(FOR 1998 RELEASE)
Favorite Romance
of the Year - Sea Swept by
Nora Roberts
Honorable Mentions -
Dream a Little Dream by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Mine to Take by
Dara Joy
Favorite Funny - Three way tie:
Baby, I'm Yours by
Susan Andersen
My Man Pendleton by
Elizabeth Bevarly
To Catch an Heiress by
Julia Quinn
Most-Hanky Read - Dream a Little Dream by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most Luscious Love Story - Mine to Take by
Dara Joy
Most Tortured Hero - Gabe Bonner from
Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Dream a Little
Dream
Feistiest Heroine - Lydia Grenville from
Loretta Chase's The Last Hellion
Honorable Mentions -
Lily Bede from
Connie Brockway's My Dearest Enemy
Eve Dallas from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Holiday In Death
Favorite Hero - Gian Ren from
Dara Joy's Mine to Take
Honorable Mentions -
Rourke from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Holiday In Death
Devil Cynster from
Stephanie Laurens' Devil's Bride
Favorite Heroine - Anna Spinelli from
Nora Roberts' Sea Swept
Honorable Mentions -
Caroline from
Adele Ashworth's My Darling Caroline
Eve Dallas from
J.D. Robb's Holiday In Death
Favorite Couple - Eve and Rourke from
J.D. Robb's Holiday In Death
Favorite Road Romance - Baby, I'm Yours by
Susan Andersen
Favorite New Discovery -
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mentions -
Adele Ashworth
Rachel Gibson
Author Most Glommed (collected during 1998) -
Nora Roberts
Honorable Mentions -
Linda Howard
Mary Balogh
Jo Beverley
Favorite Medieval Romance - Lord of Midnight by
Jo Beverley
Honorable Mention - Wild by
Jill Barnett
Favorite Regency Romance - Irresistible by
Mary Balogh
Honorable Mention - Best Laid Schemes by
Emma Jensen
Favorite European Historical Romance - Devil's Bride by
Stephanie Laurens
Honorable Mentions -
My Dearest Enemy by
Connie Brockway
Forbidden Magic by
Jo Beverley
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance - Texas Glory by
Lorraine Heath
Honorable Mentions -
Nobody's Darling by
Teresa Medeiros
Cherish by
Catherine Anderson
Favorite Contemporary Romance - Dream a Little Dream by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mention - Sea Swept by
Nora Roberts
Favorite Romantic Suspense - Kill & Tell by
Linda Howard
Honorable Mention - Holiday In Death by
J.D. Robb
Favorite "Other" Romance - Mine to Take by
Dara Joy
Author You Gave Up On -
Jude Deveraux
Author Others Love that You Don't -
Danielle Steel
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Nora Roberts
Most Disappointing Read - Another Chance to Dream by
Lynn Kurland
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Cherish by
Catherine Anderson
With This Ring by
Amanda Quick
Worst Read - An Angel for Emily by
Jude Deveraux
(Dis)-Honorable Mention - The Senator's Wife by
Karen Robards
Purple-est Prose - Two-way tie:
Elusive Flame by
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Mine to Take by
Dara Joy