FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
DARKLING I LISTEN - Katherine Sutcliffe
Runners Up
#2 THE TROUBLE WITH MARY - Millie Criswell
#3 OVER THE EDGE - Suzanne Brockmann
Honorable Mention
16 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD - Debbie Macomber
THIS HEART OF MINE - Carly Phillips
FAVORITE SHORT CONTEMPORARY
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN - Tori Carrington
Runners up
#2 YOU SEXY THING - Tori Carrington
#3 WARRIOR BRIDE - Nina Bruhns
Honorable Mention
GOING TO THE CASTLE - Nicole Burnham
MAKING MR RIGHT - Jamie Ann Denton
FAVORITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - Jill Barnett
Runners up
#2 THE BRIDE OF WILLOW CREEK - Maggie Osborne
#3 NIGHTINGALE S GATE - Linda Francis Lee
Honorable Mention
MY LORD PIRATE - Laura Renken
THE FIREBRAND - Susan Wiggs
FAVORITE SHORT HISTORICAL
(Please note there were not enough short historicals nominated so they were combined with single title historicals)FAVORITE MYSTERY
SEVEN UP - Janet Evanovich
Runners up
#2 THE DEATH OF AN IRISH LOVER - Bartholomen Gill
#3 THE SYBIL IN HER GRAVE - Caldwell
FAVORITE SUSPENSE
DARKLING I LISTEN - Katherine Sutcliffe
Runners up
#2 tie THE GINGERBREAD MAN - Maggie Shayne
#2 tie TOUCHING EVIL - Kay Hooper
#3 tie OVER THE EDGE - Suzanne Brockmann
#3 tie AFTER THE TWILIGHT - Dee Davis
FAVORITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
APHRODITE'S KISS - Julie Kenner
Runners up
#2 MY HEART STOOD STILL - Lynn Kurland
#3 DARK FIRE - Christine Feehan
Honorable Mention
THE FIERY CROSS - Diana Gabaldon
BUTTERCUP BABY - Karen Fox
FAVORITE FUTURISITIC ROMANCE
THE STAR PRINCE - Susan Grant
Runners up
#2 FINDERS KEEPERS - Linnea Sinclair
#3 HEART MATE - Robin D. Owens
Honorable Mention
SHADOW PRINCE - Jennifer Dunne
FAVORITE FICTION
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - Jill Barnett
Runners up
#2 MIDNIGHT HONOR - Marsha Canham
#3 FIERY CROSS - Diana Gabaldon
Honorable Mention
EAST OF THE SUN/WEST OF THE MOON - Carol Bellacera
FAVORITE ANTHOLOGIES ROMANCE
A KNIGHT'S VOW - Lynn Kurland / Patricia Potter / Deborah Simmons / Glynnis Campbell
Runners up
#2 AFTER TWILIGHT - Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, Ronda Thompson
#3 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS - Sandra Hill, Trish Jensen, Kate Holmes
Honorable Mention
CAPTIVATED - Bertrice Small, Thea Devine, Robin Schone, Susan Johnson
FAVORITE DEBUT NOVEL
THE BORDER BRIDE - Elizabeth English
Runners up
#2 SECRET VOWS - Mary Reed McCall
#3 GOING TO THE CASTLE - Nicole Burnham
Honorable Mention
TWICE UPON A TIME - Jennifer Wagner