Literary Awards

2025 Goethe Award for Late Historical Fiction

First Place
Paint the Wind

https://www.chantireviews.com/2026/05/04/the-2025-goethe-book-awards-winners-for-late-historical-fiction/

2022 Foreword INDIES Award

Bronze Medal in Romance Fiction
A Place of Refuge

https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/a-place-of-refuge/

2022 Chatelaine Award for Romantic Fiction

Finalist
A Place of Refuge

https://www.chantireviews.com/2023/02/28/the-2022-cibas-finalists-chatelaine-book-awards-for-romantic-fiction/

2019 NYC Big Book Award

Winner, Historical Fiction
Love That Moves the Sun

https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/2019winners

2019 Chaucer Award for Pre-1750 Historical Fiction

First Place
Love that Moves the Sun
https://www.chantireviews.com/2020/09/29/chaucer-book-awards-for-pre-1750s-historical-fiction-2019-cibas/

2018 Foreword INDIES Award

Finalist in Historical Fiction
Love That Moves the Sun

https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/love-that-moves-the-sun/

2018 Booklife Prize

Semifinalist in General Fiction
The Uneven Road

https://booklife.com/news/books/10/01/2018/thirty-titles-advance-to-booklife-prize-semifinals.html

2016 Goethe Award for Late Historical Fiction

First Place
The Boat House Café

https://www.chantireviews.com/2017/04/05/the-goethe-awards-for-historical-fiction-post-1750s-first-place-category-winners-2016/

2008 Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award

Winner, Prepublished Long Contemporary Romance
Dancing on Sunday Afternoons