The 2010 Hughie Awards saw hotly contested races in most of the categories. Once all of the votes were tallied, many of the categories were determined by only one or two votes among the three nominees! In addition, it might be said that Lisa Kleypas and Pamela Clare "owned" the Hughies this year - they were even final nominees in some of the categories that they did not win in the end. All that said, here they are -- the winners of the thirteenth annual RBL ROMANTICA HUGHIE AWARDS ...
DIVA OF ROMANCE!
LISA KLEYPAS
HILDY HUGHIE AWARD FOR FAVORITE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE CHRISTMAS BRIDES by Linda Lael Miller
FAVORITE ENGLISH/SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE MARRIED BY MORNING by Lisa Kleypas
FAVORITE UNIQUE HISTORICAL ROMANCE ONE TOUCH OF SCANDAL by Liz Carlyle
FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE by Rachel Gibson
and CHRISTMAS EVE AT FRIDAY HARBOR by Lisa Kleypas
FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY NAKED EDGE by Pamela Clare
FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE TOUGH TO TAME by Diana Palmer
FAVORITE VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/SHAPESHIFTER PARANORMAL ROMANCE NO MERCY by Sherrilyn Kenyon
FAVORITE FUTURISTIC/OTHER WORLD PARANORMAL ROMANCE LOVER MINE by J. R. Ward
FAVORITE TIME TRAVEL PARANORMAL ROMANCE DARK VIKING by Sandra Hill
FAVORITE UNIQUE PARANORMAL ROMANCE DEVIL AT MIDNIGHT by Emma Holly
FAVORITE EROTICA ROMANCE GUILTY PLEASURE by Lora Leigh
FAVORITE ANTHOLOGY DEADLY PROMISES by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laura Griffin, Cindy Gerard and Dianna Love
FAVORITE TITLE NAKED EDGE by Pamela Clare
FAVORITE AUTHOR
Karen Marie Moning
FAVORITE NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR
Susan Mallery
FAVORITE HERO
Roarke (In Death Series by J.D. Robb)
FAVORITE HEROINE
Kat James (NAKED EDGE by Pamela Clare)
FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE
Cam Rohan (Hathaways Series by Lisa Kleypas)
FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE
Delia Peabody (In Death Series by J.D. Robb)
FUNNIEST BOOK SIZZLING SIXTEEN by Janet Evanovich
HOTTEST BOOK NAKED EDGE by Pamela Clare
and GUILTY PLEASURE by Lora Leigh
MOST TOUCHING BOOK NAKED EDGE by Pamela Clare
FAVORITE RE-READ THE IMMORTAL HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning