A nice little suprise…

I was away all Easter weekend visiting with the grandkidlets, so I didn’t post anything to any of my socials, including here. But before I left for the holiday, I received a lovely email from the contest coordinator of the CAROLYN CONTEST, sponsored by THE NORTH TEXAS ROMANCE WRITERS. The email was to inform me that the second book in my HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series, LOVE MATCH, was a finalist in the contemporary category of the contest in the Low Heat division.

I’m gobsmacked, kids! And so humbled and honored. THE CAROLYN is a prestigious award in the romance writing community, and to be a finalist is just jaw-dropping, and like I said, humbling.

Winners will be announced soon, so I’ll let you know the outcome, but really, just to be a finalist is such an ego boost when Imposter Syndrome rears its ugly head at me! But I will mention, I’ve got some pretty stiff competition:

LOVE MATCH ( HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER, BOOK 2, Layla and Cody.

Running away from a public scandal may be cowardly, but to Layla Warton, it’s her best option.

After her politically connected fiancé is indicted for a laundry list of crimes, Layla wants to put the public ridicule and shame of her guilty-by-association status behind her. Not easy to do when all her supposed friends and supporters lose her number and the taint of scandal-adjacent destroys the successful design business and life she’s built for herself.

Happy childhood memories and the blessing of a local friend push her toward the tiny New England town of Heaven where she spent summers with her loving grandparents. Hiding out in the town until the scandal dies down is the perfect plan.

With the paparazzi hot on her tail, an ancient family home she needs to get livable, and a contractor too hot for her sanity, Layla worries she’ll never be able to get her old life back.

But would that really be such a bad thing?