15th Annual All About Romance Reader Poll

Best Romance
Last Night's Scandal, Loretta Chase
Honorable Mentions
The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne
The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook

Best Contemporary Romance
Something About You, Julie James

Best Romantic Suspense
Naked Edge, Pamela Clare

Best Paranormal Romance
The Iron Duke, Meljean Brook
Honorable Mention
Lover Mine, J.R. Ward

Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.
Last Night’s Scandal, Loretta Chase
Honorable Mention
Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas

Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne

Funniest Romance
Ten Things I Love About You, Julia Quinn

Biggest Tearjerker
Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas

Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance)
Wicked Intentions, Elizabeth Hoyt

Best Series Romance
Marrying the Royal Marine, Carla Kelly
Honorable Mention
What the Librarian Did, Karina Bliss

Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction — tie
All I Ever Wanted, Kristan Higgins
The Bikini Car Wash, Pamela Morsi

Best Erotic Romance
Patience, Lisa Valdez

Best Romance Short Story
"Here There Be Monsters" in Burning Up, Meljean Brook

Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
Lover Mine, J.R. Ward

Best Debut Author
Rose Lerner

Best Romance Hero
Leo Hathaway in Married by Morning, Lisa Kleypas

Best Romance Heroine
Olivia Wingate-Carsington in Last Night’s Scandal by Loretta Chase
Honorable Mentions
Margeurite de Fleurignac in The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne
Beatrix Hathaway in Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas

Most Tortured Hero
Captain Christopher Phelan in Love in the Afternoon, Lisa Kleypas
Honorable Mention
Malkom Slaine in Demon from the Dark, Kresley Cole

Most Kickass Heroine
Elena Deveraux in Archangel's Kiss, Nalini Singh

Best Romance Couple
Olivia Wingate-Carsington and Peregrine Dalmay Earl of Lisle in Last Night's Scandal, Loretta Chase

Most Disappointing Romance
Patience, Lisa Valdez