2004 All About Romance Reader Award (Awarded by All About Romance)

Awards List

Best Alternate Reality

Undead and Unwed
(Winner)
Maryjanice Davidson

Best American Historical

Foxfire Bride
(Winner)
Maggie Osborne

Best Buried Treasure

Under a Lucky Star
(Winner)
Diane Farr

Best Cabin/Road Romance

My Seduction
(Winner)
Connie Brockway

Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Contemporary Romance

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Couple

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best European Historical

Slightly Dangerous
(Winner)
Mary Balogh

Best Funny

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Hero

Slightly Dangerous
(Winner)
Mary Balogh

Best Heroine

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Medieval

Shadowheart
(Winner)
Laura Kinsale

Best Romance

Bet Me
(Winner)
Jennifer Crusie

Best Romantic Suspense

Kiss Me While I Sleep
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Best Series Novel

A.K.A. Goddess
(Winner)
Evelyn Vaughn

Best Short Story

A Hasty Marriage
(Winner)
Carla Kelly
in Wedding Belles

Best Traditional Regency

Courting Trouble
(Winner)
Nonnie St. George

Best Villain

Kiss Me While I Sleep
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Guiltiest Pleasure Romance

Night Play
(Winner)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Most Annoying Lead Character

Again The Magic
(Winner)
Lisa Kleypas

Most Disappointing Read

Daisy's Back in Town
(Winner)
Rachel Gibson

Most Luscious Love Story

Duke of Sin
(Winner)
Adele Ashworth

Most Tortured Hero

Shadowheart
(Winner)
Laura Kinsale

Most-Hanky Read

When He Was Wicked
(Winner)
Julia Quinn

Purple-est Prose

Master of Temptation
(Winner)
Nicole Jordan

Lord of Seduction
(Winner)
Nicole Jordan

Strongest Heroine

Kiss Me While I Sleep
(Winner)
Linda Howard

Top 100 Romances

Lord of Scoundrels
(#1)
Loretta Chase

Pride and Prejudice
(#22)
Jane Austen
  • / Historical Romance
  • Buy Buy

Jane Eyre
(#87)
Charlotte Bronte

Devil's Cub
(#70)
Georgette Heyer
  • / Traditional Regency
  • Buy Buy

The Grand Sophy
(#21)
Georgette Heyer
  • / Traditional Regency
  • Buy Buy

Venetia
(#60)
Georgette Heyer
  • / Traditional Regency
  • Buy Buy

Frederica
(#17)
Georgette Heyer
  • / Traditional Regency
  • Buy Buy

The Windflower
(#33)
Laura London

Whitney, My Love
(#35)
Judith McNaught

Once and Always
(#99)
Judith McNaught

Honor's Splendour
(#49)
Julie Garwood

The Lion's Lady
(#74)
Julie Garwood

Morning Glory
(#13)
LaVyrle Spencer

A Kingdom of Dreams
(#15)
Judith McNaught

Mackenzie's Mountain
(#19)
Linda Howard

The Bride
(#23)
Julie Garwood

A Knight in Shining Armor
(#37)
Jude Deveraux

Outlander // Cross Stitch
(#7)
Diana Gabaldon

Paradise
(#38)
Judith McNaught

The Prize
(#62)
Julie Garwood

The Shadow and the Star
(#39)
Laura Kinsale

Silk and Shadows
(#42)
Mary Jo Putney

The Secret
(#53)
Julie Garwood

Ravished
(#16)
Amanda Quick

The Notorious Rake
(#65)
Mary Balogh

Flowers from the Storm
(#2)
Laura Kinsale

Perfect
(#82)
Judith McNaught

Thunder and Roses
(#45)
Mary Jo Putney

Castles
(#78)
Julie Garwood

Saving Grace
(#30)
Julie Garwood

For My Lady's Heart
(#48)
Laura Kinsale

Dreaming of You
(#6)
Lisa Kleypas

It Had to Be You
(#11)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Born in Fire
(#26)
Nora Roberts

Dancing on the Wind
(#98)
Mary Jo Putney

Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand
(#18)
Carla Kelly

To Love & To Cherish
(#57)
Patricia Gaffney

Trust Me
(#97)
Jayne Ann Krentz

Angel Rogue
(#96)
Mary Jo Putney

Heaven, Texas
(#59)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Dream Man
(#40)
Linda Howard

Lord Carew's Bride
(#50)
Mary Balogh

Naked in Death
(#34)
J.D. Robb

Born in Ice
(#91)
Nora Roberts

To Have & To Hold
(#25)
Patricia Gaffney

Heartless
(#66)
Mary Balogh

Reforming Lord Ragsdale
(#63)
Carla Kelly

After the Night
(#89)
Linda Howard

Always to Remember
(#77)
Lorraine Heath

Kiss An Angel
(#58)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Scoundrel
(#94)
Elizabeth Elliott

Shattered Rainbows
(#44)
Mary Jo Putney

Prince Joe
(#64)
Suzanne Brockmann

Nobody's Baby But Mine
(#36)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

As You Desire
(#4)
Connie Brockway

Son of the Morning
(#67)
Linda Howard

One Perfect Rose
(#56)
Mary Jo Putney

This Is All I Ask
(#54)
Lynn Kurland

With This Ring
(#73)
Carla Kelly

All Through the Night
(#9)
Connie Brockway

Kill and Tell
(#88)
Linda Howard

Sea Swept
(#10)
Nora Roberts

Dream a Little Dream
(#52)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Devil's Bride
(#24)
Stephanie Laurens

The Rake
(#75)
Mary Jo Putney

Sleeping Beauty
(#68)
Judith Ivory

My Dearest Enemy
(#31)
Connie Brockway

My Darling Caroline
(#83)
Adele Ashworth

Heartthrob
(#47)
Suzanne Brockmann

The Charm School
(#93)
Susan Wiggs

How to Marry a Marquis
(#95)
Julia Quinn

The Proposition
(#14)
Judith Ivory

The Duke and I
(#46)
Julia Quinn

Welcome to Temptation
(#3)
Jennifer Crusie

In the Midnight Rain
(#32)
Ruth Wind

By Arrangement
(#81)
Madeline Hunter

The Unsung Hero
(#85)
Suzanne Brockmann

Winter Garden
(#27)
Adele Ashworth

Mr. Perfect
(#20)
Linda Howard

Where Dreams Begin
(#69)
Lisa Kleypas

More Than a Mistress
(#90)
Mary Balogh

The Viscount Who Loved Me
(#29)
Julia Quinn

This Heart of Mine
(#100)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The Defiant Hero
(#84)
Suzanne Brockmann

The Bronze Horseman
(#71)
Paullina Simons

Over the Edge
(#8)
Suzanne Brockmann

One Good Turn
(#79)
Carla Kelly

Daughter of the Game // Secrets of a Lady
(#61)
Tracy Grant / Teresa Grant / Anna Grant

Out of Control
(#41)
Suzanne Brockmann

A Summer to Remember
(#12)
Mary Balogh

Chesapeake Blue
(#80)
Nora Roberts

Untie My Heart
(#51)
Judith Ivory

See Jane Score
(#43)
Rachel Gibson

Fallen from Grace
(#76)
Laura Leone

Gone Too Far
(#28)
Suzanne Brockmann

The Time Traveler's Wife
(#72)
Audrey Niffenegger

Bet Me
(#5)
Jennifer Crusie

Guilty Pleasures
(#86)
Laura Lee Guhrke

Miss Wonderful
(#92)
Loretta Chase

Slightly Dangerous
(#55)
Mary Balogh

Worst Read

The Real Deal
(Winner)
Lucy Monroe

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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