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FAVORITE LONG CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
TALL, DARK AND CAJUN by Sandra Hill

Runners Up
#2 Men in Kilts by Katie Macalister
#3 An Honorable Woman by Lindsay Mckenna

Honorable Mention
Some Girls Do by Leanne Banks
My Big Old Texas Heart Ache by Geralyn Dawson

FAVORITE SHORT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
HERE COMES TROUBLE by Kathy Carmichael

Runners up
#2 Night Watch by Suzanne Brockmann
#3 Lonetree Ranchers: Brant by Kathie DeNosky

Honorable Mention
Sins of the Father by Nina Bruhns

FAVORITE LONG HISTORICAL ROMANCE
DANELAW by Susan Squires

Runners up
#2 The Ideal Husband by Shari Anton
#3 Borrowed Dreams by May McGoldrick

Honorable Mention
Irish Bride by Alexis Harrington
Master of the Highlands by Sue-Ellen Welfonder

FAVORITE SHORT HISTORICAL ROMANCE
ETERNALLY YOURS by Patricia A. Rasey

Runners up
#2 Sierra Ransom by Alice Duncan
#3 Falcon's Desire by Denise Lynn

FAVORITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
EYES OF BETRAYAL by Patricia A. Rasey

Runners up
#2 Cry No More by Linda Howard
#3 tie - Private Maneuvers by Catherine Mann
#3 tie - Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann

FAVORITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL: A Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Runners up
#2 tie - Garden in the Rain by Lynn Kurland
#2 tie - The Hour Before Dawn by Patricia A. Rasey
#3 Heart Thief by Robin D. Owens

Honorable Mention
Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands

FAVORITE FUTURISITIC/SCIENCE FICTION ROMANCE
STAR PRINCESS by Susan Grant

Runners up
#2 Unearthed by C. J. Barry
#3 Heart Thief by Robin D. Owens

FAVORITE STORY FROM AN ANTHOLOGY
NEW YEAR'S BABY (from Home for the Holidays) by Kathie DeNosky

Runners up
#2 Bitten (from His Immortal Embrace) by Lynsay Sands
#3 Impulsive (from Stroke of Midnight Harlequin Blaze) by Jamie Denton

Honorable Mention
Bird of Paradise (from Heat Wave) by Katie Macalister

FAVORITE DEBUT NOVEL
ARDA: The Sailmaster's Woman by Annie Windsor

Runners up
#2 Lover's Talisman by Ashleigh Raine
#3 Body Check by Deirdre Martin

Honorable Mention
The Greek Tycoon's Ultimatum: The Greek Tycoons by Lucy Monroe

MAINSTEAM FICTION
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown

Runners Up
#2 A Sense of Evil by Kay Hopper
#3 Changing Habits by Debbie Macomber

ROMANCE REISSUES/MISSED GEMS
EMBRACED BY LOVE by Suzanne Brockmann

Runners up
#2 The Key by Lynsay Sands
#3 To Protect and Defend by Richard Patterson North