AAR 1998 ANNUAL READER POLL
(FOR 1997 RELEASE)
Favorite Romance
of the Year - Nobody's Baby But Mine by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mention -
As You Desire by
Connie Brockway
Favorite Funny - Nobody's Baby But Mine by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Honorable Mentions -
Wonderful by
Jill Barnett
Brighter than the Sun by
Julia Quinn
Most-Hanky Read - One Perfect Rose by
Mary Jo Putney
Honorable Mentions -
All Through the Night by
Connie Brockway
This is All I Ask by
Lynn Kurland
The Promise of Jenny Jones by
Maggie Osborne
Most Luscious Love Story - As You Desire by
Connie Brockway
Honorable Mentions -
Rejar by
Dara Joy
Wild at Heart by
Patricia Gaffney
A Well Pleasured Lady by
Christina Dodd
All Through the Night by
Connie Brockway
Finding the Dream by
Nora Roberts
Some Like it Hotter by
Deb Stover
Most Tortured Hero - Jack Seward from
Connie Brockway's All Through the Night
Honorable Mentions -
Stephen Kenyon from
Mary Jo Putney's One Perfect Rose
Robert Cambourne from
Laura Kinsale's My Sweet Folly
Houston Leigh from
Lorraine Heath's Texas Destiny
Feistiest Heroine - Three way tie:
Elise Gerard from
Jenny Lykins' Echoes of Tomorrow
Eve Dallas from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Vengeance In Death
Jenny Jones from
Maggie Osborne's The Promise of Jenny Jones
Favorite Hero - Harry from
Connie Brockway's As You Desire
Honorable Mentions -
Rourke from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Vengeance In Death
Ethan from
Eileen Charbonneau's The Randolph Legacy
Favorite Heroine - Four way tie:
Sydney Darrow from
Patricia Gaffney's Wild at Heart
Eve Dallas from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Vengeance In Death
Elise Gerard from
Jenny Lykins' Echoes of Tomorrow
Jenny Jones from
Maggie Osborne's The Promise of Jenny Jones
Favorite Couple - Eve and Rourke from
J.D. Robb's (aka
Nora Roberts) Vengeance
In Death
Honorable Mentions -
Harry and Desdemona from
Connie Brockway's As You Desire
Jamie and Claire from
Diana Gabaldon's Drums of Autumn
Favorite Road Romance - One Perfect Rose by
Mary Jo Putney
Honorable Mentions -
The Promise of Jenny Jones by
Maggie Osborne
Texas Destiny by
Lorraine Heath
Favorite New Discovery -
Jenny Lykins
Honorable Mentions -
Connie Brockway
Deb Stover
Author Most Glommed (collected during 1997) -
Nora Roberts
Honorable Mentions -
Connie Brockway
Mary Balogh
Favorite Medieval Romance - Wonderful by
Jill Barnett
Honorable Mentions -
This is All I Ask by
Lynn Kurland
A Knight to Remember by
Christina Dodd
Favorite Regency Romance - Christmas Bride by
Mary Balogh
Honorable Mentions -
Cupid's Mistake by
Karen Harbaugh
With This Ring by
Carla Kelly
Favorite European Historical Romance - All Through the Night by
Connie Brockway
Honorable Mention -
One Perfect Rose by
Mary Jo Putney
Favorite American or Western Historical Romance - Wild at Heart by
Patricia Gaffney
Honorable Mentions -
Texas Destiny by
Lorraine Heath
The Promise of Jenny Jones by
Maggie Osborne
Favorite Contemporary Romance - Nobody's Baby But Mine by
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Favorite Romantic Suspense - Son of the Morning by
Linda Howard
Honorable Mentions -
Vengeance In Death by
J.D. Robb (aka
Nora Roberts)
Ritual Sins by
Anne Stuart
Sanctuary by
Nora Roberts
Favorite "Other" Romance - Drums of Autumn by
Diana Gabaldon
Honorable Mentions -
Echoes of Tomorrow by
Jenny Lykins
Rejar by
Dara Joy
Author You Gave Up On: -
Catherine Coulter
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Julie Garwood
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Author Others Love that You Don't: -
Danielle Steel
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Nora Roberts
Catherine Coulter
Laura Kinsale
Most Disappointing Read: - Two-way tie:
Petals on the River by
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Drums of Autumn by
Diana Gabaldon
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Rejar by
Dara Joy
Sanctuary by
Nora Roberts
A Well Pleasured Lady by
Christina Dodd
Purple-est Prose: - Rejar by
Dara Joy
(Dis)-Honorable Mentions -
Petals on the River by
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Dream Lover by
Virginia Henley