Favourite Erotic Romance (2008-2017)
Subcategory of Australian Romance Readers Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2017

Indexed selectively.
winner y separately published work icon Team Player Cate Ellink , Australia : Escape Publishing , 2017 11445625 2017 single work novel romance

'She’s never been shy about what she wants – and now she wants them both...

'Hannah Maynard, sports reporter, is sure it’s only her lust-filled fantasies linking Australian rugby league captain, Charlie Maxxin, with relative newcomer, Lyle Smythe-Jones. She and Charlie have shared quite a few steamy sessions over the years, so surely he’s not in a relationship with the young, unflappable player she’s dubbed Marble Boy? 

'Hannah lures Charlie to dinner and his reaction is all the answer she needs. But she doesn’t want to report on the biggest secret in Australian sport – she wants to take part. However, it’s not just Charlie’s decision and it can’t be just casual. If Hannah wants in, she has to be all in, with Lyle, with Charlie, and with the hottest action any of them have ever experienced.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2015

winner y separately published work icon Anticipation Sarah Mayberry , Mount Eliza : Small Cow Productions , 2015 9245874 2015 single work novel romance

'Blue Sullivan knows a player when she sees one. And Eddie Oliveira—charm and sex personified—was born to play. She never wanted him to say goodbye, so for the last ten years she’s ignored the sizzling attraction between them and focused on being the best sidekick a guy could have. Smart girl, right?

'Then Blue has a serious accident, and overnight Eddie changes. Suddenly he’s more intense and singularly devoted…to her. With all this sexy attention, it’s hard to stay within the boundaries she’s scrupulously drawn. The temptation, the anticipation builds and, finally, she has to have what he’s offering. Of course Eddie proves to be brilliant. Now, she worries he’s ruined her forever, and that in making the leap to lovers, she'll lose the best friend she's ever had.' (Publication summary)

Year: 2014

winner y separately published work icon Down and Dirty United States of America (USA) : 2014 8333360 2014 series - publisher novella romance

A series of thematically related erotic novellas, each by a different author, sold together as a single (electronic) box set).

Nomination for the box set as an entirety.

Year: 2013

winner y separately published work icon Skin Kylie Scott , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2013 Z1930790 2013 single work novel fantasy horror romance 'Six months since the zombie plague struck, former librarian Roslyn Stewart has been holed up in a school with eight other survivors. But now the shelves in the school canteen are bare. The stranger at the gate has supplies that will ensure the group's ongoing survival, but at a cost. He wants a woman.

Nick is a man with a plan. He'll treat Roslyn like a Queen, devoting the rest of his life to protecting and providing for her. In exchange, of course, for sexual favours. It's the deal of the century given the state of the world. But Roslyn doesn't see it that way. The first chance she gets she attacks the ex-army man and attempts to escape, forcing Nick to contain her. And so begins his awkward courtship of the woman, with her chained to the bed for security reasons.

Chained like a dog and forced to spend her every waking moment with a creep, albeit a good looking one, Ros is determined to escape. When circumstances force them to band together against a common enemy their very survival depends on their ability to learn to trust each other. An uneasy partnership develops, but can a relationship with such a difficult beginning ever have a future?' (Publisher's blurb)

Year: 2011

winner y separately published work icon The Lone Warrior Denise Rossetti , New York (City) : Berkley Publishing Corporation , 2011 6896529 2011 single work novel romance fantasy

'Walker, an earth shaman, has dedicated his life to the annihilation of the demon warriors who destroyed his desert tribe. As the lone survivor of the massacre, he atones by wreaking vengeance as a lethal mercenary. But his latest captive is a daring and new kind of challenge.

'She is the assassin Mehcredi, forced to work alongside Walker as penance for her crimes. Abandoned as a child, Mehcredi has no concept of human relationships, no reserve, no fears, and she boldly walks through Walker’s barriers as if they were mist.

'Embarking on a journey of naked revenge—and pure ecstasy—they will discover pleasures once alien to them both. But in their shadow is the most powerful and reviled demon warrior of them all—the Necromancer. He’s vowed to destroy Walker and Mehcredi once and forever, even if he must hold the entire world ransom to do it...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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