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August 03, 2006

2006 Christy Awards

The seventh annual Christy Awards were awarded on July 8, 2006. The awards honor the best in Christian Fiction in a variety of categories.

Contemporary Fiction
W. Dale Cramer. Levi's Will
Will flees his Amish community at the age of 19, leaving behind a pregnant girlfriend. He begins a new life, joining the Army and later marrying and having two sons. Unable to regain his father's respect, can Will learn that love, not work, will heal the past and give hope to his family's future?

Vanessa Del Fabbro. The Road to Home
In her debut novel, Del Fabbro relates the story of the friendship that develops between two women--a friendship that sees them asking questions of themselves, uncovering new and sometimes uncomfortable personal truths, and learning to trust their faith as well as each other.

Historical Fiction
Liz Curtis Higgs. Whence Came a Prince
Higgs revisits 18th-century Scotland for the crowning finale to the saga thatbegan with "Thorn in My Heart."

Romance
Deeanne Gist. A Bride Most Begrudging
Any ship arriving from England means good news for Virginia colony farmers. The "tobacco brides" would be on board, eligible women seeking a better life in America, bartered for with barrels of tobacco from the fields. Drew O'Connor isn't stirred by news of a ship full of brides. Still broken-hearted from the loss of his beloved, he only wants a maid to tend his house and care for his young sister. What he ends up with is a wife, a feisty redhead who claims she is Lady Constance Morrow, daughter of an Earl, brought to America against her will.

Suspense
Athol Dickson. River Rising
In 1927 Louisiana, Rev. Hale Poser arrives in the bayous of Pilotville, looking for his roots. In the swamp beyond the cypress lies a lingering evil. For years it slept in dreadful isolation. Now comes Hale Poser, and it will sleep no more.