Join me in granting a hearty congratulations to the 2014 Christy Award winners!

 CONTEMPORARY/

Stones for Bread
by Christa Parrish (Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins Christian Publishing)

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE/SUSPENSE

Dangerous Passage
by Lisa Harris (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES

Take a Chance on Me
by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)

FIRST NOVEL

Burning Sky
by Lori Benton (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL

Burning Sky
by Lori Benton(WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Burning Sky also won Novel of the Year.

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Harvest of Gold
by Tessa Afshar (River North, from Moody Publishing)

SUSPENSE

Outlaw
by Ted Dekker (FaithWords, a division of Hachette Book Group)

VISIONARY

Dragonwitch
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)