2000 P.E.A.R.L. Winners

Winners and Finalists of the 2000 P.E.A.R.L. award, chosen by the members of ParaNormalRomance lists as the best books and authors of Paranormal Romance published in 2000.

Best Anthology

• Winner: Mistletoe And Magic (Love Spell)
  • Finalists: A Season In The Highlands (Pocket Books) / Love Mystifies (Dream Street Prose) / Magical Kittens (Zebra) / Once Upon A Dream (Jove) / Twilight Obsessions (Dark Star)

Best Fantasy/Magical

• Winner: A Kiss Of Shadows - Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
  • Honorable Mention: The Cat's Fancy - Julie Kenner (Love Spell)
  • Finalists: At Your Command - Christine Murphy (SWP) / Guardian Of The Continuum - Joey W. Hill (Dark Star) / Silver Rain - Barbara Sheridan (Jove) / The Trickster - Kathleen Nance (Love Spell) / Virtual Desire - Ann Lawrence (Love Spell) / Wintertide - Megan Sybil Baker (LTDBooks)

Best Futuristic

• Winner: The Star King - Susan Grant (Love Spell)
  • Honorable Mention: Shadower - Catherine Spangler (Love Spell) and After Dark - Jayne Castle (Jove)
  • Finalists: Judgement In Death - J.D. Robb (Berkley) / Star-Crossed - Marilynn Byerly (Hard Shell Word Factory) / Starkissed - Lanette Curington (Dancing Willow Pub) / Witness In Death - J.D. Robb (Berkley)

Best Science Fiction

• Winner: The Star King - Susan Grant (Love Spell)
  • Honorable Mention: Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton (Ace)
  • Finalists: The Ascendant Sun - Catherine Asaro (Tor) / Gates Of Hell - Susan Sizemore (Speculation Press) / Heart Of Gold - Sharon Shinn (Ace) / Phoenix Code - Catherine Asaro (Bantam) / The Quantum Rose - Catherine Asaro (Tor)

Best Shape Shifter

• Winner: Dark Magic - Christine Feehan (Love Spell)
  • Honorable Mention: Dark Challenge - Christine Feehan (Love Spell) and Once A Wolf - Susan Krinard (Bantam)
  • Finalists: Julian - Katriena Knights (Dreams Unlimited) / Of Midnight Born - Lisa Cach (Love Spell) / Shameless - J.C. Wilder (Dreams Unlimited) / Walk In Moonlight - Rosemary Laurey (Avid)

Best Novella or Short Story

• Winner: "A Candidate For The Kiss" in Secrets, Volume 6 - Angela Knight (Red Sage)
  • Honorable Mention: Fire And Ice - Liddy Midnight (Dreams Unlimited)
  • Finalists: At The Stroke Of Midnight - Lanette Curington (Dancing Willow) / Julian - Katriena Knights (Dreams Unlimited) / "Love's Prisoner" in Secrets, Volume 6 - MaryJanice Davidson (Red Sage)

Best Time Travel

• Winner: The Highlander's Touch - Karen Marie Moning (Dell)
  • Honorable Mention: Once a Pirate - Susan Grant (Love Spell)
  • Finalists: A Moment In Time - Deb Stover (Zebra) / Everything In It's Time - Dee Davis (Jove) / In The Shadow Of The Moon - Karen White (Love Spell)

Best New Author

• Winner: Susan Grant (Love Spell)
  • Honorable Mention: Julie Kenner (Love Spell)
  • Finalists: Lanette Curington (Dancing Willow) / Dee Davis (Jove) / Karen White (Love Spell)

Best Overall Paranormal

• Winner: Dark Magic - Christine Feehan (Love Spell)
  • Honorable Mention: Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton (Ace)
  • Finalists: After Dark - Jayne Castle (Jove) / The Cat's Fancy - Julie Kenner (Love Spell) / In The Shadow Of The Moon - Karen White (Love Spell) / Of Midnight Born - Lisa Cach (Love Spell) / Shameless - J.C. Wilder (Dreams Unlimited) / Star-Crossed - Marilynn Byerly (Hard Shell Word Factory) / The Star King - Susan Grant ( Love Spell) / Virtual Desire - Ann Lawrence (Love Spell)