[fusion_builder_container background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”” padding_right=”” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”1″ content_align=”center” style_type=”none” sep_color=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]2011 Annual Reader Poll Results (for 2010 Releases)[/fusion_title][fusion_text]
2011 Annual Reader Poll Commentary
Please click the accompanying article for comments from the winning authors and our short commentary on this year’s poll.
(If there are multiple honorable mentions, they are listed in vote order unless they are a tie)
[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_tabs design=”classic” layout=”horizontal” justified=”yes” backgroundcolor=”” inactivecolor=”” bordercolor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_tab title=”Best Romance Novels” icon=””]Best 2010 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- Last Night’s Scandal, Loretta Chase
- Honorable Mentions :- The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne , The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook
- Best Contemporary Romance :- Something About You, Julie James
- Best Romantic Suspense :- Naked Edge, Pamela Clare
- Best Paranormal Romance :- The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook
- Honorable Mention :- Lover Mine, J.R. Ward
- Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. :- Last Nights Scandal, Loretta Chase
- Honorable Mention :- Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. :- The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne
- Funniest Romance :- Ten Things I Love About You, Julia Quinn
- Biggest Tearjerker :- Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
- Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) :- Wicked Intentions, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Best Series Romance :- Marrying the Royal Marine, Carla Kelly
- Honorable Mention :-What the Librarian Did, Karina Bliss
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction – tie :- All I Ever Wanted, Kristan Higgins, The Bikini Car Wash, Pamela Morsi
- Best Romantica :- Patience, Lisa Valdez
- Best Romance Short Story :- Here There Be Monsters in Burning Up, Meljean Brook
- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance :- Lover Mine, J.R. Ward
- Best Debut Author :- Rose Lerner
Best 2010 Characters
- Best Romance Hero :- Leo Hathaway in Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas
- Best Romance Heroine :- Olivia Wingate-Carsington in Last Nights Scandal by Loretta Chase
- Honorable Mentions :- Margeurite de Fleurignac in The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne, Beatrix Hathaway in Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
- Most Tortured Hero :- Captain Christopher Phelan in Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
- Honorable Mention :- Malkom Slaine in Demon from the Dark, Kresley Cole
- Most Kickass Heroine :- Elena Deveraux in Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh
- Best Romance Couple :-Olivia Wingate-Carsington and Peregrine Dalmay, Earl of Lisle in Last Night’s Scandal by Loretta Chase
- Most Disappointing Romance :- Patience, Lisa Valdez
2011 Annual Reader Poll Commentary Post to the Let’s Talk Romance Novels Forum[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]