Honors and Awards

• Winner - Golden Leaf Award
  Short Contemporary 1988 (Divine Design)
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• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best Loveswept 1987-1988 (Obsession)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best New Series Author 1988
   
• Winner - Romantic Times Career Achievement Award
  Best New Author - Short Contemporary 1988
   
• Rita Finalist
  Short Contemporary 1990 (Poor Emily)
   
• Winner - Golden Leaf Award
  Short Contemporary 1990 (Lovin' A Good Ol'Boy)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best Loveswept 1990 (Favors)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best Loveswept 1990-1991 (Asking For Trouble)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Career Achievement Award
  Love and Laughter 1990-1991
   
• Winner - VRW HOLT Medallion
  Short Contemporary 1996 (Passing Through Midnight)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best Series Romance of the Year 1994-1995 (Talk of the Town)
   
• Winner - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award
  Best Loveswept 1994-1995 (Talk of the Town)
   
• Finalist - Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award
  Best Loveswept 1998 (One on One)
   
• Winner - Romantic Times Career Achievement Award
  Innovative Series Romance 1998
   
• Rita Finalist
  Best Novella 2009 (On The Fringe for Dead of Night)
   
• Awarded Washington Romance Writer's Outstanding Achievement Award 
• 2009
   
• OKRA Pick - Southern Indie Booksellers (SIBA)
  Spring 2012 (What Happened To Hannah)