Christy Awards Finalists 2024 – Short Form

What are the Christy Awards?

The Christy Award is destined to nurture creativity and quality in the writing and publishing of fiction written from a Christian worldview and showcase the diversity of genres. These 2024 finalists are books published in 2023. 

How does this giveaway work?

You select ONE of the Short Form finalists you would like to receive if your name is drawn. Mention the title in a comment. If you win that’s the book that will be sent to you. Easy Peasy. Here are the finalists. (I have provided links to my reviews of the books I have read.)

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

Giveaway details may vary with each book (print, ebook only or winner’s choice of either, plus audible options for Canadians.) Edition availability will be noted in bold after the title/author/publisher of each entry. ALSO NOTE: Giveaway is for US and Canada OR ebook international if you have US Kindle account.

Beauty Bright (within We Three Kings) by Cara Putman – Kregel Publications – EBOOK giveaway – In this Christmas collection, Weise men still seek Jesus–and love

Best-selling romance authors Caudill, Putman, and Strong follow three generations of the Weise family in this third collection of Christmas novellas from Kregel that will prove just as popular as the previous award-winning volumes.

“Beauty Bright” by Cara Putman
Lieutenant Charles Weise served as a Monuments Man after World War II and now works to restore stolen art to rightful owners. Captain Lillian Thorsen pairs up with him not only to return treasures but also to fix the war-torn lives around them.

The Poppy (within Dancing in the Rain) by Sara Davison – independently published – EBOOK giveaway – Wayward wandering exposes the characters in these stories to storms created by their own or others’ choices.

Candace West – McDonald’s Farm
Eleanor Bertin – Who Sends the Rain?
Angela D. Meyer – Rekindling Her Dream
Deb Elkink – Clanging Symbols
Sara Davison – The Poppy

As they deal with the consequences, will they seek shelter in God, finding healing and redemption in the only One who can provide it?

The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey – independently published – Winner’s Choice of paperback or ebook – When Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent LOGAN PERRY’s beloved grandfather is murdered, Logan races to his hometown of Cauldron Creek, New Mexico to investigate the murder. His teammate and friend, EMMY THORTON, insists on joining him. Not a good idea—not when he loves her, but carries a secret that he knows will tear them apart.

Emmy knows Logan will pursue the investigation no matter the cost, and she won’t let the man she loves plunge into a dangerous situation alone. She needs to be at his side, even if he believes friendship is her only reason for joining him.

What looks like a robbery gone wrong rapidly shifts, drawing Emmy and Logan into a dizzying maze where nothing is as it appears. Every lead slips through their fingers as threats against them grow deadlier at each turn. Having only each other to rely on, their love for one another deepens, but will they live long enough to admit their attraction to each other?

They’re in the killer’s sights. One wrong move puts their future together and their lives on the line.

https://kavsbestreads.ca/2023/06/07/the-shifting-current-giveaway/

Star of Wonder (within We Three Kings) by Crystal Caudill – Kregel Publications – EBOOK giveaway – Best-selling romance authors Caudill, Putman, and Strong follow three generations of the Weise family in this third collection of Christmas novellas from Kregel that will prove just as popular as the previous award-winning volumes.

“Star of Wonder” by Crystal Caudill
The Christmas-themed maiden voyage of his family’s grand steamer ship was supposed to be Aldrich Weise’s chance both to instill investor confidence and to romance Celestia Isaacs. Instead, he must foil a criminal and leave his lady love behind forever.

You Make it Feel Like Christmas by Toni Shiloh – Bethany House — Winner’s choice of paperback or ebook — Starr Lewis reluctantly returns home for the holidays jobless, single, and not at all prepared to be dragged into her sister’s wedding activities–or to witness her sister’s marriage to Starr’s ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve. But when her brother’s charming best friend, Waylon Emmerson, attends their family Thanksgiving, Starr begins to believe that maybe coming home isn’t so bad.

As Starr endures wedding preparations, she takes comfort in Waylon’s presence and finds the perfect distraction in helping him keep his late mother’s Christmas shop afloat. As the spark between them grows, Starr must decide what she wants out of life–to go back to New York City or to stay and pursue a new dream.

A joyous, heartwarming, and magical holiday romance from Christy Award-winning author Toni Shiloh that will keep you cozy under the twinkling Christmas lights.

https://kavsbestreads.ca/2023/09/14/you-make-it-feel-like-christmas-giveaway/

Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday November 9 2024 (after 12 pm)  REMEMBER TO CHECK GIVEAWAY EDITION AVAILABILITY FOR EACH TITLE!

42 thoughts on “Christy Awards Finalists 2024 – Short Form”

  4. While I could have picked more than one, I’ll stay with my holiday reading and say – If I were fortunate enough to be selected, I would love the opportunity to read YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS by Toni Shiloh.

    Thank you so much for the chance to win a paperback copy!

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  6. I’ve had the privilege of reading We Three Kings and You Make it Feel Like Christmas (both are fabulous!). I’m choosing Danni Pettrey’s The Shifting Current. It ought to be interesting to see how she writes in short form!

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  8. Awe I’d love to pick more then one but I so want to read and add this one …The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey , to my collection. I have quite a few of Dani’s books and love them.

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