(If there are multiple honorable mentions, they are listed in vote order unless they are a tie)
| Best 2011 Romance Novels |
Best Romance
Honorable Mention |
The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
What I Did for a Duke, Julie Anne Long
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Best Contemporary Romance |
A Lot Like Love, Julie James |
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Best Romantic Suspense |
Breaking Point, Pamela Clare |
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Best Paranormal Romance
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Dragon Bound, Thea Harrison
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| Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. |
What I Did for a Duke, Julie Anne Long
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| Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
Honorable Mention |
The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
The Other Guy's Bride, Connie Brockway
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Funniest Romance - tie
Honorable Mentions
|
A Lot Like Love, Julie James
Call Me Irresistible, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Just Like Heaven, Julia Quinn
Yours To Keep, Shannon Stacey |
Biggest Tearjerker - tie
Honorable Mention
|
The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne
When Beauty Tamed the Beast, Eloisa James
Seduction of a Highland Lass, Maya Banks |
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| Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) Honorable Mention |
What I Did for a Duke, Julie Anne Long
Notorious Pleasures, Elizabeth Hoyt
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| Best Category Romance Honorable Mentions |
Stranded With Her Ex, Jill Sorenson
All They Need, Sarah Mayberry
The Admiral's Penniless Bride, Carla Kelly |
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Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction Honorable Mention |
To The Moon and Back, Jill Mansell
My One and Only, Kristan Higgins |
Best Erotica/Romantica - tie
Honorable Mention
|
Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James
The Perfect Play, Jaci Burton
Curio, Cara McKenna |
| Best Romance Short Story |
Unlocked, Courtney Milan |
Guiltiest Pleasure Romance |
Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward |
Best Debut
Author Honorable Mention |
Jessica Scott
Tawna Fenske
Darynda Jones
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| Best 2011 Characters |
| Best Romance Hero |
Sir Adrian Hawkhurst in The Black Hawk, Joanna Bourne |
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Best Romance Heroine
Honorable Mention |
Justine DeCabrillac in The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
Marcelline Noirot in Silk is for Seduction by Loretta Chase
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| Most Tortured Hero
Honorable Mention |
Dmitri in Archangel's Blade, by Nalini Singh
Smite Turner in Unraveled, by Courtney Milan
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| Most Kickass Heroine - tie
Honorable Mention
|
Kate Daniels in Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
Justine DeCabrillac in The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
Eve Dallas in Treachery In Death and
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
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| Best Romance Couple
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Sir Adrian Hawkhurst and Justine DeCabrillac in
The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
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| Most Disappointing Romance - tie |
Just Like Heaven, Julia Quinn
Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward |
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