A few weeks ago, I told you that Broken Wings was a finalist in Faith, Hope, and Love’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award. The FHL chapter of RWA (Romance Writers of America) meets during the week of the annual RWA Convention. This year it was held in Anaheim, CA. I was truly honored and so wanted to be there for the festivities, but with several trips planned this fall it didn’t work out. You know what they say about hindsight and all that. What a sweet surprise when Nancy Farrier, the IRCA coordinator, called me last Thursday and told me Broken Wings had won for Women’s Fiction. Isn’t the award beautiful?
FHL’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award
Broken Wings
Congratulations to all the finalists and the winners! I’m honored to be in such good company.
2012 IRCA Winner’s List
Women’s Fiction
1) Broken Wings by Carla Stewart (FaithWords)
2) Forever After by Deborah Raney (Howard)
3) The Fine Art of Insincerity by Angela Hunt (Howard)
Long Contemporary – 3rd place tie
1) Chasing Sunsets by Eva Marie Everson (Revell)
2) A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron (Abingdon)
3) The Amish Midwife by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (Harvest)
3) The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (Harvest)
Long Historical
1) Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen (Bethany House)
2) The Doctor’s Lady by Jody Hedlund (Bethany House)
3) Deeply Devoted By Maggie Brendan (Revell)
Short Contemporary – 1st place tie
1) Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii by Robin Jones Gunn (Summerside)
1) Light the Fire by Mary Manners (White Rose)
2) The Caregiver by Shelley Shepard Gray (Avon Inspire)
3) A Place to Belong by Linda Goodnight (Love Inspired)
Short Historical
1) Belonging by Robin Lee Hatcher (Zondervan)
2) Frontier Father by Dorothy Clark (Love Inspired)
3) The Earl’s Mistaken Bride by Abby Gaines (Love Inspired)
Romantic Suspense – tie for 3rd place
1) Shadows on the Sand by Gayle Roper (Multnomah)
2) A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason (Revell)
3) Murder at Granite Falls by Roxanne Rustand (Love Inspired)
Novella
1) A Perfect Plan by Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson)
2) The Gentleman Takes a Bride by Louise M. Gouge (Love Inspired)
3) The Christmas Singing by Cindy Woodsmall (Waterbrook)
Have you read any of these award-winning books? I think my to-be-read list just grew longer.
To celebrate, I’m giving away an autographed copy of Broken Wings. Leave a comment telling me what the last book was that you read and why you liked it, and I’ll enter you in the drawing next Monday, August 6. Start . . . now!
Disclosure/Rules: Odd of winning dependent on no. of entries. Void where prohibited. US and Canadian entries only.