Congratulations to the 2018 Winners and Finalists
Book of the Year
Winner
True to You
by Becky Wade (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
Contemporary Romance
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck
by Bethany Turner
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Troubled Waters
by Susan May Warren
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Winner
True to You
by Becky Wade
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
First Novel
Freedom's Ring
by Heidi Chiavaroli
(Tyndale House Publishers)
The House on Foster Hill
by Jaime Jo Wright
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
Winner
Missing Isaac
by Valerie Fraser Luesse
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Turtles in the Road
by Kaley Rhea and Rhonda Rhea
(Bold Vision Books)
General Fiction
A Time to Stand
by Robert Whitlow
(Thomas Nelson)
Winner
Life After
by Katie Ganshert
(WaterBrook)
The Space Between Words
by Michele Phoenix
(Thomas Nelson)
Historical
Catching the Wind
by Melanie Dobson
(Tyndale House Publishers)
Winner
Isaiah's Daughter
by Mesu Andrews
(WaterBrook)
Many Sparrows
by Lori Benton
(WaterBrook)
Historical Romance
A Dangerous Legacy
by Elizabeth Camden
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
Winner
The Lacemaker
by Laura Frantz
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
To Wager Her Heart
by Tamera Alexander
(Zondervan)
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Coldwater
by Samuel Parker
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Winner
The House on Foster Hill
by Jaime Jo Wright
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
Rule of Law
by Randy Singer
(Tyndale House Publishers)
Short Form
Guilt by Association
by Heather Day Gilbert
(Woodhaven Press)
Her Secret Daughter
by Ruth Logan Herne
(Harlequin Love Inspired)
Winner
12 Days at Bleakly Manor
by Michelle Griep
(Barbour Publishing)
Visionary
Awakened
by Morgan Busse
(Enclave/Gilead Publishing)
The Day the Angels Fell
by Shawn Smucker
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Winner
The Man He Never Was
by James Rubart
(Thomas Nelson)
Young Adult
Winner
The Delusion
by Laura Gallier
(Wander, a YA imprint of Tyndale House)
Last Summer at Eden
by Christina Hergenrader
(Concordia Publishing House)
Unraveling
by Sara Ella
(Thomas Nelson)
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