(If there are multiple honorable mentions, they are listed in vote order unless they are a tie)
| Best 2010 Romance Novels |
Best Romance
Honorable Mentions |
Last Night's Scandal, Loretta Chase
The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne
The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook
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Best Contemporary Romance |
Something About You, Julie James |
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Best Romantic Suspense |
Naked Edge, Pamela Clare |
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Best Paranormal Romance
Honorable Mention |
The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook
Lover Mine, J.R. Ward |
| Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.
Honorable Mention |
Last Night’s Scandal, Loretta Chase
Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
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| Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. |
The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne |
|
Funniest Romance |
Ten Things I Love About You, Julia Quinn |
| Biggest Tearjerker |
Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas |
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| Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance)
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Wicked Intentions, Elizabeth Hoyt
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| Best Series Romance Honorable Mention |
Marrying the Royal Marine, Carla Kelly
What the Librarian Did, Karina Bliss
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Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction - tie |
All I Ever Wanted, Kristan Higgins
The Bikini Car Wash, Pamela Morsi
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Best Romantica |
Patience, Lisa Valdez |
| Best Romance Short Story |
Here There Be Monsters in Burning Up, Meljean Brook |
Guiltiest Pleasure Romance |
Lover Mine, J.R. Ward |
Best Debut
Author |
Rose Lerner
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| Best 2010 Characters |
| Best Romance Hero |
Leo Hathaway in Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas |
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Best Romance Heroine
Honorable Mentions |
Olivia Wingate-Carsington in Last Night’s Scandal by Loretta Chase
Margeurite de Fleurignac in The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne
Beatrix Hathaway in Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
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| Most Tortured Hero
Honorable Mention |
Captain Christopher Phelan in Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
Malkom Slaine in Demon from the Dark, Kresley Cole
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| Most Kickass Heroine
|
Elena Deveraux in Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
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| Best Romance Couple
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Olivia Wingate-Carsington and
Peregrine Dalmay, Earl of Lisle in
Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase
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| Most Disappointing Romance |
Patience, Lisa Valdez |
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