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2010 awards
The 2010 awards were presented at an Awards Dinner, on 26 March 2011, at ARRC2013, Bondi Beach, Sydney.  The winners are highlighted in pink below.

ARRA gratefully acknowledges the support of all our award sponsors.

The categories, finalists and winners for 2010 are:
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FAVOURITE EROTIC ROMANCE

  • Awakened by a Kiss – Lila DiPasqua
  • Copping a Feel – Lexxie Couper
  • Coyote Home – Rhian Cahill
  • Coyote Wild – Rhian Cahill
  • Delicious – Shayla Black
  • Raising the Stakes – Jess Dee (winner)
  • Savage Transformation – Lexxie Couper
  • Sinful – Charlotte Featherstone
  • Sweet Temptation – Maya Banks
  • The Relic – Maggie Nash



FAVOURITE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
(proudly sponsored by Love Books)

  • Border Watch – Helene Young (winner)
  • Death Echo – Elizabeth Lowell
  • Dirty Sexy Murder – Cathleen Ross
  • Fallout – Karlene Blakemore-Mowle
  • Indulgence in Death – JD Robb
  • Naked Edge – Pamela Clare
  • Operation Summer Storm – Karlene Blakemore-Mowle
  • Ride the Fire – Jo Davis
  • Risk No Secrets – Cindy Gerard
  • The Search – Nora Roberts


FAVOURITE CONTINUING ROMANCE SERIES

  • Black Dagger Brotherhood – JR Ward
  • Devil Riders – Anne Gracie
  • Guild Hunter series – Nalini Singh
  • In Death series – JD Robb
  • Kate Daniels series – Ilona Andrews
  • Midnight Breed series – Lara Adrian
  • Psy/Changeling series – Nalini Singh (winner)
  • Riley Jenson series – Keri Arthur
  • The Bride Quartet – Nora Roberts
  • The Hathaways – Lisa Kleypas



FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE AUTHOR OF 2010
(proudly sponsored by Melanie Milburne)

  • Anna Campbell (winner)
  • Anne Gracie
  • Annie West
  • Erica Hayes
  • Helene Young
  • Jess Dee
  • Kandy Shepherd
  • Kelly Hunter
  • Keri Arthur
  • Paula Roe
FAVOURITE PARANORMAL ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Galaxy Bookshop)

  • Beast Behaving Badly – Shelly Laurenston
  • Bonds of Justice – Nalini Singh (winner)
  • Defeat the Darkness – Alexis Morgan
  • Demon from the Dark – Kresley Cole
  • Last Dragon Standing – GA Aiken
  • Lover Mine – JR Ward
  • Original Sin – Allison Brennan
  • Play of Passion – Nalini Singh
  • Taken by Midnight – Lara Adrian
  • The Darkest Passion – Gena Showalter


FAVOURITE SCI-FI, FANTASY OR FUTURISTIC ROMANCE

  • Alpha – Rachel Vincent
  • Archangel’s Kiss – Nalini Singh (winner)
  • Black Magic Sanction – Kim Harrison
  • Love Heart and Soul Moments – Angela Verdenius
  • Magic Bleeds – Ilona Andrews
  • Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
  • Moon Sworn – Keri Arthur
  • Shadowglass – Erica Hayes
  • Sureblood – Susan Grant
  • The Darkest Edge of Dawn – Kelly Gay



FAVOURITE SHORT CATEGORY ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Harlequin Australia)

  • Alessandro and the Cheery Nanny – Amy Andrews
  • Christmas at Candlebark Farm – Michelle Douglas
  • One Unashamed Night – Sophia James
  • Passion, Purity and the Prince – Annie West
  • Red-Hot Renegade – Kelly Hunter
  • Scandal: His Majesty’s Love Child – Annie West
  • Scandal: Unclaimed Love Child – Melanie Milburne
  • The Billionaire Baby Bombshell – Paula Roe (winner)
  • The Sheriff and the Baby – CC Coburn
  • Untameable Rogue – Kelly Hunter


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

  • Love in the Afternoon – Lisa Kleypas
  • My Reckless Surrender – Anna Campbell (winner)
  • Nine Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake – Sarah MacLean
  • Proof by Seduction – Courtney Milan
  • Rules of an Engagement – Suzanne Enoch
  • Shameless – Karen Robards
  • Sweetest Little Sin – Christine Wells
  • The Accidental Wedding – Anne Gracie
  • The Forbidden Rose – Joanna Bourne
  • Wicked Intentions – Elizabeth Hoyt


FAVOURITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
(proudly sponsored by Romantic Reflections)

  • All I Ever Wanted – Kristan Higgins
  • Happy Ever After – Nora Roberts
  • Home is Where the Bark Is – Kandy Shepherd (winner)
  • Lead Me On – Victoria Dahl
  • Money, Honey – Susan Sey
  • Savor the Moment – Nora Roberts
  • Something About You – Julie James
  • The Cattleman’s Runaway Bride – Karlene Blakemore-Mowle
  • The Next Best Thing – Kristan Higgins
  • Welcome to Harmony – Jodi Thomas
(L-R) Kandy Shepherd, Nalini Singh, Jess Dee, Anna Campbell, Hιlθne Young, Paula Roe
2010 winners