My Regency-era tale of pirates, puppies, pirates-in-training and secrets won the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America's Readers' Choice Award.

The Pirate's Secret Baby is a follow-up to Aspen Gold winner Castaway Dreams. I had so much fun writing my morally flexible, but always fashionable, villain Robert St. Armand in Castaway that I wanted to give him his own novel. I tossed a baby in his direction, and the rest is award history.

Thanks go to my publisher, Amber Quill Press, my editor, and all my readers, of course. I also want to do a shout-out to the volunteers who judge and coordinate contests. None of this would happen without them, and their efforts are greatly appreciated by authors and readers.

The New England Chapter RWA has chosen The Pirate's Secret Baby, from Amber Quill Press, as a finalist in the Readers' Choice Awards. The winners will be announced in late April, but I'm thrilled my latest historical romance is in such fine company.

You can read reviews here, at my website, and at Amber Quill Press.