2009 Annual Reader Poll Results (for 2008 Releases) All About Romance

Best 2008 Romance Novels as voted by AAR readers:

Best Romance - The Spymaster's Lady, Joanna Bourne

Best Contemporary Romance - Blue-Eyed Devil, Lisa Kleypas

Best Romantic Suspense - Death Angel, Linda Howard


Best Paranormal Romance - Lover Enshrined, J.R. Ward
Honorable Mention (tie) Mine to Possess, Nalini Singh Dark Desires after Dusk, Kresley Cole


Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K. - The Spymaster's Lady, Joanna Bourne
Honorable Mention - Private Arrangements, Sherry Thomas


Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. - Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase


Funniest Romance - Not Another Bad Date, Rachel Gibson
Honorable Mention (tie) Like No Other Lover - Julie Anne Long

The Lost Duke of Wyndham - Julia Quinn

Just One of the Guys, Kristan Higgins


Biggest Tearjerker - Blue-Eyed Devil, Lisa Kleypas
Honorable Mention - Broken Wing, Judith James


Best Love Scenes - To Seduce a Sinner, Elizabeth Hoyt
Honorable Mention (tie) - Your Scandalous Ways, Loretta Chase
To Taste Temptation, Elizabeth Hoyt

Best Debut Author - Sherry Thomas


Best Series Romance - A Most Unconventional Match, Julia Justiss


Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction - Just One of the Guys, Kristan Higgins
Honorable Mention (tie) Queen of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot
Remember Me - Sophie Kinsella

Best Erotica - Wicked Burn, Beth Kery
Honorable Mention - Dangerous Secrets, Lisa Marie Rice


Best Romance Short Story - From This Moment On in It Happened One Night, Candice Hern
Honorable Mention - Spellbound in It Happened One Night, Mary Balogh


Guiltiest Pleasure Romance - Lover Enshrined, J.R. Ward