AND THE 2000 WINNER IS ... The RBLs of RBL Romantica have spoken! These are the winners of the Third Annual RBL Romantica Book Awards for those books published in the year 2000 - the winners of the "coveted" Hughies! BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE BY ARRANGEMENT by Madeline Hunter BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCE NEVER LOVE A COWBOY by Lorraine Heath BEST ENGLISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE A WOMAN SCORNED by Liz Carlyle and WINTER GARDEN by Adele Ashworth BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE McLAIREN'S ISLE by Connie Brockway BEST "OTHER" HISTORICAL ROMANCE (Americana, Viking, etc.) CHINA BRIDE by Mary Jo Putney BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE KISS AND TELL by Cherry Adair and WELCOME TO TEMPTATION by Jennifer Crusie BEST CONTEMPORARY SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE A GAME OF CHANCE by Linda Howard and KISS THE COOK by Jacquie D'Alessandro BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY MR. PERFECT by Linda Howard BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE (Time Travel, Futuristic, Fantasy, etc.) DARK CHALLENGE by Christine Feehan BEST ANTHOLOGY SINFUL by Suzanne Forster, Maggie Shayne, Lori Foster, and Kimberly Randell BEST COVER THE SEDUCTION by Nicole Jordan BEST TITLE (cleverest, most appropriate, etc.) WELCOME TO TEMPTATION by Jennifer Crusie BEST AUTHOR Christine Feehan BEST NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR Adele Ashworth FAVORITE HERO Gregori (Dark Series by Christine Feehan) FAVORITE HEROINE Stephanie Plum (Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE Ranger (Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE Penelope Featherington (THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn) FUNNIEST SCENE The heroine checking out her neighbor at the kitchen window (MR. PERFECT by Linda Howard) HOTTEST SCENE The bathtub scene (DARK MAGIC by Christine Feehan) MOST TOUCHING SCENE Thomas revealing his injuries (WINTER GARDEN by Adele Ashworth) BEST LINE OR QUOTE "Anything more than eight inches is strictly for show and tell." (MR. PERFECT by Linda Howard) BEST BOOK-YOU-READ-IN-2000- THAT-WAS-PUBLISHED-BEFORE-2000 AFTER THE NIGHT by Linda Howard THE 2004 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2003 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2002 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS THE 2001 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS THE 1999 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS THE 1998 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS Copyright © RBL Romantica. All rights reserved. Reproducing material from this site without permission is prohibited.