2004 RIO AWARDS

FAVORITE LONG CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Blue Dahlia -
Nora Roberts

Runners Up
2. Drive Me Crazy -
Kate Angell
2. When Bruce Met Cyn... -
Lori Foster

3. The Corset Diaries -
Katie MacAlister
3. Jinxed -
Beth Ciotta
3. The Kitchen Witch -
Annette Blair
3. Magnolia Sky -
Susan Crandall

FAVORITE SHORT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
A Cry in the Dark - Jenna Mills
Breakfast at Bethany's -
Kathleen O'Reilly
Where You Least Expect It -
Tori Carrington
Wicked -
Tori Carrington

Runners Up
2. Absolute Pleasure - Jamie Ann Denton
2. Remembering One Wild Night -
Kathie DeNosky
2. Total Exposure -
Tori Carrington

3. Shock Waves - Jenna Mills
3. Sight Unseen -
Gayle Wilson

FAVORITE LONG HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Yours Until Dawn -
Teresa Medeiros

Runners Up
2. Stage Door Canteen -
Maggie Davis

3. The Trouble With Harry -
Katie MacAlister
3. Heart of the Hunter -
Tina St. John
3. Hidden Honor -
Anne Stuart

FAVORITE SHORT HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The Countess Bride -
Terri Brisbin

Runners Up
2. A Christmas Baby -
Annette Blair

3. Somebody to Love -
Kate Rothwell

FAVORITE DEBUT NOVEL
House of Shadows -
Morgan Hawke
Sing Me Home - Jerri Corgiat

Runners Up
2. Jinxed -
Beth Ciotta
2. Somebody Wonderful -
Kate Rothwell
2. A Dose of Murder -
Lori Avocato
2. Jane's Warlord -
Angela Knight

3. Her Private Dancer -
Cami Dalton

FAVORITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
The Spy Who Loves Me - Julie Kenner

Runners Up
2. Dead Certain -
Mariah Stewart
2. Kiss Me While I Sleep -
Linda Howard
2. Cold Feet -
Brenda Novak
2. The Morning After -
Lisa Jackson
2. Northern Lights -
Nora Roberts

3. Secret Shadows - Julie Aitken

FAVORITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Heart Duel -
Robin D. Owens
Sex and the Single Vampire -
Katie MacAlister

Runners Up
2. Heart of the Hunter -
Tina St. John
2. Kiss of the Night -
Sherrilyn Kenyon

3. The Forever Kiss -
Angela Knight
3. Hunter's Moon -
C.T. Adams, Cathy Clamp

FAVORITE FUTURISITIC/SCIENCE FICTION ROMANCE
Mind Game -
Christine Feehan

Runners Up
2. Jane's Warlord -
Angela Knight
2. Scarlet Empress -
Susan Grant

3. Unleashed -
C.J. Barry

MAINSTEAM FICTION
Visions of Death - J.D. Robb

Runners Up
2. Personal Assets - Emma Holly

3. The Last Juror - John Grisham

FAVORITE STORY FROM AN ANTHOLOGY
Highland Bride - from The Eternal Highlander -
Lynsay Sands
License to Thrill - from Marry Me...Maybe? -
Tori Carrington

Runners Up
2. Love at First Step - from The Christmas Visit -
Terri Brisbin

3. Blind Date From Hell - from Date with a Devil -
Anne Stuart
3. Sleeping With Secrets - from Private Scandals -
Tori Carrington
3. Dancers in the Dark - from Night's Edge -
Charlaine Harris
3. Seduction's Gift - from Hot Blooded -
Angela Knight

REISSUES/MISSED GEMS
Unchained -
C.J. Barry

Runners Up
2. Moonlight and Mistletoe -
Maggie Davis

3. House Calls to the Past - Janet Elaine Smith
3. Par for the Course - Janet Elaine Smith