2017 Australian Romance Readers Awards

Favourite Australian Romance Author

Winner: Anne Gracie

• Finalists:

Anna Campbell

Shannon Curtis

Michelle Douglas

Cathryn Hein

Rachael Johns

Jodi Perry

Kylie Scott

Annie West

Favourite Contemporary Romance

Winner: Twist - Kylie Scott

• Finalists:

Chrissy And The Burroughs Boy - Cathryn Hein

The Country Girl - Cathryn Hein

The Greatest Gift - Rachael Johns

The Inaugural Meeting Of The Fairvale Ladies Book Club - Sophie Green

Leaving Ocean Road - Esther Campion

Nineteen Letters - Jodi Perry

The Stationmaster's Cottage - Phillipa Nefri Clark

Talk Of The Town - Rachael Johns

The Thing About Love - Julie James

Favourite Continuing Romance Series

Winner: Psy-Changeling Trinity series - Nalini Singh

• Finalists:

Hot Aussie Knights series - Amy Andrews, Sinclair Jayne, Victoria Purman, Trish Morey

Sydney Smoke Rugby series - Amy Andrews

Hidden Legacy series - Ilona Andrews

Dashing Widows series - Anna Campbell

Marriage Of Convenience series - Anne Gracie

Love Abroad series - Hayson Manning

American Extreme Bull Riders Tour series - Sarah Mayberry, Barbara Dunlop, Kelly Hunter, Megan Crane, Amy Andrews, Sinclair Jayne, Jeannie Watt, Katherine Garbera

In Death series - J.D. Robb

The Princess Seductions series - Annie West

Favourite Couple From A Romance

Winner: Emmaline Westwood & Calbourne Rutherford in Marry In Haste - Anne Gracie

• Finalists:

Cressy Knight & Denahm Rigby in The Long Paddock - Alissa Callen]]

Derelie Honeywell & Jackson Haley in The Love Experiment - Ainslie Paton

Bailey Sawyer & Quinn McKinnel in Pregnant By Mr. Wrong - Rachael Johns

Eve & Roarke in Secrets In Death - J.D. Robb

Silver Merchant & Valentin Nikolaev in Silver Silence - Nalini Singh

Beth Harper & Nate Calloway in Situation Critical - Amanda Knight

Sidonie Martel & Morgan le Fae in Spellbinder - Thea Harrison

Christie Ryan & Martin Blake in The Stationmaster's Cottage - Phillipa Nefri Clark

Meg McCormick & Lawson Cooper-Jones in Talk Of The Town - Rachael Johns

Nevada Baylor & Connor Rogan in Wildfire and White Hot - Ilona Andrews

Favourite Erotic Romance

Winner: Team Player - Cate Ellink

• Finalists:

Egomaniac - Vi Keeland

Mack Daddy - Penelope Ward

Sapphire - J.A. Low

Favourite Historical Romance

Winner: Marry In Haste - Anne Gracie

• Finalists:

Catching Captain Nash - Anna Campbell

Charming Sir Charles - Anna Campbell

The Christmas Stranger - Anna Campbell

The Currency Lass - Tea Cooper

The Duchess Deal - Tessa Dare

Secret Shores - Ella Carey

Warrior King - Jennifer Brassel

Wives Of War - Soraya M. Lane

Favourite New Romance Author

Winner: Amanda Knight

• Finalists:

Esther Campion

Penelope Janu

Sarah Williams

Favourite Paranormal Romance

Winner: Silver Silence - Nalini Singh

• Finalists:

Archangel's Viper - Nalini Singh

Becoming Dragon - Eve Langlais

Lady Of Silver - Shona Husk

Power Game - Christine Feehan

Shadow's Seduction - Kresley Cole

Spellbinder - Thea Harrison

Favourite Romantic Suspense

Winner: Heart Breaker - Shannon Curtis

• Finalists:

Echoes In Death - J.D. Robb

Murder Most Unusual - Michelle Somers

Promise Of Hunters Ridge - Sarah Barrie

Secrets In Death - J.D. Robb

Situation Critical - Amanda Knight

Some Kind Of Hero - Suzanne Brockmann

Tell Me No Secrets - Lynda Stacey

Winnawarra - Elizabeth M. Darcy

Favourite Sci Fi, Fantasy or Futuristic Romance

Winner: Blood Kissed - Keri Arthur

• Finalists:

The Black Tide - Keri Arthur

Eleventh Grave In Moonlight - Darynda Jones

Feversong - Karen Marie Moning

Raider - Justine Davis

Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs

The Trouble With Twelfth Grave - Darynda Jones

White Hot - Ilona Andrews

Wildfire - Ilona Andrews

Year One - Nora Roberts

Favourite Short or Category Romance

Winner: Casey - Kelly Hunter

• Finalists:

His Majesty's Temporary Bride - Annie West

Hot Mess - Amy Andrews

Playing The Player - Amy Andrews

Playing With Forever - Amy Andrews

Sarah And The Secret Sheikh - Michelle Douglas

The Temporary Mrs. Marchetti - Melanie Milburne

Ten Days With The Highlander - Hayson Manning

Strongest Heroine from a Romance Published in 2017

Winner: Cressy Knight in The Long Paddock - Alissa Callen

• Finalists:

Chrissy James in Chrissy And The Burroughs Boy - Cathryn Hein

Maggie Carr in The Christmas Stranger - Anna Campbell

Feyre in A Court Of Wings And Ruin - Sarah J. Maas

Derelie Honeywell in The Love Experiment - Ainslie Paton

Emmaline Westwood in Marry In Haste - Anne Gracie

Eve Dallas in Secrets In Death - J.D. Robb

Mercy Thompson in Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs

Beth Harper in Situation Critical - Amanda Knight

Sidonie Martel in Spellbinder - Thea Harrison

Meg McCormick in Talk Of The Town - Rachael Johns

Nevada Baylor in Wildfire and White Hot - Ilona Andrews