after three or four kids, he'd still be wall to wall." (Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon) Night Pleasures won the Laurel Wreath Award with Fantasy Lover coming in a close second PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2003) Best Shape-Shifter, Honorable Mention – Dance With The Devil Best Novella or Short Story, Honorable Mention – "Phantom Lover" Best Anthology, Honorable Mention – Midnight Pleasures, with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Maggie Shayne, and Rhonda Thompson Favorite Overall Paranormal, Honorable Mention – Dance With the Devil 2005–2006 Darrell Awards (2006) Best Novel – Sins of the Night RIO (Reviewers International Organization) (2005) Favorite Paranormal – Seize the Night PEARL (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature) (2005) Best Paranormal Over All – Sins of the Night Best Paranormal Over All, Honorable Mention – Unleash the Night Best Anthology – What Dreams May Come Best Erotic – Unleash the Night Best Shapeshifter – Sins of the Night Sins of the Night was #5 on Amazon.com's bestselling books of 2005. Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures are #6 and #7 respectively for the best of the decade so far. Love Romances 2005 Golden Rose Reader Choice Awards Winner: Best Historical – A Dark Champion – Kinley MacGregor Best Novella – Winter Born – Sherrilyn Kenyon Best Vampire – Seize the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon Best Shapeshifter – Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon Best Couple – Vane & Bride in Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon Best Cover – Kiss of the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon 2007 Devil May Cry was #2 on 'New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List (week ended August 11, 2007) 2010 No Mercy on the New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List References External links American fantasy writers American romantic fiction writers American women novelists Novelists from Tennessee Writers from Columbus, Georgia 1965 births Living people 21st-century American novelists Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women romantic fiction writers 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state) Pseudonymous women writers