Romance – tie :- Up Close and Dangerous, Linda Howard , Driven, Eve Kenin
- Best New Author :- Anna Campbell
- Best Buried Treasure :- If His Kiss Is Wicked, Jo Goodman
- Guiltiest Pleasure Honorable Mentions – tie :- Lover Revealed, J. R. Ward , Claiming the Courtesan, Anna Campbell, Lover Unbound, J.R. Ward
- Author Most Glommed :- J.R. Ward
- Best Medieval/Renaissance :- Laird of the Mist, Paula Quinn
- Best European Historical :- Honorable Mention If His Kiss Is Wicked, Jo Goodman , The Serpent Prince, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Best Amer Hist/Frontier :-Caine’s Reckoning, Sarah McCarty
- Best Contemporary :- Natural Born Charmer, SEP Series/Category Novel The Billionaire Next Door, Jessica Bird
- Best Romantic Suspense :- High Noon, Nora Roberts
- Best SF/F & Futuristic :- Honorable Mention Games of Command, Linnea Sinclair , Driven, Eve Kenin Best Paranormal & Time Travel Caressed by Ice, Nalini Singh
- Best Chick Lit/Woman’s Fiction :- Sugar Daddy, Lisa Kleypas
- Best Short Story :- Beat of Temptation, Nalini Singh An Enchanted Season
Best 2007 Characters
- Most Tortured Hero :- Lover Unbound, J.R. Ward , Vishous
- Honorable Mention :-Beau Crusoe, Carla Kelly , James
- Strongest Heroine :- Creation in Death, J.D. Robb , Eve
- Best Hero :- If His Kiss Is Wicked, Jo Goodman ,Restell
- Honorable Mention :-Mine Till Midnight, Lisa Kleypas ,Cam
- Best Heroine :- And Then He Kissed Her, Laura Lee Guhrke , Emmaline
- Honorable Mention :- Not Quite a Lady, Loretta Chase , Charlotte
- Best Couple :- Creation in Death, J.D. Robb Eve/Roarke
- Best Villain :- Innocent in Death, J.D. Robb (unnamed to avoid spoilers)
- Honorable Mention :- Die for Me, Karen Rose
Worst of the Year for 2007
- Most Annoying Lead :- Lover Revealed, J.R. Ward , Marissa
- Author You Gave Up On :- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Dishonorable Mentions :- Julie Garwood, J.R. Ward
- Most Disappointing Read :- Lover Unbound, J.R. Ward
- Least Believable HEA :- Lover Unbound, J.R. Ward
- Biggest Wallbanger or “I Tried, I Really Did” :- Lover Unbound, J.R. Ward
- Purple-est Prose :- Gideon, Jacquelyn Frank
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Interim Results