'Parachutist' Finals in 2012 Molly Contest

September 22, 2012 | News | 2 comments

I recently got word my manuscript, The Parachutist, is a finalist in the 2012 Molly contest sponsored by the Heart of Denver Romance Writers.

The frosting on the cake is that my heroine, Manon, a parachutist inspired by a real French woman who lived in the early 1800s, is up for the Unsinkable Molly award, which judges spunk, imagination, creativity and unsinkability.

Here is the complete list of finalists:

Contemporary
Southern Comforts by Nan Dixon
The Inconvenient Mistress by Mary Oldham
Clear as Glass by Lynn Kellan

Paranormal
Bound by Traci Douglass
To Catch a Fetch by Melonie Johnson
Must Love Breeches by Angela Quarles

Romantic Suspense
Grown Up and Still Running by Shelley Wall
The Distance Between Us by Linda Bond

Single Title
Murder, Curlers, and Cream by Arlene McFarlane
Mesmerized in Madagascar by George & Noi Guthridge
Emma’s Treasure by Judith Luke

Young Adult
Chimera by Laura Alford
Shadowman by Linda Kelley

Heart of the Molly
Beauty for Ashes by C. Elizabeth Carroll
Death Whisperer by Katherine Matzen
Emma’s Treasure by Judith Luke

Unsinkable Heroine
A Scandalous Gentleman by Renee Ann Miller
The Parachutist by Diana Quincy
Murder, Curlers, and Cream by Arlene McFarlane