Awards & Achievements

COLD DECEIT won the Romantic Suspense category of the New England Readers’ Choice Awards.

COLD SILENCE is a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, Long Category, and was shortlisted for The Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers in the 2023 Romantic Novel Awards.

COLD AS ICE finalled in the Daphne du Maurier Award for excellence in Mystery/Suspense, the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, and the Romantic Suspense category of the New England Readers’ Choice Awards.

COLD CRUEL KISS won the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award for Romantic Suspense!

COLD WICKED LIES finalled in the Holt Medallion, the inaugural 2021 Vivian Contest for Romantic Suspense (Long), and the National Excellence in Story Telling (NEST) Contest.

Winner of the National Excellence in Story Telling (NEST) Contest!

COLD & DEADLY won the Golden Quill, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for excellence in Mystery/Suspense.

It also finalled in the Holt Medallion, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and in the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards.

COLD BLOODED is a finalist in the 2019 New England Readers’ Choice Contest for Romantic Suspense!

COLD MALICE finaled in the 2018 Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence for Single Title Romantic Suspense! This is Toni’s fourth final in the Daphne.

The previous cover of COLD MALICE was chosen as one of the winners in the Kobo Writing Life Cover Contest!

Finaled in the 2018 Book Buyer’s Best Award for Romantic Suspense and Mystery with Romantic Elements.

Winner of the 2017 Book Buyers’ Best Award for Romantic Suspense.

Finaled in the 2016 Booksellers’ Best Award.

Finaled in the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards (NERFA) for Romantic Suspense.

Hit the Top 100 on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and Nook! Thank you, readers!

Finaled in the Booksellers Best Awards!

Finalist in the 2016 Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence for Single Title Romantic Suspense and the Booksellers Best Awards!

Thanks readers for making it an international bestseller! Check out the fabulous review for COLD FEAR on USA Today’s HEA blog.

Winner of the 2015 Book Buyers’ Best Contest and the Heart of Excellence for Romantic Suspense.

Finaled in the Aspen Gold Readers’ Choice Contest!

Finaled in the Holt Medallion for Romantic Suspense.

BN Nook #1 Bestseller! Also Amazon and Kobo Top 100.

Hit the Amazon and iBooks Top 50 bestseller lists (US & Canada), #2 in Romantic Suspense on Kobo, and #7 on Nook! A good day!

Became a Top 100 Amazon Bestseller in January 2014. Thank you, Readers! 

Finalist in the 2014 Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence!

Finaled in the Romantic Suspense category of the National Readers’ Choice Awards. 

A finalist in the RITA® and the National Readers’ Choice Awards in the Romantic Suspense category.