2026 Winner
National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award
for Romance Novella
Love Lost & Found – Book 1 in The Ghosts of Border House series.
In 1566, Thomas Kincaid is murdered at Border House by agents of the Scottish King.
Thinking himself betrayed by his soulmate, Sara Mae Stuart, Thomas curses her to a life of reincarnation with his dying breath. When Sara Mae dies of a broken heart, she is reborn again and again.
After 450 years of reincarnation, Sara Mae returns to Border House to perform a séance and break her curse. She discovers a host of unsettled spirits, each harboring their own hidden agendas, and Thomas, lurking inside her crystal ball. Can love survive revenge, guilt, and a quirky spiritual divide?