AWARDS & HONORS

  • Not Yours to Keep was named the Independent Press Award Winner in Women’s Fiction.
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Suspense Runner-Up Winner for the 9th Annual Pencraft Book Awards For Literary Excellence
  • Not Yours to Keep was honored as the 2025 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Suspense
  • The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion judges selected Not Yours to Keep as a top pick for Best Suspense
  • Not Yours to Keep won Best Book for Fiction-Suspense at the Pencraft 2025 Book Awards
  • Not Yours to Keep was shortlisted for the 2024 Somerset Awards For Literary and Contemporary Fiction
  • Not Yours to Keep was shortlisted for the 2025 Hawthorne Prize
  • Not Yours to Keep received a 2025 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist in the Suspense category of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist of the Reader’s Choice Book Award
  • Not Yours to Keep won Second Place for Fiction-Thriller-Domestic in the Spring 2025 BookFest Awards
  • Not Yours to Keep won Third Place for Fiction-Women’s-Thriller & Suspense in the Spring 2025 BookFest Awards
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Zibby Awards Winner in the Best Family Drama Category
  • Shelf Unbound honored Not Yours to Keep as a 2024 Best Indie Books NOTABLE INDIE
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist in the 2024 American Writing Awards for Women’s Fiction
  • Not Yours to Keep was named the Best New Fiction Winner of the 2024 Best Book Awards
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist of the 2024 Best Book Awards Fiction: Mystery/Suspense Category
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist of the 2024 Best Book Awards Fiction: Women's Fiction Category
  • Not Yours to Keep was named the Winner of the 2024 American Fiction Awards Mystery/Suspense (General) Category
  • Not Yours to Keep was named a Finalist of the 2024 American Fiction Awards Women’s Fiction Category