2013 Australian Romance Readers Awards

Favourite Australian Romance Author

Winner: Kylie Scott

• Finalists:

Amy Andrews

Christina Brooke

Anna Campbell

Donna Gallagher

Anne Gracie

Cathryn Hein

Kelly Hunter

Rachael Johns

Helene Young

Favourite Contemporary Romance

Winner: Holding Out For A Hero - Amy Andrews

• Finalists:

A Basic Renovation - Sandra Antonelli

Beneath Outback Skies - Alissa Callen

Breathless - Dakota Harrison

Exhale - Dakota Harrison

Heartland - Cathryn Hein

The House On Burra Burra Lane - Jennie Jones

Lick - Kylie Scott

Outback Dreams - Rachael Johns

The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion

Favourite Continuing Romance Series

Winner: Sons Of Sin series - Anna Campbell

• Finalists:

Charley Davidson series - Darynda Jones

Guild Hunter series - Nalini Singh

Half-Light City series - M.J. Scott

Kate Daniels series - Ilona Andrews

League Of Love series - Donna Gallagher

London Steampunk series - Bec McMaster

Mercy's Angels series - Kirsty Dallas

Psy-Changeling series - Nalini Singh

the Westruthers series - Christina Brooke

Favourite Erotic Romance

Winner: Skin - Kylie Scott

• Finalists:

Betrayed - Christina Phillips

Emily's Cowboy - Donna Gallagher

Her Savage Scot - Christina Phillips

Rhythm Of My Heart - Jess Dee

Sarah's Soldier - Donna Gallagher

The Secret Diary Of Lady Catherine Bexley - Viveka Portman

Tainted - Christina Phillips

Uncommon Passion - Anne Calhoun

The Yearning - Kate Belle

Favourite Historical Romance

Winner: Untamed - Anna Cowan

• Finalists:

The Autumn Bride - Anne Gracie

The Border Laird's Bride - Allison Butler

The Greatest Lover Ever - Christina Brooke

It Happened One Midnight - Julie Anne Long

Letter From A Rake - Sasha Cottman

London's Last True Scoundrel - Christina Brooke

The Persuasion Of Miss Jane Brody - Isabella Hargreaves

A Rake's Midnight Kiss - Anna Campbell

The Reluctant Bride - Beverley Eikli

Favourite Paranormal Romance

Winner: Heart Of Obsidian - Nalini Singh

• Finalists:

Fish Out Of Water - Ros Baxter

Iron Kin - MJ Scott

Kinked -Thea Harrison

The Outcast Prince - Shona Husk

Redemption - Erica Hayes

The S.E.R.A. Files Vol q - CT Green

Secret Reflection - Jennifer Brassel

A Warlord's Lady - Nicola E Sheridan

Wolf With Benefits - Shelly Laurenston

Favourite Romantic Suspense

Winner: Half Moon Bay - Helene Young

• Finalists:

Burnt - Karly Lane

Calculated In Death - J.D. Robb

Darkening Skies - Bronwyn Parry

For Her Eyes Only - Shannon Curtis

Lost In Kakadu - Kendall Talbot

Outback Fear - Suzanne Brandyn

Shadow Woman - Linda Howard

Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts

Wild Justice - Kelley Armstrong

Favourite Sci Fi, Fantasy or Futuristic Romance

Winner: Allegiance Sworn - Kylie Griffin

• Finalists:

Alien, Mine - Sandra Harris

The Blood She Betrayed - Cheryse Durrant

Chaos Bound - Rebekah Turner

Demon Chained - Erica Hayes

Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs

Heart Of Iron - Bec McMaster

Hindsight - Sarah Belle

Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews

White Christmas - Ros Baxter

Favourite Short/Category Romance

Winner: The One That Got Away - Kelly Hunter

• Finalists:

Driving Her Crazy - Amy Andrews

Girl Least Likely To Marry - Amy Andrews

Imprisoned By A Vow - Annie West

The Love Deception - Jennifer St. George

Miracle In Bellaroo Creek - Barbara Hannay

The Pregnancy Plot - Paula Roe

The Redemption Of Rico D'Angelo - Michelle Douglas

What Love Sounds Like - Alissa Callen

What The Bride Didn't Know - Kelly Hunter

Members' Choice Categories

Favourite Cover from a Romance

Winner: Half Moon Bay - Helene Young

• Finalists:

Allegiance SWorn - Kylie Griffin

Archangel's Legion - Nalini Singh

Heart Of Iron - Bec McMaster

Iron Kin - M.J. Scott

Lick - Kylie Scott

Lost In Kakadu - Kendall Talbot

My Lady Quicksilver - Bec McMaster

Favourite New Romance Author

Winner: Anna Cowan

• Finalists:

Sandra Antonelli

Alissa Callen

Sasha Cottman

Kirsty Dallas

Sandra Harris

Dakota Harrison

Juliet Madison

Victoria Purman

Kendall Talbot

Sexiest Hero from a Romance

Winner: Daniel 'Monty' Montgomery in Outback Dreams - Rachael Johns

• Finalists:

Tait Cavanaugh in Beneath Outback Skies - Alissa Callen

Gareth Andrews in Emily's Cowboy - Donna Gallagher

Reyes Farrow in Fifth Grave Past The Light - Darynda Jones

Will Carver in Heart Of Iron - Bec McMasters

Jake Prince in Holding Out For A Hero - Amy Andrews

Curran in Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews

Alex Kristidis in Mistaken Identity - Alyssa Montgomery

Logan Black in The One That Got Away - Kelly Hunter

Sir Richard Harmsworth in A Rakes's Midnight Kiss - Anna Campbell

Adrian 'Trig' Sinclair in What The Bride Didn't Know - Kelly Hunter