Join me in offering a hearty congrats to all of the Christy Award nominees!
Contemporary Romance/
The Breath of Dawn
by Kristen Heitzmann (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Lethal Legacy
by Irene Hannon (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Wildflowers from Winter
by Katie Ganshert (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Contemporary Series, Sequels, and Novellas/
Two Destinies
by Elizabeth Musser (David C Cook)
You Don’t Know Me
by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
Waiting for Sunrise
by Eva Marie Everson (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Contemporary Standalone/
The Air We Breathe
by Christa Parrish (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Borders of the Heart
by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
Not in the Heart
by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
First Novel/
Into the Free
by Julie Cantrell (David C Cook)
Tangled Ashes
by Michèle Phoenix (Tyndale House Publishers)
Wedded to War
by Jocelyn Green (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)
Historical/
Flame of Resistance
by Tracy Groot (Tyndale House Publishers)
Wedded to War
by Jocelyn Green (River North, an imprint of Moody Press)
A Wreath of Snow
by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Historical Romance/
Against the Tide
by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Be Still My Soul
by Joanne Bischof (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Love’s Reckoning
by Laura Frantz (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Suspense/
Downfall
by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
The Last Plea Bargain
by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)
Rare Earth
by Davis Bunn (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Submerged
by Dani Pettrey (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
*This category includes four nominees due to a tie in scoring.
Visionary/
Daughter of Light
by Morgan L. Busse (Marcher Lord Press)
Soul’s Gate
by James L. Rubart (Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
Starflower
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
Young Adult/
Child of the Mountains
by Marilyn Sue Shank (Delacorte Press, a division of Random House)
Failstate
by John W. Otte (Marcher Lord Press)
Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words
by Rachel Coker (Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
Have you read any of these books? If so, which ones?