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2013 Annual Reader Poll Commentary
2013 Annual Reader Poll Results (for 2012 Releases)
[/fusion_title][fusion_text]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 2012 Romance Novels
- Best Romance :- A Notorious Countess Confesses, Julie Anne Long
- Best Contemporary Romance :- About That Night, Julie James
- Best Romantic Suspense : – The Witness, Nora Roberts
- Best Paranormal Romance :- Lothaire, Kresley Cole
- Honorable Mention :- Riveted, Meljean Brook
- Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. :- A Week to Be Wicked, Tessa Dare
- Honorable Mention :- Ravishing the Heiress Sherry Thomas , A Notorious Countess Confesses Julie Anne Long
- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. :- Defiant, Pamela Clare
- Funniest Romance :- A Week to Be Wicked , Tessa Dare
- Biggest Tearjerker :- Ravishing the Heiress, Sherry Thomas
- Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) : – Thief of Shadows, Elizabeth Hoyt
- Best Category Romance :- Suddenly You , Sarah Mayberry
- Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction :- I’ve Got Your Number , Sophie Kinsella
- Best Erotica/Romantica : – Bared to You, Sylvia Day
- Best Romance Short Story : –The Governess Affair, Courtney Milan
- Best Debut Author :- Cecilia Grant
Best 2012 Characters
- Best Romance Hero :- Adam Sylvaine in A Notorious Countess Confesses, Julie Anne Long
- Best Romance Heroine :- Minerva Highwood in A Week to Be Wicked, by Tessa Dare
- Most Tortured Hero :- Gideon Cross in Bared To You, by Sylvia Day
- Most Kickass Heroine :- Andrea Nash in Gunmetal Magic, by Ilona Andrews
- Best Romance Couple :- Lord Colin Payne and Minerva Highwood in A Week to Be Wicked, by Tessa Dare
2013 Annual Reader Poll Commentary Post to the Let’s Talk Romance Novels Forum[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]