2018 Christy Award

Awards List

Book of the Year

True to You
(Winner)
Becky Wade

Contemporary Romance

True to You
(Winner)
Becky Wade

The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck
(Finalist)
Bethany Turner

Troubled Waters
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

First Novel

Missing Isaac
(Winner)
Valerie Fraser Luesse

Turtles in the Road
(Finalist)
Rhonda Rhea; Kaley Rhea

Freedom's Ring
(Finalist)
Heidi Chiavaroli

The House on Foster Hill
(Finalist)
Jaime Jo Wright

General Fiction

Life After
(Winner)
Katie Ganshert

The Space Between Words
(Finalist)
Michele Phoenix

A Time to Stand
(Finalist)
Robert Whitlow

Historical

Isaiah's Daughter
(Winner)
Mesu Andrews

Catching the Wind
(Finalist)
Melanie Dobson

Many Sparrows
(Finalist)
Lori Benton

Historical Romance

The Lacemaker
(Winner)
Laura Frantz

To Wager Her Heart
(Finalist)
Tamera Alexander

A Dangerous Legacy
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Camden

Short Form

12 Days at Bleakly Manor
(Winner)
Michelle Griep

Guilt by Association
(Finalist)
Heather Day Gilbert

Her Secret Daughter
(Finalist)
Ruth Logan Herne

Suspense

The House on Foster Hill
(Winner)
Jaime Jo Wright

Rule of Law
(Finalist)
Randy D. Singer

Coldwater
(Finalist)
Samuel Parker

Visionary

The Man He Never Was
(Winner)
James L. Rubart

The Day the Angels Fell
(Finalist)
Shawn Smucker

Awakened
(Finalist)
Morgan L. Busse

Young Adult

The Delusion
(Winner)
Laura Gallier

Last Summer at Eden
(Finalist)
Christina Hergenrader

Unraveling
(Finalist)
Sara Ella

Award Categories

Allegory/Fantasy

Amplify Award

Book of the Year

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

First Novel

Futuristic

General Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

International Historical

Lits

North American Historical

Romance

Series

Short Form

Speculative

Suspense

Western

Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

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