2002 All About Romance Reader Award (Awarded by All About Romance)

Awards List

Best Alternate Reality

Contact
(Winner)
Susan Grant

Best American Historical

Prairie Moon
(Winner)
Maggie Osborne

Best Buried Treasure

No True Gentleman
(Winner)
Liz Carlyle

Best Cabin/Road Romance

Out of Control
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Contemporary Romance

Out of Control
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Couple

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
(Winner)
Julia Quinn

Best European Historical

Untie My Heart
(Winner)
Judith Ivory

Best Funny

Faking It
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Hero

Out of Control
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Heroine

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
(Winner)
Julia Quinn

Best Medieval

Stealing Heaven
(Winner)
Madeline Hunter

Best Regency

The Wedding Journey
(Winner)
Carla Kelly

Best Romance

Out of Control
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Romantic Suspense

Out of Control
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Series Novel

The Older Woman
(Winner)
Cheryl Reavis

Best Short Story

No Room at the Inn
(Winner)
Carla Kelly
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Best Villain

Lady Sophia's Lover
(Winner)
Lisa Kleypas

Guiltiest Pleasure Romance

Too Much Temptation
(Winner)
Lori Foster

Most Annoying Lead Character

On a Wild Night
(Winner)
Stephanie Laurens

Most Disappointing Read

Hard Eight
(Winner)
Janet Evanovich

Most Luscious Love Story

Beyond Seduction
(Winner)
Emma Holly

Most Tortured Hero

The Spiral Path // Phoenix Falling
(Winner)
Mary Jo Putney

Most-Hanky Read

No Place Like Home
(Winner)
Barbara Samuel

Purple-est Prose

Total Surrender
(Winner)
Cheryl Holt

Strongest Heroine

Contact
(Winner)
Susan Grant

Worst Read

Hot Rain
(Winner)
Kat Martin

Award Categories

Best Alt Reality/Paranormal

Best Alternate Reality

Best Amer Hist/Frontier

Best American Historical

Best Buried Treasure

Best Cabin/Road Romance

Best Category Romance

Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction

Best Contemporary Romance

Best Couple

Best Debut Author

Best Erotic Romance

Best Erotica

Best Erotica/Romantica

Best European Historical

Best Fantasy Romance

Best Funny

Best Hero

Best Heroine

Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.

Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.

Best LGBT Romance

Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance)

Best Medieval

Best Medieval/Renaissance

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