AAR 2009 Annual Reader Poll (For 2008 Release)

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Best Romance: The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Funniest Romance: Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson

Honorable Mention: Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long

Biggest Tearjerker: Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

Honorable Mention: Broken Wing by Judith James

Best Love Scenes (tie): Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt

Honorable Mention: To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt

Best Erotica: Wicked Burn by Beth Kery

Honorable Mention: Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

Best Hero: Hardy Cates, Blue-eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

Honorable Mention: Robert Grey, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Best Heroine: Annique Villiers, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Best Couple: Annique and Grey, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Best New Author: Sherry Thomas

Guiltiest Pleasure: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.: The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Honorable Mention: Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas

Best Historical Romance Set Outside the U.K.: Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase

Best Contemporary Romance: Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

Best Series Romance: A Most Unconventional Match by Julia Justiss

Best Romantic Suspense: Death Angel by Linda Howard

Best Paranormal Romance: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Honorable Mention: Dark Desires at Dusk by Kresley Cole
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh

Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction: Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins

Honorable Mention: Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot
Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella

Best Romance Short Story: From This Moment On from It Happened One Night by Candice Hern

Honorable Mention: Spellbound from It Happened One Night by Mary Balogh

Author You Gave Up On: J.R. Ward

Disonhonorable Mention: Julia Quinn

Worst Romance: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Dishonorable Mention: Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn

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Comments

[dreamilywistful.livejournal.com]

Oh I like a lot of these :) Haha The Spymaster's Lady just swept away so many of these awards ♥

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes. it was the dark horse of this year, and it is also a nice story since Joanne Bourne, if I remember well, wrote some romance at the beginning of the '80, to then disappear from the scene. Elisa