Featured Post VS Sticky Post

First off: I just found and installed this plugin and I am very impressed! My only issue is this: Before activating, I had 9 Sticky Post on site, I set up this plugin to display Featured Post, what appeared in my widget after placing the shortcode was those nine Sticky Post…I later found in “All Post” the option to “Click The Star Icon” to set featured post…This does not seem to be working well for me. I have been playing around, making some of those post NOT Sticky and “Starring” others …. The plugin still only displays Sticky Post in the widget. Any help would be greatly appreciated.