AAR 2000 ANNUAL READER POLL
(FOR 1999 RELEASE)
Favorite Romance
of the Year - The Lady's Tutor by
Robin Schone
Honorable Mentions -
Lady Be Good by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Proposition by
Judith Ivory
Favorite Funny - Lady Be Good by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most-Hanky Read - Wicked by
Jill Barnett
Most Luscious Love Story - The Lady's Tutor by
Robin Schone
Most Tortured Hero - Sebastian from
Karen Ranney's My Beloved
Honorable Mentions -
Jaques from
Christine Feehan's Dark Desire
Jericho from
Suzanne Brockmann's Heartthrob
Ramiel from
Robin Schone's My Lady's Tutor
Feistiest Heroine - Emma from
Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Lady Be Good
Favorite Hero - Roarke from
J.D. Robb's Loyalty In Death
Favorite Heroine - Eve from
J.D. Robb's Loyalty In Death
Favorite Couple - Eve and Rourke from
J.D. Robb's Loyalty In Death
Favorite Villain - Louis Ronsard from
Linda Howard's All the Queen's Men
Honorable Mentions -
Lord Carr from
Connie Brockway's McClairen's Isle: The Passionate One
Edward from
Robin Schone's My Lady's Tutor
Most Annoying Lead Character - Meriel from
Mary Jo Putney's The Wild Child
Favorite Cabin or Road Romance - Ransom by
Julie Garwood
Honorable Mentions -
Body Guard by
Suzanne Brockmann
Secrets of the Night by
Jo Beverley
Favorite New Author -
Liz Carlyle
Honorable Mentions -
Diane Farr
Christine Feehan
Jacquie D'Alessandro
Favorite New Discovery -
Julia Quinn
Honorable Mentions -
Stephanie Laurens
Robin Schone
Author Most Glommed (collected during 1999) -
Nora Roberts
Honorable Mention -
Mary Balogh
Favorite Medieval Romance - Ransom by
Julie Garwood
Favorite Regency Romance - Fair Game by
Diane Farr
Favorite European Historical Romance - How to Marry a Marquis by
Julia Quinn
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance - A Rogue in Texas by
Lorraine Heath
Honorable Mention - Breathless by
Laura Lee Guhrke
Favorite Contemporary Romance - Lady Be Good by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mention - Heartthrob by
Suzanne Brockmann
Favorite Romantic Suspense - Loyalty In Death by
J.D. Robb
Honorable Mention - All the Queen's Men by
Linda Howard
Favorite "Other" Romance - Loyalty In Death by
J.D. Robb
Honorable Mention - Dark Prince by
Christine Feehan
Author You Gave Up On -
Catherine Coulter
Author Others Love that You Don't -
Nora Roberts
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Danielle Steel
Diana Gabaldon
Most Disappointing Read - Someday My Prince by
Christina Dodd
Worst Read - Mad Jack by
Catherine Coulter
Purple-est Prose - The Lady's Tutor by
Robin Schone