It’s the results of the AAR Annual Reader Poll!
Best 2014 Romance Novels | ||||
Best Romance | It Happened One Wedding, Julie James | |||
Best Contemporary Romance | It Happened One Wedding, Julie James | |||
Best Romantic Suspense | River Road, Jayne Ann Krentz | |||
Best Paranormal Romance | Shield of Winter, Nalini Singh | |||
Best Romantic Science Fiction | The Kraken King, Meljean Brook | |||
Best Romantic Fantasy Fiction | The Winter King, C.L. Wilson | |||
Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.Honorable Mentions | Only Enchanting, Mary Balogh Rogue Spy, Joanna Bourne Three Weeks with Lady X, Eloisa James The Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan | |||
Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. | My Beautiful Enemy, Sherry Thomas | |||
Funniest Romance | It Happened One Wedding, Julie James | |||
Biggest Tearjerker | My Beautiful Enemy, Sherry Thomas | |||
Best Love Scenes (in a Mainstream Romance) TIEHonorable Mention | Fool Me Twice, Meredith Duran It Happened One Wedding, Julie JamesRock Addiction, Nalini Singh | |||
Best Category Romance | Mr. (Not Quite) Perfect , Jessica Hart | |||
Best Erotica/Romantica | Having Her, Jackie Ashenden | |||
Best Romance Short Story | A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong, Cecilia Grant | |||
Best LGBT Romance | Think of England, K.J. Charles | |||
Best Debut Author | Sonali Dev | |||
Best Young AdultHonorable Mention | Isla and the Happily Ever After, Stephanie PerkinsThe Perilous Sea, Sherry Thomas | |||
Best New Adult | The Hook Up, Kristen Callihan | |||
Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements | A Grave Matter, Anna Lee Huber | |||
Best 2014 Characters | ||||
Best Romance HeroHonorable Mention | Duncan West in Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, Sarah MacLeanThorn Dautry in Three Weeks with Lady X, Eloisa James | |||
Best Romance Heroine
Honorable Mention | Frederica (Free) Marshall in The Suffragette Scandal, by Courtney MilanGeorgiana Pearson in Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, Sarah MacLean | |||
Most Tortured HeroHonorable Mention | Alastair de Grey in Fool Me Twice, by Meredith DuranFlavian Arnott in Only Enchanting, Mary Balogh | |||
Most Kickass HeroineHonorable Mentions | Frederica (Free) Marshall in The Suffragette Scandal, by Courtney MilanGeorgina (Chase) Pearson in Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, Sarah MacLean Kate Daniels in Magic Breaks, Ilona Andrews Catherine Blade in My Beautiful Enemy, Sherry Thomas | |||
Best Romance Couple | Sidney and Vaughn in It Happened One Wedding, Julie James | |||