2003 All About Romance Reader Award (Awarded by All About Romance)

Awards List

Best Alternate Reality

Portrait in Death
(Winner)
J.D. Robb

Best American Historical

Here's to the Ladies
(Winner)
Carla Kelly

Best Buried Treasure

Fallen from Grace
(Winner)
Laura Leone

Best Cabin/Road Romance

Beyond Sunrise
(Winner)
Candice Proctor

Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction

The Last of the Honky-tonk Angels
(Winner)
Marsha Moyer

Best Contemporary Romance

See Jane Score
(Winner)
Rachel Gibson

Best Couple

Gone Too Far
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best European Historical

Slightly Married
(Winner)
Mary Balogh

Best Funny

Take a Chance on Me
(Winner)
Susan Donovan

Best Hero

Portrait in Death
(Winner)
J.D. Robb

Best Heroine

Cry No More
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Best Medieval

Born in Sin
(Winner)
Kinley MacGregor

Best Regency

The Ideal Bride
(Winner)
Nonnie St. George

Best Romance

Gone Too Far
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Romantic Suspense

Cry No More
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Best Series Novel

Night Watch // Wild, Wild Wes
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

Best Short Story

A Tale of Two Sisters
(Winner)
Julia Quinn
in Where's My Hero?

Best Villain

Standing in the Shadows
(Winner)
Shannon McKenna

Guiltiest Pleasure Romance

Standing in the Shadows
(Winner)
Shannon McKenna

Most Annoying Lead Character

Nerd in Shining Armor
(Winner)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

Most Disappointing Read

Nerd in Shining Armor
(Winner)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

Most Luscious Love Story

Worth Any Price
(Winner)
Lisa Kleypas

Most Tortured Hero

Fallen from Grace
(Winner)
Laura Leone

Dance With The Devil
(Winner)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Most-Hanky Read

Cry No More
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Purple-est Prose

The Prince of Pleasure
(Winner)
Nicole Jordan

Strongest Heroine

Cry No More
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Worst Read

Gone Too Far
(Winner)
Suzanne Brockmann

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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