2018 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Book of the Year

* Winner: True To You - Becky Wade

Contemporary Romance

* Winner: True To You - Becky Wade

• Finalists:

The Secret Life Of Sarah Hollenback - Bethany Turner

Troubled Waters - Susan May Warren

First Novel

* Winner: Missing Isaac - Valerie Fraser Luesse

• Finalists:

Freedom's Ring - Heidi Chivaroli

The House On Foster Hill - Jaime Jo Wright

Turtles In The Road - Kaley Rhea, Rhonda Rhea

General Fiction

* Winner: Life After - Katie Ganshert

• Finalists:

The Space Between Words - Michele Phoenix

A Time To Stand - Robert Whitlow

Historical

* Winner: Isaiah's Daughter - Mesu Andrews

• Finalists:

Catching the Wind - Melanie Dobson

Many Sparrows - Lori Benton

Historical Romance

* Winner: The Lacemaker - Laura Frantz

• Finalists:

A Dangerous Legacy - Elizabeth Camden

To Wager Her Heart - Tamera Alexander

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: The House On Foster Hill - Jaime Jo Wright

• Finalists:

Coldwater - Samuel Parker

Rule Of Law - Randy Singer

Short Form

* Winner: 12 Days At Bleakly Manor - Michelle Griep

• Finalists:

Guilt By Association - Heather Day Gilbert

Her Secret Daughter - Ruth Logan Herne

Visionary

* Winner: The Man He Never Was - James Rubart

• Finalists:

Awakened - Morgan Busse

The Day The Angels Fell - Shawn Smucker

Young Adult

* Winner: The Delusion - Laurie Gallier

Finalists:

Last Summer At Eden - Christina Hergenrader

Unraveling - Sara Ella