2002 RIO AWARDS

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