Christy Award - Contemporary Romance

Awards List

2022

All That Really Matters
(Winner)
Nicole Deese

Bookshop by the Sea
(Finalist)
Denise Hunter

Husband Auditions
(Finalist)
Angela Ruth Strong

2021

Stay with Me
(Winner)
Becky Wade

Just Like Home
(Finalist)
Courtney Walsh

Some Bright Someday
(Finalist)
Melissa Tagg

2020

Now and Then and Always
(Winner)
Melissa Tagg

Sweet on You
(Finalist)
Becky Wade

Just One Kiss
(Finalist)
Courtney Walsh

2019

Falling for You
(Winner)
Becky Wade

Wait for Me
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe
(Finalist)
Carla Laureano

2018

True to You
(Winner)
Becky Wade

The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck
(Finalist)
Bethany Turner

Troubled Waters
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

2017

Her One and Only
(Winner)
Becky Wade

The Red Door Inn
(Finalist)
Liz Johnson

Rescue Me
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

2016

The Wedding Chapel
(Winner)
Rachel Hauck

Sabotaged
(Finalist)
Dani Pettrey

Falling Like Snowflakes
(Finalist)
Denise Hunter

2015

A Broken Kind of Beautiful
(Winner)
Katie Ganshert

Undetected
(Finalist)
Dee Henderson

Firewall
(Finalist)
DiAnn Mills

2014

Dangerous Passage
(Winner)
Lisa Harris

Vanished
(Finalist)
Irene Hannon

Once Upon a Prince
(Finalist)
Rachel Hauck

Rosemary Cottage
(Finalist)
Colleen Coble

2013

The Breath of Dawn
(Winner)
Kristen Heitzmann

Wildflowers from Winter
(Finalist)
Katie Ganshert

Lethal Legacy
(Finalist)
Irene Hannon

2012

Wolfsbane
(Winner)
Ronie Kendig

Larkspur Cove
(Finalist)
Lisa Wingate

My Foolish Heart
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

2011

Sworn to Protect
(Winner)
DiAnn Mills

Blood Ransom
(Finalist)
Lisa Harris

Indivisible
(Finalist)
Kristen Heitzmann

2010

Breach of Trust
(Winner)
DiAnn Mills

Stand-In Groom
(Finalist)
Kaye Dacus

How Sweet It Is
(Finalist)
Alice J. Wisler

2009

Beyond the Night
(Winner)
Marlo Schalesky

Zora and Nicky
(Finalist)
Claudia Mair Burney

Finding Stefanie
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

Award Categories

Allegory/Fantasy

Amplify Award

Book of the Year

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

First Novel

Futuristic

General Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

International Historical

Lits

North American Historical

Romance

Series

Short Form

Speculative

Suspense

Western

Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

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2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

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