ROMANTIC TIMES 2002 CAREER ACHEIVEMENT

HISTORICAL

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Jill Gregory

BRITISH-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Karen Ranney

HISTORICAL ADVENTURE
Virginia Brown

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Teresa Medeiros

HISTORICAL STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR
Hannah Howell

INSPIRATIONAL

INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE
Lori Copeland

MAINSTREAM

CONTEMPORARY NEW REALITY
Susan Krinard

CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
Jane Heller

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Susan Andersen

CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Suzanne Brockmann

MULTICULTURAL

MULTICULTURAL ROMANCE
Brenda Jackson

MYSTERY

FEMALE SLEUTH
Janet Evanovich

HISTORICAL MYSTERY
Barbara Michaels

MYSTERY SERIES Toni Kelner

SUSPENSE
Tess Gerritsen

REGENCY

REGENCY ROMANCE
Elisabeth Fairchild

SERIES

SERIES ROMANCE
Vicki Lewis Thompson

SERIES ROMANCE LOVE & LAUGHTER
Jule McBride

SERIES ROMANTIC ADVENTURE
Eileen Wilks

SERIES ROMANTIC FANTASY
Carrie Alexander

SERIES ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
B.J. Daniels

SERIES STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR
Lucy Gordon

ROMANTIC TIMES 2002 REVIEWERS' CHOICE

HISTORICAL

BEST AMERICAN-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS - Candice Proctor Ivy (June 2002)

BEST BRITISH-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE TO KISS A SPY - Jane Feather Bantam (February 2002)

BEST FIRST HISTORICAL ROMANCE QUEENMAKER - India Edghill St. Martin's (February 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY DELIGHTED - Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Nikki Donovan, Liz Madison Brava (June 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL - Philippa Gregory Touchstone (June 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL K.I.S.S. HERO James Cameron PRAIRIE MOON - Maggie Osborne Ballantine (November 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL LOVE & LAUGHTER THE WARRIOR BRIDE - Lois Greiman Avon (November 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL THE SHELTERS OF STONE - Jean Marie Auel Crown (April 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL PARANORMAL FANTASY LAIR OF THE LION - Christine Feehan Leisure (September 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL ROMANTIC ADVENTURE THE GOLDEN LEOPARD - Lynn Kerstan Onyx (October 2002)

BEST INNOVATIVE HISTORICAL ROMANCE THE ALCHEMIST - Donna Boyd Ballantine (January 2002)

BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE SURRENDER THE STARS - Linda Lea Castle Zebra Ballad (June 2002)

BEST REGENCY-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE DUCHESS IN LOVE - Eloisa James Avon (December 2002)

BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE CLAIMING THE HIGHLANDER - Kinley MacGregor Avon (March 2002)

BEST SENSUAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE TOTAL SURRENDER - Cheryl Holt St. Martin's (July 2002)

BEST WESTERN ROMANCE TO TAME A SAVAGE - Georgina Gentry Zebra (August 2002)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THE YEAR IRRESISTIBLE - Karen Robards Pocket (September 2002)

MAINSTREAM

BEST CHICK LIT NOVEL THE NANNY DIARIES - Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus St. Martin's (April 2002)

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL SAFE HARBOR - Luanne Rice Bantam (February 2002)

BEST CONTEMPORARY PARANORMAL THE DARK HIGHLANDER - Karen Marie Moning Dell (October 2002)

BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE - Lynn Michaels Ivy (June 2002)

BEST EPIC FANTASY NOVEL SHADOWSINGER - L.E. Modesitt, Jr TOR (February 2002)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL ALICE AT HEART - Deborah Smith BelleBooks (February 2002)

BEST FUTURISTIC ROMANCE BODY ELECTRIC - Susan Squires Love Spell (August 2002)

BEST INSPIRATIONAL NOVEL COLOR THE SIDEWALK FOR ME - Brandilyn Collins Zondervan (March 2002)

BEST MULTICULTURAL WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - Bette Ford BET/Arabesque (March 2002)

BEST ROMANTIC INTRIGUE LADY LIBERTY - Vicki Hinze Bantam (November 2002)

BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE RIVER OF EDEN - Glenna McReynolds Bantam (March 2002)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL SCOUT'S PROGRESS - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Ace (May 2002)

BEST SMALL PRESS FUTURISTIC OATH OF SEDUCTION - Marly Chance www.ellorascave.com (November 2002)

BEST SMALL PRESS PARANORMAL DREAM SNATCHER - Shauna Michaels ImaJinn (May 2002)

BEST SMALL PRESS ROMANCE MISSING YOU - Pauline Baird Jones Five Star (April 2002)

BEST VAMPIRE ROMANCE NIGHT PLEASURES - Sherrilyn Kenyon St. Martin's (October 2002)

BEST WOMEN'S FICTION NO PLACE LIKE HOME - Barbara Samuel Ballentine (February 2002)

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

BEST AMATEUR SLEUTH LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS - Charlaine Harris Ace (April 2002)

BEST CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY WHISPER OF EVIL - Kay Hooper Bantam (July 2002)

BEST FIRST MYSTERY HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE - Nancy Martin Signet (October 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL MYSTERY BONE OF CONTENTION - Roberta Gellis Forge (September 2002)

BEST PI NOVEL THE BIG DIG - Linda Barnes St. Martin's (October 2002)

BEST SUSPENSE THE SURVIVORS CLUB - Lisa Gardner Bantam (June 2002)

REGENCY

BEST REGENCY THE DISCARDED DUKE - Nancy Butler Signet (August 2002)

SERIES

BEST CONTINUITY SERIES ROMANCE SURPRISE PACKAGE - Joanna Wayne Harlequin (April 2002)

BEST FIRST SERIES ROMANCE SARAH'S LEGACY - Brenda Mott Harlequin (January 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN AMERICAN PLAIN JANE'S PLAN - Kara Lennox Harlequin (October 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN DUET CZECH MATE - Kate Thomas Harlequin (November 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE PREMEDITATED MARRIAGE - B.J. Daniels Harlequin (November 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN PRESENTS COLE CAMERON'S REVENGE - Sandra Marton Harlequin (January 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN ROMANCE BRIDE BY CHOICE - Lucy Gordon Harlequin (January 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN SUPERROMANCE ACROSS A THOUSAND MILES - Nadia Nichols Harlequin (February 2002)

BEST HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION SHORT, SWEET AND SEXY - Cara Summers Harlequin (October 2002)

BEST SILHOUETTE DESIRE CHEROKEE MARRIAGE DARE - Sheri Whitefeather Silhouette (December 2002)

BEST SILHOUETTE INTIMATE MOMENTS HOT AS ICE - Merline Lovelace Silhouette (February 2002)

BEST SILHOUETTE ROMANCE IN DEEP WATERS - Melissa McClone Silhouette (August 2002)

BEST SILHOUETTE SPECIAL EDITION THE AMBASSADOR'S VOW - Barbara Gale Silhouette (October 2002)

BEST STEEPLEHILL LOVE INSPIRED A LOVE FOR SAFEKEEPING - Gail Gaymer Martin Steeple Hill (January 2002)

ST HARLEQUIN BLAZE BREATHLESS - Nancy Warren Harlequin (October 2002)