• 2016 - Triple Finalist in the Carol Awards Novella Category 

                - A Palace on the Plains (Homestead                                Brides Collection)
                - The Archaeologist's Find (Most                                        Eligible Bachelor Collection)
                -  A Bride for Bear (Convenient Brides                            Collection) WINNER!

• His Prairie Sweetheart receives 4.5 Stars and is a Romantic Times Top Pick!!!!
• The Cactus Creek Challenge receives a STARRED REVIEW in Publisher's Weekly and 4 STARS from Romantic Times.
• The Love is Patient Collection hits the Publisher's Weekly Best Seller list! 
• The Convenient Bride Collection hits the ECPA BestSellers Christian Fiction List, landing at #15!
• 2015 Homestead Brides hits the ECPA BestSellers Christian Fiction list for TWO months in a row!
• 2015 Colorado Dawn hits the ECPA BestSellers Christian Fiction list, landing at #10! 
• 2012 ACFW Carol Award Finalist - Short Novel Category - Light To My Path

• 2011 Log Cabin Christmas hits the New York Times Bestseller List!!!

18th Annual Heartsong Awards - January, 2011

• Favorite Author #2
• Favorite New Author #1
• Favorite Historical Romances
  • #2 - The Bartered Bride
  • #3 - Lily and the Lawman
  • #5 - Clara and the Cowboy
  • #10 - The Marriage Masquerade
• Favorite Historical Covers
  • #3 - Lily and the Lawman
  • #4 - Clara and the Cowboy
  • #8 - The Bartered Bride
  • #10 - The Marriage Masquerade

 

• 2009 Editor's Choice Award 

​            - The Bartered Bride

• 2008 Genesis Finalist - Historical Romance Category

 

• 2008 Genesis Finalist - Lit Category

 

• 2008 Genesis Winner - Lit Category

 

• 2007 Genesis Finalist - Historical Fiction Category

In 2009, I had an article in Guideposts Magazine entitled It Takes A Family.

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In 2012, as a result of research done while writing A Bride Sews With Love in Needles, CA, I was inspired to create a Red Cross Signature Quilt (With the help of my sister-in-law Linda Ambrose) embroidered with the names of Dodge County, MN World War 1 Veterans. The quilt now lives at the Dodge County Historical Society and was dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11th, 2012