Wanna hear something great? I got the news this week that Tepting Heat is a finalist for a Romance Writers of America® Vivian® award. Quelle surprise! This is the inaugural for the Vivians, the national organization's highest award for both published and unpublished romance novels. Book 2 in the Cinnamon Roll Alphas series is a […]

Fabulous news to head into the pre-Thanksgiving weekend! My work-in-progress rom-com Flipped Heart has won the MMRWA Best Banter Contest in the published contemporary romance author division. Just one more item to add to the gratitude pile for this whirlwind year!

Nothing but good news this week! Tempting Heat (releasing on Tuesday, so order now!!) took first place in the MORWA Gateway to the Best competition AND is a finalist in the Pages from the Heart contest. Then Flipped Heart, my next labor of love, took second place in the Gateway to the Best AND won […]

I woke up to amazing news this morning: two of my books are finalists in the Missouri RWA's Gateway to the Best Competition, and one of them claimed the grand prize for receiving the highest cumulative first-round score out of all the entries in every category! Flipped Heart, my novel set in the world of […]

Exciting travel news! I'm off to New York this week for the Romance Writers of America® national convention, where I'm a Golden Heart® finalist for my contemporary romance novel, Tempting Talk.  Ready or not, Times Square! Turns out, "It's an honor to be nominated" isn't just for the Oscars. This year's finalist class is made up of an incredible […]

Writing is scary. And I'm here to tell you all about it at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog, where I've 'fessed up to the fears I've overcome on my writing journey—and the fears that still keep me up at night. Surf on over for a peek into a writer's (occasionally panicky) mind!