AND THE 2005 WINNER IS ... This was a record-breaking year for the Hughies voting - more ballots were received that ever before, and there were verrra close races in more of the categories than ever before! But the ReBeLs have spoken, and here are the 2005 winners of the RBL Romantica Hughie Awards! HILDY HUGHIE AWARD FOR BEST AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE RIDE THE FIRE by Pamela Clare BEST ENGLISH/SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE ONE LITTLE SIN by Liz Carlyle BEST "OTHER" HISTORICAL ROMANCE (Medieval, Viking, pirate, unique location, etc.) RETURN OF THE WARRIOR by Kinley MacGregor BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE MATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Susan Elizabeth Phillips BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY HOT TARGET by Suzanne Brockmann BEST CONTEMPORARY SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE SECOND CHANCE HERO by Justine Davis BEST VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/SHAPESHIFTER PARANORMAL ROMANCE SINS OF THE NIGHT by Sherrilyn Kenyon BEST FUTURISTIC/OTHER WORLD PARANORMAL ROMANCE MASTER OF THE MOON by Angela Knight BEST TIME TRAVEL PARANORMAL ROMANCE HOT AND HEAVY by Sandra Hill BEST "OTHER" PARANORMAL ROMANCE (witches, elves, magical powers, fantasy, etc.) SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning BEST ANTHOLOGY TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melanie George and Jaid Black BEST COVER SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning BEST TITLE (cleverest, most appropriate, etc.) HARD DAY’S KNIGHT by Katie MacAlister and MATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Susan Elizabeth Phillips BEST AUTHOR Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kinley MacGregor) BEST NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR J.R. Ward FAVORITE HERO Cian (SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) FAVORITE HEROINE Jessi (SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE Acheron (Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE Simi (Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon) FUNNIEST SCENE Daegus arguing with Cian, who is trapped in glass (SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) HOTTEST SCENE The "lick" scene (SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) MOST TOUCHING SCENE Jules trying to tell Max that Gina has been killed (BREAKING POINT by Suzanne Brockmann) BEST LINE OR QUOTE "This man belonged in the RBL Romantica Braw and Bonny Beefcake Farm. Crimeny, this man probably owned the farm or, if not, had stood stud to the mothers of half the other members." (SPELL OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) BEST BOOK-YOU-READ-IN-2005- THAT-WAS-PUBLISHED-BEFORE-2005 THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Liz Carlyle and MR. PERFECT by Linda Howard THE 2004 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2003 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2002 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2001 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2000 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.