Contemporary Romance/

My Foolish Heart

by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)

Larkspur Cove

by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)

Wolfsbane

by Ronie Kendig (Barbour Publishing)

Contemporary Series/

The Amish Midwife 

by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (Harvest House Publishers)

Dancing on Glass

by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)

The Touch

by Randall Wallace (Tyndale House Publishers)

Contemporary Standalone/

Dry as Rain

by Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)

Promises to Keep

Words

by Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group)

First Novel/

An Eye for Glory

by Karl Bacon (Zondervan)

Southern Fried Sushi

by Jennifer Rogers Spinola (Barbour Publishing)

Words

by Ginny Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group

Historical/

Forsaking All Others

by Allison Pittman (Tyndale House Publishers)

Mine is the Night

by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

Wonderland Creek

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