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
- Barnes and Noble
- Best Fiction Series – Chanticleer Book Awards
- Best Fiction Series – IPPY (Independent Book Publisher) Awards
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America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor
(Publication: March 1, 2023)
- Grand Prize– Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Journalism – Chanticleer Book Awards