2009 Annual Reader Poll Results (for 2008 Releases)
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(If there are multiple honorable mentions, they are listed in vote order unless they are a tie)
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Best 2008 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- The Spymaster’s Lady, Joanna Bourne
- Best Contemporary Romance :- Blue-Eyed Devil, Lisa Kleypas
- Best Romantic Suspense :- Death Angel, Linda Howard
- Best Paranormal Romance :- Lover Enshrined, J.R. Ward
- Honorable Mentions – tie :- Mine to Possess, Nalini Singh , Dark Desires after Dusk, Kresley Cole
- Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. :- The Spymaster’s Lady, Joanna Bourne
- Honorable Mention :- Private Arrangements, Sherry Thomas
- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. :- Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase
- Funniest Romance :- Not Another Bad Date, Rachel Gibson
- Honorable Mentions – tie :- Like No Other Lover, Julie Anne Long , The Lost Duke of Wyndham, Julia Quinn Just One of the Guys, Kristan Higgins
- Biggest Tearjerker :- Blue-Eyed Devil, Lisa Kleypas
- Honorable Mention :- Broken Wing, Judith James
- Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) – tie :- To Seduce a Sinner, Elizabeth Hoyt, Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase
- Honorable Mention :- To Taste Temptation, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Best Debut Author :- Sherry Thomas
- Best Series Romance :- A Most Unconventional Match, Julia Justiss
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction :- Just One of the Guys, Kristan Higgins
- Honorable Mentions – tie:- Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, Meg Cabot , Remember Me?, Sophie Kinsella
- Best Erotica :- Wicked Burn, Beth Kery
- Honorable Mention :- Dangerous Secrets, Lisa Marie Rice
- Best Romance Short Story :- From This Moment On in It Happened One Night, Candice Hern
- Honorable Mention :- Spellbound in It Happened One Night, Mary Balogh
- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance :- Lover Enshrined, J.R. Ward
Best 2008 Characters
- Best Romance Hero :- Hardy Cates in Blue-Eyed Devil, Lisa Kleypas
- Honorable Mention :- Robert Grey in The Spymaster’s Lady, Joanna Bourne
- Best Romance Heroine :- Annique in The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
- Best Romance Couple :- Annique and Grey in The Spymaster’s Lady, Joanna Bourne
Worst of 2008
- Author You Gave Up On :- J.R. Ward
- Dishonorable Mention :- Julia Quinn
- Worst Romance :- Lover Enshrined, J.R. Ward
- Dishonorable Mention :- Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, Julia Quinn
2008 Annual Reader Poll Commentary
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Interim Results