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

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)