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Trip to Miami to receive Readers Favorite Gold Medal Award for Historical Romance (November 2014)

On the way to Phoenix Airport we stopped to visit with author friend, Janet Corbin.

Leaving Phoenix hotel early to catch our flight to Miami.

Finally on our way!

Next day, leaving for a day trip to Key West. It's a dream come true.

Hubby holding up the tour bus.

Caribbean Ocean on the left, Gulf of Mexico on the right as we travel south along the Keys.

Awesome Key West!

Treasure Hunter Mel Fisher is one of my heroes. What a story of perseverance. I felt honored to visit his museum.

Bust of Mel Fisher.

Gold bars salvaged from the Atocha.

Silver bars salvaged from the Atocha.

The "Little White House" in Key West where several presidents spent time.

Gary and I in the "Little White House."

Hemingway lived in Key West with his second wife for four years...or so we were told.

Just one of hundreds of beautiful homes in Key West.

Largest book fair in the U.S. is in Miami. Hubby is in the ball cap.

CEO of Readers' Favorite, Debra Gaynor.

Me receiving my medal.

Me and author Kourtney Heintz, author of "The Six Train to Wisconsin."

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Book Signing at the Cottonwood, Arizona Library on 8/23/14..