	"Romantic Times" and "Affaire de Coeur" were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in 1995. She was selected by readers as one of top 10 romance authors, 2002, for "Body and Soul". In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style. She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by "Black Issues Book Review" in 2002, for "Testimony".