Ashley Emma's bestselling book Undercover Amish received 26 out of 27 points as a finalist in the Maine Romance Writers Strut Your Stuff novel writing competition in 2015. Its sequel, Amish Under Fire, was a semi-finalist in Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write novel writing competition, also in 2015. Ashley owns Fearless Publishing House in Maine, where she lives with her husband and two children.