AND THE 1998 WINNER IS ... Well, the RBLs have spoken! The votes are in and tallied, and now it's time to present the HUGHIES to the First Annual RBL Book Award winners! BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE HER SECRET GUARDIAN by Linda Needham BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCE CHERISH by Catherine Anderson BEST ENGLISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE THAT SCANDALOUS EVENING by Christina Dodd and SLEEPING BEAUTY by Judith Ivory BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE A YEAR AND A DAY by Virginia Henley and THE BLOOD OF ROSES by Marsha Canham BEST "OTHER" HISTORICAL ROMANCE (Americana, Viking, etc.) THEN CAME HEAVEN by LaVyrle Spencer BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Susan Elizabeth Phillips BEST CONTEMPORARY SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE THE WINNING HAND by Nora Roberts BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY ABSOLUTE TROUBLE by Michelle Jerott BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE (Time Travel, Futuristic, Fantasy, etc.) MINE TO TAKE by Dara Joy BEST COVER MINE TO TAKE by Dara Joy BEST TITLE (Cleverest, Most Appropriate, etc.) CHERISH by Catherine Anderson BEST AUTHOR Nora Roberts BEST NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR Marsha Canham FAVORITE HERO Race Spencer (CHERISH by Catherine Anderson) FAVORITE HEROINE Rachel Stone (DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Susan Elizabeth Phillips) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE Ethan Bonner (DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Susan Elizabeth Phillips) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE Kristy Brown (DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Susan Elizabeth Phillips) FUNNIEST SCENE The wedding night scene (CHERISH by Catherine Anderson) HOTTEST SCENE Nine hundred strokes to love (MINE TO TAKE by Dara Joy) MOST TOUCHING SCENE The last scene with Rachel, Gabe, and Chip (DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Susan Elizabeth Phillips) BEST LINE OR QUOTE "If you ever try to leave me, I'm going with you." (CHERISH by Catherine Anderson) BEST BOOK-YOU-READ-IN-1998- THAT-WAS-PUBLISHED-BEFORE-1998 ANNIE'S SONG by Catherine Anderson 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! Copyright © RBL Romantica. All rights reserved. Reproducing material from this site without permission is prohibited.