Australian Romance Readers Awards
Each year ARRA holds awards for the best romance books in a number of categories.  Click here to see our 2008 Award winners.
 
FAVOURITE EROTIC ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Romance Direct)

  • Bengal’s Heart / Lora Leigh
  • Bite My Fire / Mary Hughes
  • Caleb (The Shadow Wranglers) / Sarah McCarty
  • Claimed by the Wolf / Charlene Teglia
  • Darkness Burning / Delilah Devlin
  • Laid Bare / Lauren Dane  (winner)
  • On These Silken Sheets / Sabrina Darby
  • Perfect Formation / KB Alan
  • Sweet Persuasion / Maya Banks
  • Taboo / Jess Michaels


FAVOURITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
(proudly sponsored by Love Books)

  • Burn / Linda Howard
  • Dark Country / Bronwyn Parry   (winner)
  • Dark of Night / Suzanne Brockmann
  • Feel the Heat / Cindy Gerard
  • Hidden Fire / Jo Davis
  • Kindred in Death / JD Robb
  • Made to be Broken / Kelley Armstrong
  • Shoot to Thrill / Nina Bruhns
  • Stolen Heat / Elisabeth Naughton
  • The Treasures of Venice / Loucinda McGary


FAVOURITE CONTINUING ROMANCE SERIES

  • Bastion Club / Stephanie Laurens
  • Black Dagger Brotherhood / JR Ward
  • Dark-Hunters / Sherrilyn Kenyon
  • Dragon Kin / GA Aiken
  • Immortals After Dark / Kresley Cole
  • In Death series / JD Robb
  • Mercy Thompson series / Patricia Briggs
  • Otherworld series / Kelley Armstrong
  • Psy/Changeling series / Nalini Singh (winner)
  • Riley Jenson series / Keri Arthur


FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE AUTHOR OF 2009
(proudly sponsored by Booktopia)

  • Angela Verdenius
  • Anna Campbell (winner)
  • Anne Gracie
  • Bronwyn Parry
  • Christine Wells
  • Denise Rossetti
  • Keri Arthur
  • Paula Roe
  • Stephanie Laurens
  • Tracey O’hara
FAVOURITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Galaxy Bookshop)

  • Bad Moon Rising / Sherrilyn Kenyon
  • Blaze of Memory / Nalini Singh
  • Branded by Fire / Nalini Singh
  • Dark Slayer / Christine Feehan
  • Death, the Vamp and his Brother / Lexxie Couper
  • Hidden Currents / Christine Feehan
  • Kiss of a Demon King / Kresley Cole
  • Lover Avenged / JR Ward   (winner)
  • The Mane Squeeze / Shelly Laurenston
  • What a Dragon Should Know / GA Aiken


FAVOURITE SCI-FI, FANTASY OR FUTURISTIC ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Rosemary's Romance Books and Temptation the Romance Bookstore)

  • Angels' Blood / Nalini Singh  (winner)
  • Born of Ice / Sherrilyn Kenyon
  • Covet / JR Ward
  • Deadly Desire / Keri Arthur
  • Double Blind / Ann Aguirre
  • On the Edge / Ilona Andrews
  • Queen of Song and Souls / CL Wilson
  • Shadowfae / Erica Hayes
  • Soul of a Guardian / Angela Verdenius
  • The Treasure Keeper / Shana Abe


FAVOURITE SHORT CATEGORY ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Mills & Boon)

  • Blackmailed Bride Innocent Wife / Annie West
  • Exposed: Misbehaving with the Magnate / Kelly Hunter
  • Colorado Christmas / CC Coburn
  • Hot Under Pressure / Kathleen O’Reilly
  • Magnate’s Make-Believe Mistress / Bronwyn Jameson
  • Passion to Die For / Marilyn Pappano
  • Playboy Boss, Live-in Mistress / Kelly Hunter
  • The Magnate’s Baby Promise / Paula Roe  (winner)
  • The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage / Melanie Milburne
  • The Savakis Mistress / Annie West


FAVOURITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Ever After the Romance Book Specialists)

  • A Duke of Her Own / Eloisa James
  • An Indecent Proposition / Emma Wildes
  • Captive of Sin / Anna Campbell   (winner)
  • Mastered by Love / Stephanie Laurens
  • Tempt Me at Twilight / Lisa Kleypas
  • Tempt the Devil / Anna Campbell
  • Tempted All Night / Liz Carlyle
  • To Catch a Bride / Anne Gracie
  • To Desire a Devil / Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Wicked Little Game / Christine Wells


FAVOURITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Romantic Reflections)

  • Ain’t Too Proud to Beg / Susan Donovan
  • Bending the Rules / Susan Andersen
  • Dogs and Goddesses /Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich
  • Heat Seeker / Lora Leigh
  • Love is a Four-Legged Word / Kandy Shepherd (winner)
  • One Reckless Summer / Toni Blake
  • Practice Makes Perfect / Julie James
  • Rewriting Monday / Jodi Thomas
  • Too Hot to Handle / Robin Kaye
  • Vision in White / Nora Roberts
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2009 awards
The 2009 awards were presented at an Awards Dinner, on 15 May 2010, at Cello's Restaurant, Castlereagh Hotel, Sydney.  The winners are highlighted in pink below.

ARRA gratefully acknowledges all our sponsors, in particular our event sponsors - Avon Romance and Booktopia.

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