2012 Annual Reader Poll Results (for 2011 Releases)
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)
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Best 2011 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
- Honorable Mention :- A Lot Like Love, Julie James
- Best Romantic Suspense :- Breaking Point, Pamela Clare
- Best Paranormal Romance :- Dragon Bound, Thea Harrison
- Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. :- What I Did for a Duke, Julie Anne Long
- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. :- The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
- Honorable Mention :- The Other Guy’s Bride, Connie Brockway
- Funniest Romance – tie :- A Lot Like Love, Julie James , Call Me Irresistible, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Honorable Mentions :- Just Like Heaven, Julia Quinn , Yours To Keep, Shannon Stacey
- Biggest Tearjerker – tie :- The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne , When Beauty Tamed the Beast, Eloisa James
- Honorable Mention :- Seduction of a Highland Lass, Maya Banks
- Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) :- What I Did for a Duke, Julie Anne Long
- Honorable Mention :- Notorious Pleasures, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Best Category Romance :- Stranded With Her Ex, Jill Sorenson
- Honorable Mentions :- All They Need, Sarah Mayberry , The Admiral’s Penniless Bride, Carla Kelly
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction :- To The Moon and Back, Jill Mansell
- Honorable Mention :- My One and Only, Kristan Higgins
- Best Erotica/Romantica – tie :- Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James , The Perfect Play, Jaci Burton
- Honorable Mention :- Curio, Cara McKenna
- Best Romance Short Story :- Unlocked, Courtney Milan
- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance :- Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward
- Best Debut Author :- Jessica Scott
- Honorable Mention :- Tawna Fenske , Darynda Jones
Best 2011 Characters
- Best Romance Hero :- Sir Adrian Hawkhurst in The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
- Best Romance Heroine :- Justine DeCabrillac in The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
- Honorable Mention :- Marcelline Noirot in Silk is for Seduction by Loretta Chase
- Most Tortured Hero :- Dmitri in Archangel’s Blade, by Nalini Singh
- Honorable Mention :- Smite Turner in Unraveled, by Courtney Milan
- Most Kickass Heroine – tie :- Kate Daniels in Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews, Justine DeCabrillac in The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
- Honorable Mention :- Eve Dallas in Treachery In Death and New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
- Best Romance Couple :- Sir Adrian Hawkhurst and Justine DeCabrillac in The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
- Most Disappointing Romance – tie :- Just Like Heaven, Julia Quinn , Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward
2012 Annual Reader Poll Commentary
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