FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
THE LAST MALE VIRGIN by Katherine Deauxville
Runners Up
#2 Chesapeake Bay by Nora Roberts
#3 Girls Night by Stef Ann Holm
Honorable Mention
The Last Chance Cafe by Linda Lael Miller
FAVORITE SHORT CONTEMPORARY
tie SWEET REVENGE by Nina Bruhns
tie A STRANGER'S TOUCH by Tori Carrington
Runners up
#2 tie Cassie's Cowboy by Kathie DeNosky
#2 tie Enchanted Cottage by Linda Bleser
FAVORITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE
FROM THIS MOMENT ON by Lynn Kurland
Runners up
#2 Black Lion's Bride by Tina St. John
#3 tie Enchanted Afternoon by Susan Wiggs
#3 tie For Love and Country by Kerrelyn Sparks
FAVORITE SHORT HISTORICAL
MY LADY MISCHIEF by Kathy Carmichael
Runners up
#2 The Dumont Bride by Terri Brisbin
#3 A Scandalous Journey by Susannah Carleton
FAVORITE MYSTERY
DYING TO PLEASE by Linda Howard
Runners up
#2 P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
#3 Carver High Mountain Tragedy by C.H. Foertmeyer
Honorable Mention
Without a Trace by Tim Miller
FAVORITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
INTO THE NIGHT by Suzanne Brockmann
Runners up
#2 Midnight Rain by Dee Davis
#3 The President's Daughter by Mariah Stewart
Honorable Mention
The Perfect Victim by Linda Castillo
FAVORITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
THE DARK HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning
Runners up
#2 Whispers of Evil by Kay Hooper
#3 Mulligan Stew by Deb Stover
Honorable Mention
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
FAVORITE FUTURISITIC ROMANCE
CONTACT by Susan Grant
Runners up
#2 Body Electric by Susan Squires
#3 Virtual Warrior by Ann Lawrence
ELECTRONIC
PARADOX by J.C. Wilder and Rosemary Laurey
Runners up
#2 Enchanted Cottage by Linda Bleser
#3 Thief's Desire by Isabo Kelly
FAVORITE ANTHOLOGIES ROMANCE
TAPESTRY by Lynn Kurland, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Madeline Hunter, Karen Marie Moning
Runners up
#2 Some Enchanted Evening by Linda Devlin, Sandy Moffett, Deb Stover
#3 Fantasy by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries, Emma Holly, Elda Minger
FAVORITE DEBUT NOVEL
THE BABY PLAN by Susan Gable
Runners up
#2 A Scandalous Journey by Susannah Carleton
#3 For Love and COuntry by Kerrelyn Sparks
Honorable Mention
Nora's Pride by Carol Stephenson
MAINSTEAM FICTION
THE SUMMERHOUSE by Jude Deveraux
Runners Up
#2 A Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky
#3 Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
ROMANCE REISSUES/MISSED GEMS
TEARS OF THE HAWK by Barbara Clark
Runners up
#2 Overload/If A Man Answers by Linda Howard and Merline Lovelace
#3 The Nightingale's Song by Kathleen Eschenberg