AlTonya Washington's first contemporary novel, "Remember Love" BET/Arabesque 2003, was nominated by "Romantic Times" as Best 1st Multicultural Romance. Her novel "Finding Love Again" won the "Romantic Times" Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance 2004. Her fourth novel "Love Scheme" was nominated as Favorite Steamy Novel for the prestigious EMMA Award of Romance Slam Jam. She presently resides in North Carolina.