2009 Australian Romance Readers Awards

Favourite Australian Romance Author

Winner: Anna Campbell

• Finalists:

Keri Arthur

Anne Gracie

Stephanie Laurens

Tracey O'Hara

Bronwyn Parry

Paula Roe

Denise Rossetti

Angela Verdenius

Christine Wells

Favourite Contemporary Romance

Winner: Home Is Where The Bark Is - Kandy Shepherd

• Finalists:

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Susan Donovan

Bending The Rules - Susan Andersen

Dogs And Goddesses - Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich

Heat Seeker - Lora Leigh

One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake

Practice Makes Perfect - Julie James

Rewriting Monday - Jodi Thomas

Too Hot To Handle - Robin Kaye

Vision In White - Nora Roberts

Favourite Continuing Romance Series

Winner: Psy-Changelings series - Nalini Singh

• Finalists:

Bastion Club series - Stephanie Laurens

Black Dagger Brotherhood series - JR Ward

Dark-Hunters series - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dragon Kin series - GA Aiken

Immortals After Dark series - Kresley Cole

In Death series - JD Robb

Mercy Thompson series - Patricia Briggs

Otherworld series - Kelley Armstrong

Riley Jenson series - Keri Arthur

Favourite Erotic Romance

Winner: Laid Bare - Lauren Dane

• Finalists:

Bengal's Heart - Lora Leigh

Bite My Fire - Mary Hughes

Caleb - Sarah McCarty

Claimed By The Wolf - Charlene Teglia

Darkness Burning - Delilah Devlin

On These Silken Sheets - Sabrina Darby

Perfect Formation - KB Alan

Sweet Persuasion - Maya Banks

Taboo - Jess Michaels

Favourite Historical Romance

Winner: Captive Of Sin - Anna Campbell

• Finalists:

A Duke Of Her Own - [[Eloisa James

An Indecent Proposition - Emma Wildes

Mastered By Love - Stephanie Laurens

Tempt Me At Twilight - Lisa Kleypas

Tempt The Devil - Anna Campbell

Tempted All Night - Liz Carlyle

To Catch A Bride - Anne Gracie

To Desire A Devil - Elizabeth Hoyt

Wicked Little Game - Christine Wells

Favourite Paranormal Romance

Winner: Lover Avenged - JR Ward

• Finalists:

Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Blaze Of Memory - Nalini Singh

Branded By Fire - Nalini Singh

Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan

Death, The Vamp And His Brother - Lexxie Couper

Hidden Currents - Christine Feehan

Kiss Of A Demon King - Kresley Cole

The Mane Squeeze - Shelly Laurenston

What A Dragon Should Know - GA Aiken

Favourite Romantic Suspense

Winner: Dark Country - Bronwyn Parry

• Finalists:

Burn - Linda Howard

Dark Of Night - Suzanne Brockmann

Feel The Heat - Cindy Gerard

Hidden Fire - Jo Davis

Kindred In Death - JD Robb

Made To Be Broken - Kelley Armstrong

Shoot To Thrill - Nina Bruhns

Stolen Heat - Elisabeth Naughton

The Treasures Of Venice - Loucinda McGary

Favourite Sci Fi, Fantasy or Futuristic Romance

Winner: Archangel's Blood - Nalini Singh

• Finalists:

Born Of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Covet - JR Ward

Deadly Desire - Keri Arthur

Double Blind - Ann Aguirre

On The Edge - Ilona Andrews

Queen Of Song And Souls - CL Wilson

Shadowfae - Erica Hayes

Soul Of A Guardian - Angela Verdenius

The Treasure Keeper - Shana Abe

Favourite Short/Category Romance

Winner: The Magnate's Baby Promise - Paula Roe

• Finalists:

Blackmailed Bride, Innocent Wife - Annie West

Exposed: Misbehaving With The Magnate - Kelly Hunter

Colorado Christmas - CC Coburn

Hot Under Pressure - Kathleen O'Reilly

Magnate's Make-Believe Mistress - Bronwyn Jameson

Passion To Die For - Marilyn Pappano

Playboy Boss, Live-In Mistress - Kelly Hunter

The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage - Melanie Milburne

The Savakis Mistress - Annie West