Carol Award Finalist – Romantic Suspense + Giveaway

First off — what exactly are the Carol Awards?

They are awards given out by American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) in recognition of outstanding Christian fiction in the previous calendar year. So these 2025 finalists are books published in 2024. You might have read them already, you might not. I’ll include links to books I’ve read and reviewed.

Carol Award Winners will be announced on September 6 2025 at the ACFW Gala in Springfield Missouri (wouldn’t you love to be there?!)

How does this giveaway work?

You select which of the Carol Award finalists 2025 —Romantic Suspense Category you would like to receive. Mention the title in your comment (or an email if you’re entering that way) and if you win, that’s the book that will be sent to you. Easy Peasy. 

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.

Romantic Suspense Finalists

Lethal Danger by Jerusha Agen – Indie – Editor: Julie Agen – Giveaway options: US and Canada: ebook International: ebook with a US Kindle account.

This K-9 team is trained to eliminate threats. This threat could eliminate them.

Being a loner is getting old. Jazz Lamont still can’t fit in at the Phoenix K-9 Agency, and she’s losing her best friend. At least providing security with her K-9 partner at the Tri-City Fair will mean revisiting the only place where she once belonged. But a series of accidents threatens her beloved fair and puts lives at risk.

Thriller author Hawthorne Emerson suspects foul play after the first “accident.” Moonlighting as fair security to investigate the death of his sister’s boyfriend, he’s eager to find the truth. He doesn’t expect the task to lead him to the cult he escaped.

Finding the culprit behind the sabotage is personal for Jazz and Hawthorne. But someone else has a personal stake, too. Someone who wants Jazz dead. When everything she thought was true is dismantled, can Jazz risk trusting others—including God—to survive?

Lethal Danger continues the thrilling story of the elite Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency that began with Hidden Danger (Guardians Unleashed, #1 ) . (Each book can stand alone or be read as series installments.)

Never Fall Again by Lynn H. Blackburn – Revell – Editors: Kelsey Bowen and Robin Turici – Giveaway options: US: paperback or ebook, Canada: paperback, ebook or audible, International: ebook with a US Kindle account.

Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. After serving as the artist-in-residence, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home in which to grow up. 

Former Marine Callum Shaw always knew he would someday join his family’s construction business in Gossamer Falls. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. The beautiful artist who has hired him to build her new house is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. He’s loved–and lost–someone like her before.

When Landry’s pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire, it becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger–but from whom? Cal will have to risk his heart again if he has any hope of protecting them.

My Review: https://kavsbestreads.ca/2024/06/19/never-fall-again-giveaway/

Double Take by Lynette Eason – Revell – Editors: Barb Barnes and Andrea Doering – Giveaway options: US: paperback or ebook, Canada: paperback, ebook or audible. International: ebooks with US Kindle account.

She survived a murder plot and her attacker is dead–isn’t he?

Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he’s rooming with his good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics.

Physician Assistant Lainie Jackson is eighteen months out from an attempted murder perpetrated by her ex, which ended when she managed to grab the weapon and shoot him. When he appears to have survived and is back to finish the job he started, Lainie insists it’s not possible. But someone keeps trying to kill her, and she keeps seeing his face.

Together, Lainie and James must work together to find out who exactly is after her and why he wants her dead. And failure is not an option.

My Review: https://kavsbestreads.ca/2024/02/12/double-take-giveaway/

Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday July 19 2025. REMEMBER TO CHECK EDITION AVAILABILITY FOR EACH BOOK.

32 thoughts on “Carol Award Finalist – Romantic Suspense + Giveaway”

  1. I would love to win Never Fall Again by Lynn H. Blackburn. I’ve heard great things about her books, but she’s new to me. Blessedmommy3x AT gmail DOT com

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    1. Lynn H. Blackburn is amazing! I really like the way she balances the relationship building with the suspense elements. All her characters are great including the secondary ones. Good luck, Jo Ruth!

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  3. I love Lynn Blackburn and have read all her books. I haven’t read but one Jerusha Agen book so this might be a good time to jump back in. Throw me in that Lethal Danger, haha

    Thanks Kav, trace14567 at gmaildotcom

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    1. I read her first Love Inspired Trade suspense book – Rising Danger – and it was really good. Her indie books are kinda pricey in print up here so I haven’t delved into them but they all look like they have a K-9 angle which I’m always drawn to. Good luck, Tracey!

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      1. That’s the same one I read, I looked back through my spiral notebook and found I had won it from you in March of 2021. You’ve been making my book dreams come true a long time!

        And from my stat loving self to your stat loving self, I won my first book from you in Jan of 2016, Carry Me Home by Dorothy Adamek! Nine and a half years of Best Reads with Kav goodness. I’m feeling all nostalgic now…

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  5. If I were fortunate enough to be selected, I would love the opportunity to read and review DOUBLE TAKE by Lynette Eason. Sounds like a fabulous book and it’s definitely on my want “gotta” read list.

    Have a fabulous Monday to set the tone for the week!

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  8. I would like to read Lethal Danger since I already have the other two.
    I have read a couple others by Jerusha and enjoyed them.
    paulamarys49ATgmailDOTcom

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