Contemporary Romance/

Sworn to Protect

by DiAnn Mills (Tyndale House Publishers)

Blood Ransom

by Lisa Harris (Zondervan)

Indivisible

by Kristin Heitzmann (WaterBrook Press)

Contemporary Series/

The Reluctant Prophet

by Nancy Rue (David C. Cook)

The Thorn

by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

The Waiting

by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Contemporary Standalone/

Almost Heaven

by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)

Lady in Waiting

by Susan Meissner (WaterBrook Press)

A Season of Miracles

by Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)

First Novel/

Heartless

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

Crossing Oceans

by Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)

A Season of Miracles

by Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)

Historical/

While We’re Far Apart

by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther

by Ginger Garrett (David C. Cook)

For Time & Eternity

by Allison Pitman (Tyndale House Publishers)