Awards & Honors

2023

Body of Evidence HOLT Medallion Finalist
Sea Glass Cottage HOLT Medallion

2022

Labyrinth of Lies Carol Award Finalist HOLT Medallion Finalist
Blackberry Beach HOLT Medallion Finalist

2021

Point of Danger HOLT Medallion Booksellers’ Best Award Suspense Magazine Best Books of 2020 Carol Award Finalist
Starfish Pier Carol Award Finalist Booksellers’ Best Award Finalist

2020

Dark Ambitions Booksellers’ Best Award Finalist
Driftwood Bay Carol Award Booksellers’ Best Award HOLT Medallion Finalist National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist (2019)

2019

Hidden Peril Carol Award Booksellers’ Best Award HOLT Medallion Finalist

2018

Dangerous Illusions National Readers’ Choice Award HOLT Medallion Finalist RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist
Sandpiper Cove Booksellers’ Best Award

2017

Thin Ice Booksellers’ Best Award
Sea Rose Lane HOLT Medallion Finalist

2015

Deceived RITA Award Booksellers’ Best Award Carol Award Finalist Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist
One Perfect Spring Booksellers’ Best Award Finalist
Second Chance Summer Carol Award

2014

Trapped Booksellers’ Best Award Finalist Carol Award Finalist Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist
Vanished Booksellers’ Best Award HOLT Medallion Finalist Christy Award Finalist Carol Award Finalist Retailers Choice Award Finalist National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist (2013)
Only You HOLT Medallion Carol Award Finalist

2013

Lethal Legacy HOLT Medallion Christy Award Finalist National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist (2012)
That Certain Summer National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist
Finding Home HOLT Medallion Finalist
Seaside Reunion Carol Award Finalist

2012

Deadly Pursuit Retailers Choice Award Booklist Top 10 Inspirational Fiction (2011) Carol Award Finalist RITA Award Finalist
Fatal Judgment National Readers’ Choice Award (2011) HOLT Medallion Finalist Retailers’ Choice Award Finalist

2011

In Harm's Way RITA Award Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist
A Father for Zach Carol Award RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist

2010

An Eye for an Eye RITA Award Finalist Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist Booksellers’ Best Award Finalist
Against All Odds RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award Daphne du Maurier Award
Apprentice Father HOLT Medallion Finalist

2009

Where Love Abides RITA Award Finalist

2008

From This Day Forward HOLT Medallion
Rainbow's End RITA Award Finalist National Readers’ Choice Award Finalist (2007)

2007

All Our Tomorrows HOLT Medallion Finalist

2006

The Unexpected Gift RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist
Gift from the Heart HOLT Medallion Finalist

2003

Never Say Goodbye RITA Award

2000

The Way Home RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award

1999

One Special Christmas RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist

Career Milestones

In addition to her many other achievements, Irene has received two very special honors.

After winning her third RITA Award (the “Oscar” of romance fiction) from Romance Writers of America in 2015, she was inducted into RWA’s Hall of Fame—a feat achieved by only sixteen authors since the organization was founded in 1980. During the glitzy ceremony in New York, she joined the ranks of literary luminaries like Nora Roberts, Julia Quinn, Francine Rivers, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips in the Hall of Fame.

Stepping onto the stage in Las Vegas in front of hundreds of readers and authors to receive a Career Achievement Award from RT Book Reviews for her entire body of work was also a night to remember.

Here are a few photos from those memorable occasions.