About Carla

I love romance novels, action/adventure movies, and men, and my books reflect that. And on top of it all, I’m crazy about hockey.

So, it’s no surprise I write spicy romantic suspense filled with mercenaries, motorcycle one-percenters, and southern criminals. And in the last few years, I included sexy hockey players in books without suspense, except for the kind that asks, how will they ever find their happily ever after?

In 2015, I proudly received RWA’s Pro Mentor Of The Year Award. (See article at bottom of page.) Awesome!

Married to my high school sweetheart, I live in the Southeast U.S. and have been published by HarperCollins (Avon) and Penguin Random House (Loveswept). To find out more about me, be sure to visit my Instagram and TikTok pages.

What is the best way to keep up with my news and releases? Interested in receiving my Newsletter? I send one out around every two weeks and talk about my books (new releases, re-releases, character interviews, background info, etc.), writer’s life, and occasionally about the books I enjoy. And occasionally I do giveaways for only my subscribers.

MORE ABOUT CARLA

Want to know why I love romance? Check out my comment at the 01:05 mark in the link below. I’m in purple. By the way, I’m at the 00:34 mark too, standing in the background talking up an author. One of my best buddies, Meda White – she writes too – is beside me.

Click here for the video: https://fb.watch/b6jVnrftNr/

Want to contact me? Form at the bottom of the page. Thanks.

I’m represented by Emily Sylvan Kim of the Prospect Agency.

My previous publishers were HarperCollins (Avon Impulse and Red) and Penguin/Random House (LoveSwept). Presently, I enjoy self-publishing.

Here are a few notable writing contests I’ve entered over the years.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

SAVAGE CHAMPION: finalist in 2025 Maggies.

JAKE (A Southern Crime Family Novel) finalist in the 2020 HOLT Medallion.

CIRCLE OF DECEPTION: finalist in 2013 Booksellers Best Award, 2014 Maggies, and 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.

CIRCLE OF DESIRE: finalist in 2012 Golden Quill and 2012 Write Touch.

CIRCLE OF DANGER: winner in 2013 Booksellers Best Award. Old cover show below.

UNPUBLISHED BOOKS (in some cases, later published)

TAKE HER BREATH: finalist 2014 Tara, Tampa Bay Romance Authors

THE CAGED HEART: finalist 2014 Great Expectations, 2011 & 2013 Hot Prospects, 2011 Tara, 2010 Gotcha!

OUT OF THE SHADOWS (title changed when published to Circle of Desire): finalist 2011 Stroke of Midnight, 2011 Emily, 2010 Golden Palm, 2010 Gotcha!, 2010 Four Seasons.

THE PREACHER’S SON (title changed when published to Loving The Small-Town Preacher’s Son): finalist 2007 Maggies, 2006 Gotcha!, Winner: 2007 Golden Gateway,

A SHERIFF TO CALL HER OWN (title changed when published to Loving The Small-Town Hero): finalist 2008 Maggies, 2008 Golden Gateway

THE ONES: finalist 2006 Laurie, 2005 Beacon, 2005 Put Your Heart in a Book

THE SHADOW HEALER: finalist 2005 Sweet, Spicy, Spooky or Suspense

THE FEMALE CHAUVINIST: finalist 2004 Put Your Heart in a Book

Be on the lookout for when the book unpublished books become published one day.

THINGS OF NOTE

Link to Carla’s RT Book Lovers Interview.

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Her book, Circle of Danger, was mentioned in Time magazine. “…involves deadly assassins, drug lords and doing it.”

Click here to read the whole article.

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My book, Circle of Deception, was mentioned on WFAA Good Morning Texas. They said it was as exciting as the movie, Zero Dark Thirty. (Thanks to Fresh Fiction’s Gwen Reyes.)

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Here’s a small article of interest written by the wonderful author Maria Rodale. She quoted me on why I started writing.

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In January 2012, Circle of Desire was in the top 10 best selling Erotica list on Apple Books, then known as iBooks (at one time it was #2. Number 1 was Fifty Shades Darker). In June 2012, Circle of Danger did the same but in Romantic Suspense (#1 was a Nora Roberts’s book). All three of my Circle books stayed in the top 200 for over a year. (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

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Article from June 29, 2015 off RWA’s website

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NEWSLETTER

MORE ABOUT CARLA

Want to know why I love romance? Check out my comment at the 01:05 mark in the link below. I’m in purple. By the way, I’m at the 00:34 mark too, standing in the background talking up an author. One of my best buddies, Meda White – she writes too – is beside me.

Click here for the video: https://fb.watch/b6jVnrftNr/

Want to contact me? Form at the bottom of the page. Thanks.

I’m represented by Emily Sylvan Kim of the Prospect Agency.

THINGS OF NOTE

Her book, Circle of Danger, was mentioned in Time magazine. “…involves deadly assassins, drug lords and doing it.”

Click here to read the whole article.

My book, Circle of Deception, was mentioned on WFAA Good Morning Texas. They said it was as exciting as the movie, Zero Dark Thirty. (Thanks to Fresh Fiction’s Gwen Reyes.)

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NEWSLETTER

MORE ABOUT CARLA

Want to know why I love romance? Check out my comment at the 01:05 mark in the link below. I’m in purple. By the way, I’m at the 00:34 mark too, standing in the background talking up an author. One of my best buddies, Meda White – she writes too – is beside me.

Click here for the video: https://fb.watch/b6jVnrftNr/

Want to contact me? Form at the bottom of the page. Thanks.

I’m represented by Emily Sylvan Kim of the Prospect Agency.

AWARDS AND CONTESTS

THINGS OF NOTE

Her book, Circle of Danger, was mentioned in Time magazine. “…involves deadly assassins, drug lords and doing it.”

Click here to read the whole article.

My book, Circle of Deception, was mentioned on WFAA Good Morning Texas. They said it was as exciting as the movie, Zero Dark Thirty. (Thanks to Fresh Fiction’s Gwen Reyes.)

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