AAR 2001 ANNUAL READER POLL
(FOR 2000 RELEASE)
Favorite Romance
of the Year - Winter Garden by
Adele Ashworth
Honorable Mention - Welcome to Temptation by
Jennifer Crusie
Favorite Funny - The Viscount Who Loved Me by
Julia Quinn
Honorable Mentions -
Welcome to Temptation by
Jennifer Crusie
Mr. Perfect by
Linda Howard
Most-Hanky Read - The Unsung Hero by
Suzanne Brockmann
Honorable Mentions -
Winter Garden by
Adele Ashworth
Where Dreams Begin by
Lisa Kleypas
Most Luscious Love Story - A Secret Love by
Stephanie Laurens
Honorable Mention - Winter Garden by
Adele Ashworth
Most Tortured Hero - Michel Des Anges from
Robin Schone's The Lover
Honorable Mentions -
Thomas Blackwood from
Adele Ashworth's Winter Garden
Gregori from
Christine Feehan's Dark Magic
Feistiest Heroine - Jaine from
Linda Howard's Mr. Perfect
Favorite Hero - Roarke from
J.D. Robb's Judgment In Death and Witness In Death
Favorite Heroine - Eve from
J.D. Robb's Judgment In Death and Witness In Death
Honorable Mentions -
Kate Sheffield from
Julia Quinn's The Viscount Who Loved Me
Syd Jameson from
Suzanne Brockmann's Get Lucky
Favorite Couple - Eve and Rourke from
J.D. Robb's Judgment In Death and Witness
In Death
Favorite Villain - Colin from
Linda Howard's Mr. Perfect
Honorable Mention - Lord Carr from
Connie Brockway's McClairen's Isle: The
Ravishing One
Most Annoying Lead Character - Zanita from
Dara Joy's High Intensity
Favorite Cabin or Road Romance - Winter Garden by
Adele Ashworth
Honorable Mentions -
A Game of Chance by
Linda Howard
First Lady by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Favorite New Author -
Madeline Hunter
Favorite Buried Treasure/New Discovery -
Suzanne Brockmann
Honorable Mentions -
Adele Ashworth
Gaelen Foley
Kathryn Shay
Author Most Glommed (collected during 2000) -
Suzanne Brockmann
Favorite Medieval Romance - By Arrangement by
Madeline Hunter
Favorite Regency Romance - A tie between:
A Grand Design by
Emma Jensen
Falling for Chloe by
Diane Farr
Favorite European Historical Romance - Winter Garden by
Adele Ashworth
Honorable Mentions -
Where Dreams Begin by
Lisa Kleypas
A Secret Love by
Stephanie Laurens
The Viscount Who Loved Me by
Julia Quinn
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance - I Do, I Do, I Do by
Maggie Osborne
Honorable Mention - Never Love a Cowboy by
Lorraine Heath
Favorite Contemporary Romance - Welcome to Temptation by
Jennifer Crusie
Honorable Mentions
The Unsung Hero by
Suzanne Brockmann
Mr. Perfect by
Linda Howard
Favorite Series/Category Romance - Get Lucky by
Suzanne Brockmann
Favorite Romantic Suspense - Mr. Perfect by
Linda Howard
Favorite "Other" Romance - The Star King by
Susan Grant
Honorable Mentions -
Dark Magic by
Christine Feehan
Dark Challenge by
Christine Feehan
Author You Gave Up On -
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick
(Dis-)Honorable Mention:
Catherine Coulter
Author Others Love that You Don't -
Nora Roberts
(Dis)-Honorable Mention:
Danielle Steel
Most Disappointing Read - High Intensity by
Dara Joy
Worst Read - High Intensity by
Dara Joy
Purple-est Prose - The Lover by
Robin Schone