The only one I've read is THE EXTRAORDINARY DEATHS OF MRS. KIP and it was definitely a winner

Here's a list of nominees for the 2024 Selah Awards. I haven't read any of these yet, and many authors I haven't heard of. Definitely a good resource, though! Winners will be announced on May 26.

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Bidding on a Second Chance Emily Conrad
Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other by Bethany Turner
Dedicated To the One I Love Beth K Vogt
Every Good Gift by Kelly Irvin
Her Scandalous Amish Secret Joseline McClay
Julia Monroe Begins Again by Rebekah Millet
Love's True Calling by Lori DeJong
Sylvia's Mother by Jennifer Lynn Cary
The Amish Spintser's Dilemma by Jocelyn McClay
The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher
The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese

FIRST NOVEL
Heart in the Clouds by Jennifer Mist Morgan
Julia Monroe Begins Again by Rebekah Millet
Love's True Calling by Lori DeJong
Ona Mae's Deli and Bait Shop by Renee Hodges

GENERAL FICTION
Ona Mae's Deli and Bait Shop by Renee Hodges
Roxie Applesauce Tonya l Matthews
The Escape Game by Marilyn Turk
The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner
What I Would Tell You by Liz Tolsma

HISTORICAL/BIBLICAL
Daughter of Eden by Jill Eilleen Smith
Freedom's Price by Pegg Thomas
The All American by Susie Finkbeiner
This is Where It Ends by Cindy K Sproles
Waterborne by David J Marsh
Yamin by Jeff Keene II

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Beneath a Peaceful Moon by Debbie Lee
Confessions to a Stranger by Danielle Grandinetti
Finding Her Frontier Home by Louise M Gouge
Garden of the Midnights by Hannah Linder
Heart of the Clouds by Jennifer Mist Morgan
Love at First Light by Stephanie Grace Whitson
The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel
When Tomorrow Came by Hannah Linder
Window of Opportunity by Heather Greer

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
26 Below by Kimberley Woodhouse
Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl
Every Flower of the Field by Sara Davison
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright

NOVELLAS
A Lasting Legacy by Cynthia Roemer
Deadly Holiday Hijack by Kate Angelo
In Her Sights by Karen Witemeyer
The Chemist by J Carol Nemeth
The Christmas Carving by Kelly Goshorn
The Veil From Across the Shores by Kelly Goshorn
To Enchant a Lady's Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Amish Wilderness Survival by Mary Alford
Countdown by Lynette Eason
Crime Scene Witness by Dana R Lynn
Expired Vows by Laura Conaway and Lisa Phillips
Facing the Enemy by Diann Mills
Her Secret Amish Past by Dana R Lynn
Hidden Amish Target by Dana R Lynn
Hunted at Christmas by Dana R Lynn

ANTHOLOGIES
A Thrill in the Air
Dancing in the Rain, Stories to Shelter the Soul
Good Tidings

SPECULATIVE
The Quickening Sarah L Frantz
The Secret of Stardust by Heather LL FitzGerald
Window of Time by Erin R Howard

WESTERN
Accepted by Paula Peckham
Emily's Trials by Henry McLaughlin
The Pursuit of Miss Parish by Grace Hitchcock

WOMEN'S CONTEMPORARY
Lilac Cottage by Carrie Fancett Pagels
Reclaiming Christmas by Melissa Sneed Wilson
The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos by Kelly Irvin

Any award list can be a good resource, but I've always found the Selah awards especially interesting because they are sponsored by the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, which seems to be very spirit led and focused on helping writers develop their writing. I'll see if some of the books by these lesser known authors in my favorite categories are available. It would be fun to discover some gems. A Goodreads group that I follow is doing THE ALL AMERICAN by Susie Finkbeiner as a group read next month, so I may try that one.

My Hoopla has both of the books by Kimberley Woodhouse, but only e-books. It says that 8 Down just has 42 pages - but, Amazon says it's 289 pages. Strange! I am going to hold out for the audio version since I don't like doing e-books on Hoopla.

I'm reading THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS BY Cindy K. Sproles and it is very good. Set in Appalachia, one of my favorite settings.

There are several on there that I have on my wish list. A couple I did start but didn't get into very far. It often happens that when I can't get into a story, if I pick it up later I wonder what the problem was! LOL!

Oh dear, that is my least favorite genre, Carole! LOL! I enjoy the historical stuff as well as fantasy and sci-fi. I do like contemporary suspense, as long as it isn't creepy! I like an occasional Amish story as well.

I started OF SEA AND SMOKE but I needed to re-read the first book to get up to date. I have so many books I want to read it's hard to get back to some.

I have CODE NAME EIDELWEISS and started it, but never finished it. I need to look into the Lynn Blackburn one, I really like her stories.

IN THIS MOMENT appears to be the only one I've read. I did start LUMEN but had forgotten so much of what was in the first book I needed to go back and re-read it first, but haven't made it back to that. Okay, I downloaded the audio of CALOR on Hoopla, so I will get back to it!

I do have a couple of the other books: THE WARSAW SISTERS and I believe I have THE SEAMSTRESS OF ARCADIE.

I've seen ESTUARY by Lisa Bergren, but her last stories got on my nerves, she just kept calling the "hot" over and over in the story - okay already, I get it! It makes me leery about reading another by her. I really liked the other stories, just got tired of the use of that word!

Carole, I used to read an old gothic author back in the 60's and 70's - I can't remember her name now, but I really enjoyed those books back then. It was back and forth between her and Grace Livingston Hill.
I looked it up on my search engine - Victoria Holt!

I read ACROSS THE AGES. I'm reading her final book on Hoopla right now.

I have the WARSAW SISTERS on my wish list.

Congrats everyone!