| Best 2005 Romance Novels |
| Best Romance |
Mr. Impossible |
Loretta Chase |
|
Favorite Funny
Honorable Mention
|
Match Me If You Can
To Die For
|
Susan E. Phillips
Linda Howard |
|
Most-Hanky Read - tie
Honorable Mention |
- A Breath of Snow & Ashes
Till Next We Meet
Passion
|
Diana Gabaldon
Karen Ranney
Lisa Valdez |
|
| Most Luscious Love Story |
Passion |
Lisa Valdez |
|
| Best Cabin/Road Romance
|
Mr. Impossible |
Loretta Chase |
|
Best New Author
Honorable Mention |
Lisa Valdez
Lydia Joyce |
|
|
Best Buried Treasure
Honorable Mentions |
The Music of the Night
Passion
The Perfect Rake |
Lydia Joyce
Lisa Valdez
Anne Gracie |
|
| Guiltiest Pleasure |
Passion |
Lisa Valdez |
|
Author Most Glommed - tie
Honorable Mention |
- Anne Stuart
Mary Balogh
Loretta Chase
|
|
|
Best Medieval/Renaissance
Honorable Mention |
Return of the Warrior
Warprize |
Kinley MacGregor
Elizabeth Vaughan |
|
| Best European Historical |
Mr. Impossible |
Loretta Chase |
(set in Egypt) |
| Best Traditional Regency |
Dedication |
Janet Mullany |
|
| Best Amer Hist/Frontier |
A Breath of Snow & Ashes |
Diana Gabaldon |
|
| Best Contemporary |
Match Me If You Can |
Susan E. Phillips |
|
Best Series Novel - tie
(Series = Category Novel) |
The Mysterious Miss M
With Child |
Diane Gaston
Janice Kay Johnson |
|
Best Romantic Suspense
Honorable Mentions |
Black Ice
To Die For
Hot Target |
Anne Stuart
Linda Howard
Suzanne Brockmann |
|
| Best Alt Reality/Paranormal |
Dark Lover |
J.R. Ward |
|
Best Chick Lit/Women's Fict
Honorable Mention |
The Givenchy Code
To Die For |
Julie Kenner
Linda Howard |
|
| Honorable Mention - Short Story |
Falling for Anthony |
Hot Spell |
Meljean Brook |
|
| Best 2005 Characters |
| Most Tortured Hero |
Bastien
Toussaint
|
Black Ice
|
Anne Stuart |
Strongest Heroine
Honorable Mention
|
Eve Dallas
Blair Mallory |
Survivor In Death
To Die For |
J.D. Robb
Linda Howard |
| Best Hero
|
Rupert Carsington
|
Mr. Impossible
|
Loretta Chase |
Best Heroine
Honorable Mention
|
Blair Mallory
Daphne Pembroke |
To Die For
Mr. Impossible |
Linda Howard
Loretta Chase |
| Best Couple
|
Rupert & Daphne
|
Mr. Impossible
|
Loretta Chase |
| Best Villain
|
(unnamed to avoid spoilers)
|
It Happened One Autumn
|
Lisa Kleypas |
|
| Worst of the Year for 2005 |
| Most Annoying Lead |
Blair Mallory |
To Die For |
Linda Howard |
Author You Gave Up On
(Dis) Honorable Mention |
Julie Garwood
Stephanie Laurens |
|
|
| Author Others Love/You Don't |
Nora Roberts
| |
|
Most Disappointing Read
(Dis) Honorable Mentions |
It Happened One Autum
Breaking Point
Killing Time |
Lisa Kleypas
Suzanne Brockmann
Linda Howard |
|
| Worst Read - Tie |
Passion
What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? |
Lisa Valdez
Cynthia Sterling |
|
| Purple-est Prose |
Passion |
Lisa Valdez |
|
