CLAIRE'S CROSSING

To save her father’s business, debutante Claire Donovan enters into a loveless marriage to a wealthy man. When her thirteen year old cousin disappears, Claire fears her new husband may be involved. She secretly solicits Pinkerton Detective Adam Hawke for aid, unaware that Adam has been assigned to investigate her husband, the notorious “silk-gloved” Seth Malin, for criminal activities involving fraud and blackmail. In a whirling spiral of intrigue, the pair are drawn into a vortex of conflict and forbidden passion as they search for the missing girl against the wealth and poverty of America’s Gilded Age.

• Second Place~Historical, 2007 Put Your Heart in a Book ~ New Jersey Romance Writers
• Second Place~Historical, 2007 Your Best Hook Forward ~ Inland Valley RWA
• Honorable Mention~Paranormal, 2007 Fab Five ~ Wisconsin Romance Writers
• Honorable Mention~Historical, 2007 Book of Your Heart ~ PASIC
• Semi-Finalist~Historical, 2007 Molly ~ Heart of Denver Romance Writers

 

HEARTS IN WINTER (aka Cold Hearts)

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a southern speculator and a northern dressmaker reunite in a small Wisconsin town to search for their missing son.

• First Place~Historical, 2006 Four Seasons Awards ~ Windy City Romance Writers
• First Place~Historical, 2005 Daphne Awards ~ Mystery/Suspense Chapter of RWA
• First Place~Historical, 2005 Touch of Magic ~ Central Florida Romance Writers
• First Place~Historical, 2005 Fire & Ice ~ Chicago North Romance Writers
• Second Place~Historical, 2005 Emerald City Opener ~ Greater Seattle RW
• Honorable Mention~Historical, 2005 Maggie ~ Georgia Romance Writers

 

WINTER'S BOUNTY

A pretty woman, with a haunting secret, struggles against her growing love for the town’s deputy sheriff, a war hero who has secrets of his own. Romance and murder set in post World War II Minnesota.

• First Place~Historical, 2002 Romancing the Novel ~ NE Ohio Romance Writers
• Second Place~Historical, 2002 Put Your Heart in a Book ~ New Jersey RW
• Finalist~2004 Magic Moments ~ Heart & Scroll RWA