FAVORITE LONG CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
TALL, DARK AND CAJUN by Sandra Hill
Runners Up
#2 Men in Kilts by Katie MacAlister
#3 An Honorable Woman by Lindsay McKenna
Honorable Mention
Some Girls Do by Leanne Banks
My Big Old Texas Heart Ache by Geralyn Dawson
FAVORITE SHORT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
HERE COMES TROUBLE by Kathy Carmichael
Runners up
#2 Night Watch by Suzanne Brockmann
#3 Lonetree Ranchers: Brant by Kathie DeNosky
Honorable Mention
Sins of the Father by Nina Bruhns
FAVORITE LONG HISTORICAL ROMANCE
DANELAW by Susan Squires
Runners up
#2 The Ideal Husband by Shari Anton
#3 Borrowed Dreams by May McGoldrick
Honorable Mention
Irish Bride by Alexis Harrington
Master of the Highlands by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
FAVORITE SHORT HISTORICAL ROMANCE
ETERNALLY YOURS by Patricia A. Rasey
Runners up
#2 Sierra Ransom by Alice Duncan
#3 Falcon's Desire by Denise Lynn
FAVORITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
EYES OF BETRAYAL by Patricia A. Rasey
Runners up
#2 Cry No More by Linda Howard
#3 tie - Private Maneuvers by Catherine Mann
#3 tie - Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann
FAVORITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL: A Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Runners up
#2 tie - Garden in the Rain by Lynn Kurland
#2 tie - The Hour Before Dawn by Patricia A. Rasey
#3 Heart Thief by Robin D. Owens
Honorable Mention
Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands
FAVORITE FUTURISITIC/SCIENCE FICTION ROMANCE
STAR PRINCESS by Susan Grant
Runners up
#2 Unearthed by C.J. Barry
#3 Heart Thief by Robin D. Owens
FAVORITE STORY FROM AN ANTHOLOGY
NEW YEAR'S BABY (from Home for the Holidays) by Kathie DeNosky
Runners up
#2 Bitten (from His Immortal Embrace) by Lynsay Sands
#3 Impulsive (from Stroke of Midnight Harlequin Blaze) by Jamie Ann Denton
Honorable Mention
Bird of Paradise (from Heat Wave) by Katie MacAlister
FAVORITE DEBUT NOVEL
ARDA: The Sailmaster's Woman by Annie Windsor
Runners up
#2 Lover's Talisman by Ashleigh Raine
#3 Body Check by Deirdre Martin
Honorable Mention
The Greek Tycoon's Ultimatum: The Greek Tycoons by Lucy Monroe
MAINSTEAM FICTION
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
Runners Up
#2 A Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper
#3 Changing Habits by Debbie Macomber
ROMANCE REISSUES/MISSED GEMS
EMBRACED BY LOVE by Suzanne Brockmann
Runners up
#2 The Key by Lynsay Sands
#3 To Protect and Defend by Richard Patterson North