News for May

Congratulations to our members on their achievements!

• Julia Casselman is a semi-finalist in the ACFW Genesis Awards.
• Kristi Woods received a full manuscript request, advancing her to round two in Love Inspired’s 2025 Great Author Search. Also, Spark Flash Fiction published her military-themed piece, A Perfect Match, in their current spring issue. 
• Danielle Grandinetti signed a three-book contract with Ashberry Lane, the romance imprint of WhiteFire Publishing Group, for a 1930s historical romantic suspense trilogy.
• Rhonda Starnes just signed a new three book contract with Love Inspired Suspense.
• LeAnne Bristow’s Harlequin Heartwarming book, Her Hometown Soldier’s Return, is a finalist in the Carolyn Readers Choice Awards and the New England Readers Choice Awards. 
• Kimberly Absher has moved onto Round 2 of the Billionaire Blitz with Harlequin Romance. 
• Deena Alexander signed with a new agent, Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency. She has also received an offer from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense for four books in a new FBI Missing Persons Unit series which takes place in the Pacific Northwest.
• Tracy Del Campo was named a semi-finalist for the Short Novel category in the ACFW Genesis Contest, a finalist for the Serious Writer Awards Writer of the Year, and her story, Taking a Chance on Love, was published in the Spring 2025 issue of Spark Flash Fiction.
• Laurie Winter signed a contract for her first Harlequin Heartwarming story.
• Laura Iding’s Love Inspired Suspense book, Chasing a Kidnapper, hit the New York Times Mass Market paperback list at number 9.
• Lenora Worth’s recent release, Undercover in Amish Country, has made the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list.
• Dalyn Weller signed another book contract with Sunrise Publishing.
• Kathleen Rouser signed a contract with Wild Heart Books for two more books in my Stone Creek Brides series. 
• Traci Summeril’s Love Inspired Suspense book, Secrets Beneath the Snow, writing as Teresa Summers, was on the New York Times Bestseller list.
• Carrie Turansky signed a contract with Wild Heart Books for a novella, A Trusting Heart, part of the Christmas Mail-Order Brides novella collection releasing 9/9/25.
• Mindy Obenhaus’s Love Inspired, An Unexpected Companion, made the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list.