Christy Award Nominees 2010

The Christy Award nominees were announced this week and the list is full of some great books. I've read three of them and have a handful of others yet to be read on my shelf. The winners of the award will be announced on June 26, 2010.

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills - Tyndale House Publishers
How Sweet It Is by Alice J. Wisler - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)
Stand-In Groom by Kaye Dacus - Barbour Publishing

CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS
Who Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson - Thomas Nelson
The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall - WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Daisy Chain by Mary DeMuth - Zondervan

CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE
June Bug by Chris Fabry - Tyndale House Publishers
The Passion of Mary-Margaret by Lisa Samson - Thomas Nelson
Veiled Freedom by Jeanette Windle - Tyndale House Publishers

FIRST NOVEL
The Familiar Stranger by Christina Berry - Moody Publishers
Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent - Tyndale House Publishers
Scared by Tom Davis - David C. Cook

HISTORICAL
A Flickering Light by Jane Kirkpatrick - WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)
The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer & Mike Yorkey - Revell Books (Baker Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Beyond This Moment by Tamera Alexander - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)
The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander - Thomas Nelson
The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)

SUSPENSE
Intervention by Terri Blackstock - Zondervan
Lost Mission by Athol Dickson - Howard Books: a Division of Simon & Schuster
The Night Watchman by Mark Mynheir - WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

VISIONARY
By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson - Marcher Lord Press
The Enclave by Karen Hancock - Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group)
Valley of the Shadow by Tom Pawlik - Tyndale House Publishers

YOUNG ADULT
Beautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma - Thomas Nelson
The Blue Umbrella by Mike Mason - David C. Cook
North! or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson - WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group