1999 Annual Reader Poll (For 1998 Releases)

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Favorite Romance of the Year - Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

Honorable Mentions -
Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Mine to Take by Dara Joy

Favorite Funny - Three way tie:
Baby, I'm Yours by Susan Andersen
My Man Pendleton by Elizabeth Bevarly
To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn

Most-Hanky Read - Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Most Luscious Love Story - Mine to Take by Dara Joy

Most Tortured Hero - Gabe Bonner from Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Dream a Little Dream

Feistiest Heroine - Lydia Grenville from Loretta Chase's The Last Hellion

Honorable Mentions -
Lily Bede from Connie Brockway's My Dearest Enemy
Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) Holiday In Death

Favorite Hero - Gian Ren from Dara Joy's Mine to Take

Honorable Mentions -
Rourke from J.D. Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) Holiday In Death
Devil Cynster from Stephanie Laurens' Devil's Bride

Favorite Heroine - Anna Spinelli from Nora Roberts' Sea Swept

Honorable Mentions -
Caroline from Adele Ashworth's My Darling Caroline
Eve Dallas from J.D. Robb's Holiday In Death

Favorite Couple - Eve and Rourke from J.D. Robb's Holiday In Death

Favorite Road Romance - Baby, I'm Yours by Susan Andersen

Favorite New Discovery - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Honorable Mentions -
Adele Ashworth
Rachel Gibson

Author Most Glommed (collected during 1998) - Nora Roberts

Honorable Mentions -
Linda Howard
Mary Balogh
Jo Beverley

Favorite Medieval Romance - Lord of Midnight by Jo Beverley

Honorable Mention - Wild by Jill Barnett

Favorite Regency Romance - Irresistible by Mary Balogh

Honorable Mention - Best Laid Schemes by Emma Jensen

Favorite European Historical Romance - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens

Honorable Mentions -
My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway
Forbidden Magic by Jo Beverley

Favorite American or Western Historical Romance - Texas Glory by Lorraine Heath

Honorable Mentions -
Nobody's Darling by Teresa Medeiros
Cherish by Catherine Anderson

Favorite Contemporary Romance - Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Honorable Mention - Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

Favorite Romantic Suspense - Kill & Tell by Linda Howard

Honorable Mention - Holiday In Death by J.D. Robb

Favorite "Other" Romance - Mine to Take by Dara Joy

Author You Gave Up On - Jude Deveraux

Author Others Love that You Don't - Danielle Steel

(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Nora Roberts

Most Disappointing Read - Another Chance to Dream by Lynn Kurland

(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Cherish by Catherine Anderson
With This Ring by Amanda Quick

Worst Read - An Angel for Emily by Jude Deveraux

(Dis)-Honorable Mention - The Senator's Wife by Karen Robards

Purple-est Prose - Two-way tie:
Elusive Flame by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Mine to Take by Dara Joy