And HIS COWGIRL BRIDE is a finalist in the short contemporary category.

I'm thrilled to be on the list with such a great group of authors. I'm attaching the list of all the books and categories below.

Congratulations to all the authors. The awards will be announced at the annual American Christian Fiction Writers conference Sept 17-20 but I won't be attending–I'll be getting married that weekend! YAY.

Debut Author

• Bonnie Grove – Talking to the Dead (David C. Cook Publishing)
• Liz Johnson – The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn (Steeple Hill)
• Kirk Outerbridge – Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press)
• Jill Eileen Smith – Michal (Revell)
• Dan Walsh – The Unfinished Gift (Revell)

• Barbara Cameron – One Child (Thomas Nelson)
• Barbara Cameron – When Winter Comes (Thomas Nelson)
• Debra Clopton – A Mule Hollow Match (Steeple Hill)
• Susan May Warren – The Great Christmas Bowl (Tyndale House)
• Beth Wiseman – A Change of Heart (Thomas Nelson)
• Beth Wiseman – A Choice to Forgive (Thomas Nelson)

• Victoria Bylin – Home Again (Steeple Hill)
• Vickie McDonough – A Breed Apart (Barbour Publishing)
• Vickie McDonough – Beloved Enemy (Barbour Publishing)
• Janet Tronstad – Christmas Bells for Dry Creek (Steeple Hill)
• Carrie Turansky – A Shelter in the Storm (Barbour Publishing)

• Christina Berry – The Familiar Stranger (Moody Publishers)
• Mary Ellis – A Widow's Hope (Harvest House Publishers)
• Joyce Magnin – The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow (Abingdon Press)
• Susan Meissner – White Picket Fences (Waterbrook Press)
• Marlo Schalesky- If Tomorrow Never Comes (Multnomah)
• Susan May Warren – Nothing But Trouble (Tyndale House)

• Candace Calvert – Critical Care (Tyndale House)
• Denise Hunter – Seaside Letters (Thomas Nelson)
• Jenny B. Jones – Just Between You and Me (Thomas Nelson)
• Beth Wiseman – Plain Promise (Thomas Nelson)
• Cindy Woodmsall – The Hope of Refuge (Waterbrook Press)
• MysteryA.K. Arenz – The Case of the Mystified M.D. (Sheaf House)
• Mindy Starns Clark – Under the Cajun Moon (Harvest House Publishers)
• Darlene Franklin – A String of Murders (Heartsong Mysteries)
• S. Dionne Moore – Polly Dent Loses Grip (Heartsong Mysteries)
• Janice Thompson writing as Janice Hanna – Pushing up Daisies (Heartsong Mysteries)

• Deeanne Gist – A Bride in the Bargain (Bethany House)
• Robin Lee Hatcher – Fit To Be Tied (Zondervan)
• Maureen Lang – Look to the East (Tyndale House)
• Siri Mitchell – Love's Pursuit (Bethany House)
• Allison Pittman – Stealing Home (Multnomah)

• Amanda Cabot – Paper Roses (Revell)
• Mary Connealy – Cowboy Christmas (Barbour Publishing)
• Mary Connealy – Montana Rose (Barbour Publishing)
• Laura Frantz – The Frontiersman's Daughter (Revell)
• Ann Gabhart – The Believer (Revell)
• Julie Lessman – A Passion Denied (Revell)
• Janice Thompson writing as Janice Hanna – Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas (Summerside Press)
• Kathleen Y’Barbo – The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper (Waterbrook Press)

• Debra Clopton – His Cowgirl Bride (Steeple Hill)
• Myra Johnson – Autumn Rains (Heartsong Presents)
• Vickie McDonough – A Wagonload of Trouble (Heartsong Presents)
• Mae Nunn – A Texas Ranger's Family (Steeple Hill)
• Glynna Sirpless writing as Glynna Kaye – Dreaming of Home (Steeple Hill)

• Jill Elizabeth Nelson – Evidence of Murder (Steeple Hill)
• Sandra Robbins – Final Warning (Steeple Hill)
• Virginia Smith – Murder at Eagle Summit (Steeple Hill)
• Virginia Smith – Scent of Murder (Steeple Hill)
• Jenness Walker – Double Take (Steeple Hill)
• Lenora Worth – Code of Honor (Steeple Hill)

• Lyn Cote – Her Patchwork Family (Steeple Hill)
• Laurie Alice Eakes – The Glassblower (Heartsong Presents)
• Laurie Kingery – The Outlaw's Lady (Steeple Hill)
• Lynette Sowell – All That Glitters (Heartsong Presents)
• Dan Walsh – The Unfinished Gift (Revell)

• Kirk Outerbridge – Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press)
• Donita K. Paul – The Vanishing Sculptor (Waterbrook Press)
• Steve Rzasa – The Word Reclaimed (Marcher Lord Press)
• Stuart Vaughn Stockton – Starfire (Marcher Lord Press)
• Fred Warren – The Muse (Splashdown Books)
• Jill Williamson – By Darkness Hid (Marcher Lord Press)

• Terri Blackstock – Intervention (Zondervan)
• Colleen Coble – Lonestar Secrets (Thomas Nelson)
• Brandilyn Collins – Exposure (Zondervan)
• Harry Kraus – Salty Like Blood (Howard/Simon & Schuster)
• DiAnn Mills – Breach of Trust (Tyndale House)

• Julie Carobini – Sweet Waters (B&H Publishing)
• Kathryn Cushman – Leaving Yesterday (Bethany House)
• Sara Evans & Rachel Hauck – Sweet By and By (Thomas Nelson)
• Rene Gutteridge & Cheryl McKay – Never the Bride (Waterbrook Press)
• Deborah Raney – Yesterday's Embers (Howard/Simon & Schuster)
• Deborah Raney – Above All Things (Steeple Hill)
• Lisa Wingate – The Summer Kitchen (New American Library/Penguin)

• Shelley Adina – Who Made You a Princess? (Hachette FaithWords)
• Brandilyn & Amberly Collins – Always Watching (Zondervan)
• Jenny B. Jones – I'm So Sure (Thomas Nelson)
• Jenny B. Jones – So Not Happening (Thomas Nelson)
• Booker T. Mattison – Unsigned Hype (Revell)