Awards

Daughter of Destiny

Winner

Book of the Year – Chanticleer Reviews
Best New Voice, (Silver Award), IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
Winner, North Street Book Prize
Winner, Missouri Author Project
Gold Medal – Next Generation Indie Book Awards (fantasy)
Gold Medal – Readers Favorite Awards (fantasy)
First Place, Midwest Book Awards (fantasy)
First Place, Chatelaine Awards for Romantic Fiction (legacy/legend)
First Place, Colorado Independent Publisher’s Association (CIPA) EVVY Awards (fairytale/folklore)

Book to Movie Contests

Top 10 Launchpad Manuscript Book to Movie Contest
Semi-finalist – Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest
Semi-finalist – Taleflick Road to Development Contest
Top pick -Taleflick

Coverfly’s Red List (Best of the Year – 2020)

Top 3% of all content, regardless of format
#4 in all books/manuscripts
#2 for Fantasy Book/Manuscripts of the year

Other Awards

Short-list – Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards
Selected – Library Journal‘s curated SELF-e Select module
Named a Discovered Diamond for independent historical fiction

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Camelot’s Queen

Winner

Fiction Book of the Year – Author’s Circle
Best Second Book – Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Gold Medal, Next Generation Indie Book Awards (fantasy)
First Place, Ozma Awards for Fantasy Fiction (mythological fantasy)

Coverfly’s Red List (Best of the Year – 2020)

#5 for Fantasy Book/Manuscripts of the year

Finalist – Midwest Book Awards (fantasy)
Short-list – Forward Indies Book of the Year (fantasy)
Short-list – Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards

Long List – RONE Awards (historical: ancient through 16th century)
Third Place – Novel with Strong Romantic Elements – Heart of Excellence Reader’s Choice Awards (Ancient City RWA)

Chosen as a TaleFlick Team Pick
Awarded the Indie B.R.A.G Medallion
Selected – Library Journal‘s curated SELF-e Select module
Named a Discovered Diamond for independent historical fiction

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Madame Presidentess

Winner

First Place – Chaucer Awards for Historical Fiction (U.S. women’s history)
Honorable Mention – Reader’s Favorite Book Awards, Fiction – Historical Personage category
Previously Optioned for TV/Film

Coverfly’s Red List (Best of the Year – 2020)

#3 for Historical Book/Manuscripts of the year

Finalist

Eric Hoffer Book Awards (General Fiction category)

Semi-finalist – Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest

Awarded the Indie B.R.A.G Medallion
Selected – Library Journal‘s curated SELF-e Select module
Named a Discovered Diamond for independent historical fiction

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Been Searching for You

Winner

Novel of Excellence (romance)
Midwest Book Awards (romance)
Contemporary Long – Heart of Excellence Reader’s Choice Awards (Ancient City RWA)
Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) EVVY Awards (romance)
Silver Medal – Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Benjamin Franklin Awards (romance)
Third place over all categories in the Lyra Awards for Fiction
Single Title Romance category – Great Expectations contest (North Texas
RWA – 2015)*
Contemporary Single Title – Golden Rose (Portland RWA – 2015)*

Coverfly’s Red List (Best of the Year – 2020)

#12 for Other Book/Manuscripts of the year

Short-list – Chatelaine Awards (romantic fiction)
Long List – RONE Awards (chick lit/women’s fiction)

Finalist – Contemporary Romance Long – Stiletto Contest (Contemporary Romance Writers RWA – 2017)
Finalist – 2016 Readers Favorite Awards (chick lit)
Finalist – Contemporary Single Title – The Molly (Heart of Denver RWA – 2015) No placement number given*
2nd Place – Long Contemporary – Fool for Love (Virginia RWA – 2015)*
3rd Place – Mainstream with Romantic Elements – Cleveland Rocks (Northeast Ohio RWA – 2015)*
3rd Place – Single Title – Linda Howard Award of Excellence (Birmingham RWA – 2015)*
Honorable mention – Single Title Romance category – Fab Five (Wisconsin RWA – 2015)*

Selected – Library Journal‘s curated SELF-e Select module
Awarded the Indie B.R.A.G Medallion

* = under previous working title He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

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The Once and Future Queen

Winner

Non-fiction Book of the Year – Author’s Circle
2018 Sarton Women’s Book Award (Non-fiction)
Next Generation Indie Book Awards (General Non-fiction category)
First in category for Instructional & Insightful Non-Fiction Books at the Chanticleer Book Awards.

Finalist -Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Historical Non-fiction category)
Finalist – Reader’s Favorite (General Non-fiction category)
Awarded the Indie B.R.A.G Medallion

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Mistress of Legend

Winner:

Fiction Book of the Year – Author’s Circle
Silver – Foreword Indies (fantasy)
Silver – Reader’s Favorite (mythology)
First place (Dark Ages, Medieval, Renaissance category) Chaucer Award Historical Fiction

Finalist -Next Generation Indie Book Awards (fantasy category)

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The Guinevere’s Tale Trilogy

USA Today Bestseller
- Barnes and Noble
  - #1 in fantasy
  - #11 in ALL Nook ebooks
- Amazon
  - #1 in three subcategories
  - #4 in Fantasy
  - #5 in Sci-fi and Fantasy
  - #40 in ALL Kindle ebooks
Best Fiction Series – Chanticleer Book Awards
Best Fiction Series – IPPY (Independent Book Publisher) Awards