AlTonya Washington's first contemporary novel, âRemember Loveâ BET/Arabesque 2003, was nominated by Romantic Times as Best 1st Multicultural Romance. Her novel âFinding Love Againâ won the Romantic Times Reviewerâs Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance 2004. Her fourth novel âLove Schemeâ was nominated as Favorite Steamy Novel for the prestigious EMMA Award of Romance Slam Jam. She presently resides in North Carolina.