My top 100 ballot

In the end, after worrying I might not have time to do my ballot, I did vote in the AAR Top 100 Romances Poll.

My ballot is just an update of the one I submitted in October 2004, but it still took me a long time to do, because it wasn't just a matter of adding new keepers to the list. I had to figure out where to put them and I had to completely change the order of the books already there, because my tastes have changed quite a bit in the last 3 years. I think the whole ranking ans sorting took about 4 times as long as the actual choosing of books. *sigh*

Anyway, here's my list. If you want to know more about a particular title, I think I've reviewed most of these, and you can find links to those reviews here.

1. Lord of Scoundrels - Loretta Chase

2. Gaudy Night - Dorothy L Sayers

3. Born in Fire - Nora Roberts

4. Archangel, by Sharon Shinn

5. Daughter of the Game - Tracy Grant

6. Shining Through - Susan Isaacs

7. Beauty Like the Night - Liz Carlyle

8. Heart of Deception - Taylor Chase

9. Busman's Honeymoon - Dorothy L Sayers

10. Winter Garden - Adele Ashworth

11. Naked in Death - JD Robb

12. To Have and to Hold - Patricia Gaffney

13. In the Midnight Rain - Ruth Wind

14. My False Heart - Liz Carlyle

15. For My Lady's Heart - Laura Kinsale

16. Ravished - Amanda Quick

17. Bet Me - Jennifer Crusie

18. Heart of Fire - Linda Howard

19. The Notorious Rake, by Mary Balogh

20. Demon Angel, by Meljean Brook

21. Anyone But You - Jennifer Crusie

22. The Bridal Season - Connie Brockway

23. Midsummer Moon - Laura Kinsale

24. Bliss, by Judy Cuevas

25. Mistress - Amanda Quick

26. Slightly Dangerous, by Mary Balogh

27. Dance, by Judy Cuevas

28. Uncommon Vows, by Mary Jo Putney

29. Trust Me - Jayne Ann Krentz

30. Slave to Sensation, by Nalini Singh

31. As You Desire - Connie Brockway

32. Shadowheart, by Laura Kinsale

33. The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn

34. Fever Dreams - Laura Leone

35. Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann

36. Midnight Bayou - Nora Roberts

37. Family Man - Jayne Ann Krentz

38. Breathing Room - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

39. All Night Long - Michelle Jerott

40. Crocodile in the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters

41. Welcome to Temptation - Jennifer Crusie

42. It Had to Be You - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

43. Heartthrob - Suzanne Brockmann

44. Hidden Riches - Nora Roberts

45. The Last Rogue - Deborah Simmons

46. Breathless - Laura Lee Guhrke

47. Lady Gallant, by Suzanne Robinson

48. Rapture in Death - JD Robb

49. One Summer - Karen Robards

50. Thunder and Roses - Mary Jo Putney

51. The Phoenix Code - Catherine Asaro

52. Trojan Gold - Elizabeth Peters

53. A Woman Scorned - Liz Carlyle

54. The Iron Rose - Marsha Canham

55. The Famous Heroine - Mary Balogh

56. Tell Me No Lies, by Elizabeth Lowell

57. Lord Perfect, by Loretta Chase

58. One Perfect Rose - Mary Jo Putney

59. The Gentleman Thief - Deborah Simmons

60. Witness in Death - JD Robb

61. By Arrangement - Madeline Hunter

62. A Summer to Remember - Mary Balogh

63. This Heart of Mine - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

64. A Great Catch - Michelle Jerott

65. The Shadowy Horses - Susanna Kearsley

66. One Good Turn - Carla Kelly

67. Paradise - Judith McNaught

68. Games of Command, by Linnea Sinclair

69. Mystic and Rider, by Sharon Shinn

70. Then Came You - Lisa Kleypas

71. Birthright - Nora Roberts

72. Lord of the Storm, by Justine Davis

73. See Jane Score, by Rachel Gibson

74. Fallen From Grace, by Laura Leone

75. To Love and To Cherish, by Patricia Gaffney

76. Mr. Impossible, by Loretta Chase

77. The Fire Rose, by Mercedes Lackey

78. Lover Awakened, by J.R. Ward

79. Match Me If You Can, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

80. High Noon, by Nora Roberts

81. Suddenly You - Lisa Kleypas

82. Two Little Lies, by Liz Carlyle

83. The Fairy Godmother, by Mercedes Lackey

84. Caressed by Ice, by Nalini Singh

85. More Than a Mistress, by Mary Balogh

86. Demon Moon, by Meljean Brook

87. The Sharing Knife Vol. 1 - Beguilement

88. The Silver Rose, by Susan Carroll

89. Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong

90. The Last Hellion, by Loretta Chase

91. Woman on the Run, by Lisa Marie Rice

92. The Raven Prince, by Elizabeth Hoyt

93. Always to Remember, by Lorraine Heath

94. Spending, by Mary Gordon

95. Night Owl (from Hot Blooded anthology) - Emma Holly

96. The Devil You Know - Liz Carlyle

97. Lord of the Fading Lands, by CL Wilson

98. The Rules of Seduction, by Madeline Hunter

99. Something Shady, by Pamela Morsi

100. Love's Prisoner (from Secrets Vol 6 anthology) - MaryJanice Davidson