- March 2002: Kayla is nominated for a Career Achievement Award by Romantic Times - February 2002: Kayla receives "Achiever of the Year" Award from the Heart of Denver Romance Writers for 2001 - February, 2002: THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA hits the Essence Bestseller list at No. 9! - December, 2001: Ebony Magazine recommends THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA as a good gift to buy for Christmas - December, 2001: THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA makes the Black Expressions' Book Club bestseller list at number 3! - December, 2001: THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA featured in Black Expressions and Doubleday Book Clubs - November, 2001: THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA makes the Waldenbooks' bestseller list; top 5 for African-American hard cover fiction; top 20 for general hard cover fiction - October, 2001: THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA makes the top 5 CushCity.com bestseller list! - August, 2001: Flirting With Danger featured in Black Expressions Book Club - August, 2001: FLIRTING WITH DANGER was featured on the amazon.com homepage. - June 2001: Kayla learns that her first hardcover, THE SISTERS OF THETA PHI KAPPA, will be featured in the October issue of Essence Magazine! - May 2001: Kayla filmed by City TV in Toronto for a pilot called "Books of Love" - Feb. 2001: Kayla receives Arts Acclaim Award from the City of Brampton - Feb. 2001: If You Want Me nominated for Gold Pen Award - Feb. 2001: If You Want Me chosen as a Romantic Times Top Pick for the month! - Feb. 2001: If You Want Me featured in Doubleday, Rhapsody, and Black Expressions book clubs (which produce hard cover editions of the novel) - January 2001: Holiday of Love nominated for Romantic Times Award (best multicultural romance) - June 2000: Sweet Honesty optioned for movie-of-the-week by Black Entertainment Television - June 2000: The Perfect Hero, a documentary about the romance genre, airs across Canada-featuring Kayla! - January 2000: Kayla learns that Sweet Honesty has been voted one of the Top Ten Favorite Books of 1999 by Romance Writers of America. It's the first African-American romance to make it on this list! - October 1999: Kayla featured on CBC Midday in reference to the Romantic Times Convention held in Toronto, plus a host of other Toronto media - January 1998: Kayla featured in a full page article in The Toronto Star for her debut novel - October 1997: Kayla's first novel, Again, My Love debuts at #7 on the Ingram Top 50 Most Requested Romances List-four months before its release! It's the first African-American romance to make it this high on this list.