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| BEST AMERICAN-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE | A SAVAGE BEAUTY Merline Lovelace Mira (September 2003)
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| BEST BRITISH-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE | BORROWED DREAMS May McGoldrick Signet (June 2003)
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| BEST FIRST HISTORICAL ROMANCE | THE CAPTAIN OF ALL PLEASURES Kresley Cole Pocket (July 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL K.I.S.S. HERO | David Walker HANNAH'S HALF-BREED Heidi Betts Leisure (January 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL LOVE & LAUGHTER | ENTER THE HERO Judith O'Brien Pocket (December 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL | FOUR SPIRITS Sena Jeter Naslund Morrow (September 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL PARANORMAL FANTASY | THE FOREVER KISS Thea Devine Brava (June 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL ROMANTIC ADVENTURE | THE IRON ROSE Marsha Canham Signet (March 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL SAGA | NO ANGEL Penny Vincenzi Overlook (September 2003)
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| BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE | THE CRIMSON LADY Mary Reed McCall Avon (June 2003)
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| BEST REGENCY-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE | SLIGHTLY SCANDALOUS Mary Balogh Dell (June 2003)
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| BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE | HIGHLAND GROOM Hannah Howell Zebra (November 2003)
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| BEST SENSUAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE | SEDUCED Pamela Britton Warner (April 2003)
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| BEST WESTERN ROMANCE | TO TAME A TEXAN Georgina Gentry Zebra (May 2003)
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| HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THE YEAR | ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL Teresa Medeiros Avon (August 2003)
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| BEST CHICK LIT NOVEL | 32AA Michelle Cunnah Avon (December 2003)
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| BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL | SKYWARD Mary Alice Monroe Mira (July 2003)
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| BEST CONTEMPORARY PARANORMAL | STOLEN Kelley Armstrong Viking (May 2003)
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| BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE | TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Susan Donovan St. Martin's (August 2003)
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| BEST EPIC FANTASY NOVEL | THE WHITE DRAGON Laura Resnick Tor (July 2003)
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| BEST EROTIC ROMANCE AND EROTICA | KING OF HEARTS Cheyenne McCray www.ellorascave.com (November 2003)
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| BEST FANTASY NOVEL | PALADIN OF SOULS Lois McMaster Bujold Eos (October 2003)
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| BEST FIRST MULTICULTURAL ROMANCE | RULES FOR A PRETTY WOMAN Suzette Francis Avon (September 2003)
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| BEST FUTURISTIC ROMANCE | PORTRAIT IN DEATH J.D. Robb Berkley (March 2003)
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| BEST INSPIRATIONAL NOVEL | ANTONIA'S CHOICE Nancy Rue Multnomah (May 2003)
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| BEST MULTICULTURAL | COMFORT OF A MAN Adrianne Byrd BET/Arabesque (July 2003)
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| BEST ROMANTIC INTRIGUE | INTO DANGER Gennita Low Avon (April 2003)
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| BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE | TWISTED SHADOWS Patricia Potter Jove (January 2003)
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| BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL | SKYFALL Catherine Asaro Tor (October 2003)
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| BEST SMALL PRESS PARANORMAL & FUTURISTIC | THE DRAGON LAIRD Deborah Lynne www.echelonpress.com (July 2003)
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| BEST SMALL PRESS ROMANCE | SPELLBINDER Elizabeth Taylor George www.hardshell.com (February 2003)
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| BEST VAMPIRE ROMANCE | I BURN FOR YOU Susan Sizemore Pocket (October 2003)
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| BEST WOMEN'S FICTION | SECOND GLANCE Jodi Picoult Atria (May 2003)
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| MYSTERY & SUSPENSE |  |
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| BEST AMATEUR SLEUTH | A BLOODHOUND TO DIE FOR Virginia Lanier HarperCollins (August 2003)
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| BEST CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY | A FAINT COLD FEAR Karin Slaughter William Morrow (October 2003)
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| BEST FIRST MYSTERY | HAUNTED GROUND Erin Hart Scribner (May 2003)
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| BEST HISTORICAL MYSTERY | CHILDREN OF THE STORM Elizabeth Peters William Morrow (April 2003)
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| BEST PI NOVEL | THE WHITE ROAD John Connolly Atria (March 2003)
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| BEST SUSPENSE | THE BREATHTAKER Alice Blanchard Warner (November 2003)
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| REGENCY |  |
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| BEST REGENCY | THE INDIFFERENT EARL Blair Bancroft Signet (March 2003)
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| BEST CONTINUITY SERIES ROMANCE | CRADLE AND ALL M.J. Rodgers Harlequin (March 2003)
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| BEST FIRST SERIES ROMANCE | HAVING THE TYCOON'S BABY Anna DePalo Silhouette (August 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN AMERICAN | WEDDING ROULETTE Leandra Logan Harlequin (February 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN BLAZE | AFTER HOURS Vicki Lewis Thompson Harlequin (September 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN DUETS | TRULY, MADLY, BRIEFLY Delores Fossen Harlequin (June 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE | ATTEMPTED MATRIMONY Joanna Wayne Harlequin (June 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN PRESENTS | THE SICILIAN SURRENDER Sandra Marton Harlequin (October 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN ROMANCE | MANHATTAN MERGER Rebecca Winters Harlequin (July 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN SUPERROMANCE | SANCTUARY Brenda Novak Harlequin (October 2003)
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| BEST HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION | PROPOSITIONED? Kristin Gabriel Harlequin (January 2003)
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| BEST SILHOUETTE DESIRE | RENEGADE MILLIONAIRE Kristi Gold Silhouette (March 2003)
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| BEST SILHOUETTE INTIMATE MOMENTS | SOME MEN'S DREAMS Kathleen Korbel Silhouette (August 2003)
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| BEST SILHOUETTE ROMANCE | DID YOU SAY...WIFE? Judith McWilliams Silhouette (August 2003)
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| BEST SILHOUETTE SPECIAL EDITION | MAKE-BELIEVE MISTLETOE Gina Wilkins Silhouette (December 2003)
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| BEST STEEPLEHILL LOVE INSPIRED | FINDING HOPE Brenda Coulter Steeple Hill (July 2003)
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