Book of the Year and Contemporary Romance Winner |
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Indigo Isleby T. I. LoweA successful Hollywood location scout's latest gig finds her back in her childhood home of South Carolina, where she forms an unlikely friendship with the reclusive owner of a private barrier island.
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The Amplify Award for Christian Fiction
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The American Queenby Vanessa MillerIn the 1969 South, enslaved woman Louella marries a reverend and leads her people off the plantation, starting her own self-proclaimed kingdom.
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The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie PownerPete is content in his simple life in a remote Montana town, but elderly widow Wilma is busy meddling in Pete's life to make up for past wrongs. When the sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up, Pete must confront a difficult past, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at too high a price.
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The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda BarrattIn WWII Poland, two sisters fight against the darkness engulfing their homeland, one by entering a daring network of women sheltering Jewish children and the other by joining the ranks of Poland's secret army. As Warsaw buckles under German oppression, they must rely on the courage that calls the ordinary to resist.
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Historical Romance Winner |
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Of Love and Treason by Jamie OgleIn the wake of the emperor's marriage ban in Rome, AD 270, rumors swirl that there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor's edict unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his convictions. But as his fame grows, so do fears for his safety. Iris, the daughter of a Roman jailor, believes regaining her sight will ease the mounting troubles at home. Her last hope rests in searching out Valentine and his church, but the danger of associating with people labeled a threat to the empire is great.
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Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Winner |
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The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo WrightIn 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a housemaid position and finds that the eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides a story more harrowing than those in her novels. Centuries later, Cleo Clemmons uncovers an age-old mystery, and the dust of the old castle's curse threatens to rise again, this time leaving no one alive to tell its sordid tale.
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An American Immigrantby Johanna Rojas VannTwenty-five-year-old journalist Melanie Carvaja loves her Colombian mother but regularly ignores her phone calls, frustrated that she never quite takes the time to understand Melanie's life. When the opportunity arises for a big assignment that might save her flagging career, Melanie follows the story to the land of her mother's birth. She soon realizes Colombia has the potential to connect her, after all these years, to something she's long ignored: her heritage, the love of her mother, her family, and the richest parts of herself.
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