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Faith Hope & Love Christian Writers

Faith Hope & Love Christian Writers

FHLCW Reader’s Choice Award

Announcing the 26th Annual Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers Reader’s Choice Award, 2025

2025 FHLRCA Finalists

Long Contemporary

The Roads We Follow by Nicole Deese (Bethany House) 
Bram Baxter Marries the Wrong Sister by Latisha Sexton (Coffee & Grace Publishing) 
Emma’s Hero by Carrie Walker (Mountain Brook Ink) 

Short Contemporary

Meddling with Mistletoe by Liz Johnson (Revell) 
His Unexpected Grandchild by Myra Johnson (Love Inspired) 
Hidden Secrets Between Them by Mindy Obenhaus (Love Inspired) 

Long Historical

The Mapmaker’s Secret by Jennifer Mistmorgan (Indie Published) 
When the Waters Came by Candice Patterson (Barbour Publishing) 
Love’s Promise by Penny Zeller (Maplebrook Publishing) 

Short Historical

Let Nothing You Dismay by Jennifer Hunt (Blue Springs Books) 
Before the Sun Sets by Karen Kinney (Indie Published) 
Seashells in My Pocket by Terri Wangard (Scrinenings Press) 

Novella 

One Sweet Christmas by Laura Ashwood (Anchored Soul Publishing) 
Sleigh Bell and Stalkers by Robin Patchen (JDO Publishing) 
Penelope by Kimberley Woodhouse (Barbour Publishing)

Romantic Suspense

Terminal Danger by Jerusha Agen (SDG Words, LLC) 
The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch (Love Inspired Trade)
Uncovering Colorado Secrets by Rhonda Starnes (Love Inspired) 

Women’s Fiction

A Certain Man by Linda Dindzans (Scrivenings Press) 
One Glance of Your Eyes by Myra Johnson (Fawn Ridge Press)
Where the Lion Roars by Claire Lagerwall (Self-Published)

Sweet Romance 

Forever Free by Hope Toler Dougherty (Scrivenings Press) 
Marrying the Mechanic by Shanna Hatfield (Wholesome Hearts Publishing) 
Fa-la-la-la Faking It by Teri Wilson (Harlequin Special Edition)

Speculative

Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer (Bethany House)
For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer (Bethany House)
Memoria by J. J. Fischer (Enclave Publishing) 


The FHLRCA is open to all writers, members of FHLCW as well as non-members. Books entered in the FHLRCA must be written from a Christian worldview. 

FHLRCA Contest Rules


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