Andrea Pickens is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and achievements including:

• RITA Finalist in Regency Romance
• Career Achievement Award in Regency Romance from Romantic Times BookClub
• Finalist, 2007 Best Action Adventure Historical of the Year from Romantic Times BookClub
• 2008 Holt Medallion Award of Excellence
• 2008 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Best Historical Mystery/Suspense

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Seduced By A Spy has just won the RT Readers Choice Award for Best Historical Adventure Romance of 2008

Seduced By A Spy is a finalist in the 2009 Daphne Du Maurier Awards, for Best Historical Mystery/Suspense. Winners will be announced at RWA.

Here is a sampling of what romance reviewers have to say about her books:

“The Scarlet Spy eloquently combines the action of a spy novel with the love and intrigue of a regency romance . . . Andrea Pickens is now well on her way to becoming the 21st century's Georgette Heyer.” —Armchair Reviews

"Deftly blending an expertly realized historical setting and a deliciously subtle sense of wit, Pickens gives the popular espionage-tinged Regency plot a refreshing new twist as she brings her Spy trilogy to a spellbinding conclusion in The Scarlet Spy." —John Charles, Booklist

"Merlin's Maidens make a comeback in Seduced By A Spy, a thrilling sequel that is as suspenseful, sensual, exciting, surprising and action-packed as any spy thriller. But it's more than action that makes this a keeper; it's the emotional depth of Pickens' honorable characters, strong conflict and superb verbal repartee. Pickens' star is rising!" —Romantic Times Book Club

"Pickens' new series begins with a gripping, seductive tale as alluring as her heroine and as exciting as any spy thriller. This is the stuff of fantasy and nonstop reading! The Spy Wore Silk mixes passion and sexy swordfighting with rapier-sharp repartee, action and suspense." —Romantic Times Book Club

"The Spy Wore Silk debuts a new action-filled historical series . . .innovative and adventurous . . ." —Publishers Weekly

"The Spy Wore Silk is fast-paced, sexy and thrilling. It will keep you on edge as you quickly turn page after page . . ." —FreshFiction.com

"The Banished Bride offers a wondrously battle of wits that readers will just adore. Spiced with tart humor and graced with an intelligent, resourceful and unconventional heroine, this is a Regency to savor." —Booklist

"The rising star of Andrea Pickens gleams even brighter with a poignant tale of love lost and found. The Major’s Mistake marvelously weaves together the strands of a stronger, wiser love with great delicacy and feeling, creating richly textured characterization for our reading pleasure." —Romantic Times Book Club

"If you like to know the history of things, you’ll truly appreciate A Diamond In the Rough, in which an unusual wager is settled by a game of golf. The historic Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland is credited with being the birthplace of that revered game and one can only applaud Andrea Pickens for doing her homework so well. It’s amazing how much story is stuffed into these 229 pages, Not one word too many is utilized in setting forth this story. It’s simply marvelous! Worthy of the Masters, in fact!" —Kelly Ferjutz, The Word On Romance e-zine

"A Diamond in the Rough provides an engagingly different setting for romance, and Andrea Pickens knows more than enough about romance and golf to create a very felicitous union in her delightful tale." —Romantic Times Book Club

"In Code of Honor, Signet’s newest star dishes up a fresh, witty romp through the drawing rooms of Regency high society. . . . Ms. Pickens creates a feisty heroine to match her wonderfully suave hero and spices this appealing romance with sparkling dialogue and a dash of danger." —Romantic Times Book Club