News for June

Congratulations to our members on their achievements!

• Teri Wilson just signed a new six-book contract with Love Inspired for a continuation of her Alaskan Hearts series.
• Robin Lee Hatcher is honored to have one novella and two novels named as finalists in the Carol Awards. The three books are: Bible and a .44 (part of the From This Moment On collection); To Capture a Mountain Man; and To Reveal a Reckless Love. Two of those books—Bible and a .44 and To Reveal a Reckless Love—are also finalists in the Faith, Hope & Love Reader’s Choice Award.
• Laura Scott is thrilled to announce her book, Texas Kidnapping Target, has won the Holt Medallion Award in the Short Inspirational Suspense category.
• Darlene Turner is honored that her book, Echoes of Darkness, won the 2026 Selah award in the Mystery/Suspense category. Also, her new release, Scent of Peril, was #2 on Publishers Weekly Mass Market bestseller list.
• Ciara Knight’s novel, His Daughter’s Faithful Companion, hit Publishers Weekly Bestseller List. Also, Healing the Veteran is a finalist in the Faith, Hope, and Love Reader’s Choice Awards.
• Beth Vogt’s Christmas novella, Together This Christmas, is a finalist in the 2026 FHLCW Reader’s Choice Awards. It also won second place in the 2026 Selah Awards.
• Lori DeJong’s novel, Mistletoe and Malice, is a 2026 ACFW Carol Award finalist in the Romantic Suspense category.
• Liz Sanders’ novel, SHAKEDOWN!, Book One of the Diamond River Series, was awarded Best Christian Adventure, Mystery & Romance by The Passion Reader’s Literary Society.
• Sherry Shindelar signed a contract with Barbour to write a historical romance novella called Second Chance Bounty set in Cheyenne in 1876 that will be part of the Love on the Run box set.
• Elizabeth Braten’s book, Small Town Harmony (published under pen name Milla Holt), is a finalist in the Romance category of the 2026 ACFW Carol Awards.
• Jennifer Chastain signed a new contract with Sunrise Publishing for Season Four of the Heroes of Renegade series, scheduled for release in 2029.
• Danielle Grandinetti’s historical romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Heart of Beauty, won the Holt Medallion in the Novella Category.
• Kelly Goshorn signed a contract with Barbour Publishing for A Disorderly Affair, a novella in the Love on the Run novella collection releasing July 2027.
• Cathy Richmond’s Two Hearts One Piano is a finalist for the Faith, Hope, and Love Christian Writers Reader’s Choice Award.
• The June 15 issue of Woman’s World magazine (#2624) features Chris Maday Schmidt’s five-minute romance, “A View Worth Sharing,” her 11th publication with the magazine since her debut in February 2021.