Congratulations to the 2021 Finalists and Winners
Book of the Year
Winner
The Edge of Belonging
by Amanda Cox
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Contemporary Romance
Just Like Home
by Courtney Walsh
(Sweethaven Press)
Some Bright Someday
by Melissa Tagg
(Larkspur Press)
Winner
Stay with Me
by Becky Wade
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
First Novel - TIE
A Noble Calling
by Rhona Weaver
(Two Oaks Press)
Winner
The Edge of Belonging
by Amanda Cox
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Rain
by Dana McNeely
(Mountain Brook Ink)
Roots of Wood and Stone
by Amanda Wen
(Kregel Publications)
General Fiction
Set the Stars Alight
by Amanda Dykes
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Water Keeper
by Charles Martin
(Thomas Nelson)
Winner
The Way It Should Be
by Christina Suzann Nelson
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Historical
Like Flames in the Night
by Connilyn Cossette
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Under the Tulip Tree
by Michelle Shocklee
(Tyndale House Publishers)
Winner
The White Rose Resists: A Novel of the German Students Who Defied Hitler
by Amanda Barratt
(Kregel Publications)
Historical Romance
Winner
A Portrait of Loyalty
by Roseanna M. White
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Prince of Spies
by Elizabeth Camden
(Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
When Twilight Breaks
by Sarah Sundin
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Port of Origin
by Lisa Harris and Lynne Gentry
(Harris-Gentry Suspense)
Winner
Relative Silence
by Carrie Stuart Parks
(Thomas Nelson)
Unknown Threat
by Lynn H. Blackburn
(Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Short Form
A Match Made at Christmas
by Courtney Walsh
(Sweethaven Press)
Winner
Joy to the World: Far as the Curse is Found
by Amanda Barratt
(Kregel Publications)
Joy to the World: Wonders of His Love
by Erica Vetsch
(Kregel Publications)
Speculative
Extinction Island
by Janice Boekhoff
(Lost Canyon Press)
Winner
Forsaken Island
by Sharon Hinck
(Enclave Publishing)
The Story Hunter
by Lindsay A. Franklin
(Enclave Publishing)
Young Adult
Dust
by Kara Swanson
(Enclave Publishing)
Winner
Mortal Sight
by Sandra Fernandez Rhoads
(Enclave Publishing)
Rebel Daughter
by Lori Banov Kaufmann
(Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)
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