News for July

Congratulations to our members on their achievements!

• Janice Cantore signed a three-book contract with Tyndale House.
• Ann Swindell’s book, Love in the Castle Library, won first place in the Selah Awards in the Contemporary Romance category and was a finalist in the long contemporary category of the 2026 FHL Reader’s Choice Awards.
• A Slight Change of Plans (book 2 in the Best-laid Plans Series) by Denise M. Colby placed 2nd in the Carolyn Reader Award Inspirational Romance category and was a Holt Medallion finalist in the Long Inspirational category.
• Justice Denied by Sarah Hamaker won the 2026 Holt Medallion best book by a Virginia author. Justice Denied and Fatal Past also finaled in the 2026 Maggie Awards in the inspirational romance category.
• Reviving Embers by Paige Reed took silver in the FHL Reader’s Choice Awards.
• Robin Lee Hatcher was both thrilled and honored to learn that her romantic novella, Bible and a .44, won the 2026 FHL Reader’s Choice Award. In addition, her historical romance, To Reveal a Reckless Love, came in second in the short historical category.
• Christina Rich signed a contract for a novella with Barbour.
• Teresa Wells’ debut novel, What Brings Us Joy, won the 2026 Holt Medallion for Best First Book and Long Inspirational. What Brings Us Joy took first place in the 2026 National Excellence in Storytelling (NEST) contest.
• Jo Ann Ferguson is excited to announce that her newest release from Harlequin Love Inspired, A Family For the Amish Orphans, (writing as Jo Ann Brown) reached #3 on the Publishers Weekly mass market bestseller list during its first week of release.
• Unending Hope, Cindy Kay Stewart’s second novel in her WWII Circle of Hope series, finaled in the Golden Scroll Awards and the Christian Market Book Awards.
• Two Hearts One Piano by Cathy Richmond won the contemporary romance category in the FHL Reader’s Choice contest.
• Sami Abrams has been offered a five-book Love Inspired Suspense contract for one K9 SAR book and four more rodeo books.