If a little dreaming is dangerous,
the cure for it is not to dream less
but to dream more, to dream all the time.
~Marcel Proust

This month as we ring in a new year, we take time to salute our fabulous sub-genre authors who dared to dream of new and different worlds, who pushed the envelope of imagination and created gems of rare quality. The following are the 2002 P.E.A.R.L. finalists, those titles the paranormalromance listers have nominated as the best of the best in ten sub-genre categories.

ANTHOLOGY

A MOTHER'S WAY: Love Spell
Lisa Cach, Susan Grant, Julie Kenner, Lynsay Sands
FANTASY: Jove
Christine Feehan, Emma Holly, Sabrina Jeffries, Elda Minger
PARADOX: LTDBooks
Rosemary Laurey, J. C. Wilder
SHIFTERS: New Concepts Pub.
Jennifer Dunne, Robin Bayne, Myra Nour, Jane Toombs
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: Zebra
Linda Devlin, Sandy Moffett, Deb Stover
TAPESTRY: Jove
Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning

FANTASY / MAGICAL

FANTASY LOVER : Sherrilyn Kenyon -- St. Martins Press
MULLIGAN STEW: Deb Stover -- Jove
THE FOREST LORD: Susan Krinard -- Berkley
THE SHADOW PRINCE: Jan Zimlich -- Love Spell
THIEF'S DESIRE: Isabo Kelly -- LTDBooks
VIRTUAL WARRIOR: Ann Lawrence

FUTURISTIC

BODY ELECTRIC: Susan Squires -- Love Spell
LORD OF THE DARK SUN: Stobie Piel -- Love Spell
PURITY IN DEATH: J. D. Robb -- Berkley
RAVYN'S FLIGHT: Patti O'Shea -- Love Spell
REUNION IN DEATH: J. D. Robb -- Berkley
WHISPERS IN THE STARS: Patricia Waddell

SCIENCE FICTION

AN ACCIDENTAL GODDESS: Megan Sybil Baker: -- LTDBooks
COMMAND PERFORMANCE: Linnea Sinclair -- NovelBooks, Inc.
CONTACT: Susan Grant -- Love Spell
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY: Lois McMaster Bujold -- Baen Books
GABRIEL'S GHOST: Megan Sybil Baker: -- LTDBooks

SHAPESHIFTER

CALL OF THE MOON: Ronda Thompson -- Love Spell
DARK GUARDIAN: Christine Feehan -- Love Spell
DARK LEGEND: Christine Feehan -- Love Spell
LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS: Charlaine Harris -- Ace Books
NIGHT PLEASURES: Sherrilyn Kenyon -- St. Martin's Press

NOVELLA or SHORT STORY

BRAKOS@TWILIGHT.COM: Linda Bleser -- Treble Heart Books
"Dragonswan" (TAPESTRY): Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Berkley
McNAMARA'S GHOST: Angelique Armae -- Amber Quill Press
SMALL MAGIC: Liddy Midnight -- LTDBooks
"The Day Her Heart Stood Still" (A MOTHER'S WAY): Susan Grant -- Love Spell

TIME TRAVEL

GEORGE AND THE VIRGIN: Lisa Cach -- Love Spell
NIGHT GAMES: Nina Bangs -- Love Spell
NIGHT SECRETS: Norah-Jean Perkin -- Love Spell
TIMELESS DECEPTION: Susanne Marie Knight -- NovelBooks, Inc.
THE DARK HIGHLANDER: Karen Marie Moning -- Dell

EROTIC

CAPTIVE DREAMS: Angela Knight, Diane Whiteside -- Ellora's Cave
DREAM LOVER: Cassie Walder -- Ellora's Cave
NIGHT OF THE CAT: Kate Douglas -- Ellora's Cave
PRIDE OF IMARr: Kate Douglas -- Ellora's Cave
UNDEAD AND UNWED: MaryJanice Davidson -- Ellora's Cave

NEW AUTHOR

Jeanine Berry: -- DAYSPRING DAWNING, DAYSPRING DESTINY-- NovelBooks, Inc.
Jacqueline Elliot: -- SHADOWS IN THE FIRE -- Treble Heart Books
Sandy Moffett: CALL DOWN THE NIGHT-- Zebra
Patti O'Shea: RAVYN'S FLIGHT -- Love Spell
Candace Sams: GRYPHON'S QUEST, THE GAZING GLOBE -- ImaJinn Books

OVERALL PARANORMAL

CALL OF THE MOON: Ronda Thompson -- Love Spell
CONTACT: Susan Grant -- Love Spell
DARK GUARDIAN: Christine Feehan -- Love Spell
FANTASY LOVER: Sherrilyn Kenyon -- St. Martin's Press
GABRIEL'S GHOST: Megan Sybil Baker -- LTD Books
NIGHT PLEASURES: Sherrilyn Kenyon -- St. Martin's Press