Two Write Integrity Press Novels win Grace Awards

ATLANTA - May 31, 2016 - PRLog -- Two novels published by Write Integrity Press have been named winners in the Grace Awards for Faith-Based Fiction for 2015.

Annabelle's Ruth by Betty Thomason Owens took first place for Women's/General Fiction, and Saving Eric by Joan Deneve won the award for Action Adventure/Western/Historic Epic Fiction.

The Grace Awards, now in its sixth year, is a reader-driven awards program that recognizes original novels, in six categories, that present a Christian worldview and were released in English during the previous year.

In ANNABELLE'S RUTH, Owens uses the biblical story of Ruth as inspiration for a story set in 1950s western Tennessee. After their husbands perish in a fishing boat accident, Connie Cross determines to follow her mother-in-law, Annabelle, from Southern California to Tennessee. Her misgivings begin as they cross the bridge over the muddy Mississippi River. In their new town, where living conditions are far below their previous expectations, they must set up a household and hunt for work to survive. Thanks to the kindness of Annabelle's handsome, young cousin, life begins to settle down. But Connie has a secret that could uproot them once again.

In Saving Eric, Eric Templeton's well-ordered life as a top CIA agent is shattered when a traitor within the agency plots to have him eliminated. Sent on a bogus mission to Africa, Eric is ambushed and critically wounded. A helicopter pilot flies him to a remote mission hospital where Dr. Brock Whitfield and his daughter, Ellie, work to save his life. If Eric survives, his life may never be the same, and he still has to deal with the traitor who wants him dead. Eric wants justice, but Brock and Ellie know that Eric's survival is the least of his worries. What he needs most is mercy and truth.

The Grace Awards are given to novels that reach the highest of literary standards and add something of value to Christian, inspirational, faith and values based fiction, and to the world at large. Readers nominate books, and the finalists in each category are then judged by independent teams consisting of traditionally published authors, independently published authors, and avid readers.

Founded in 2011, Write Integrity Press is a traditional publisher that specializes in providing clean, wholesome entertainment. More information about these and other books is available at http://www.writeintegrity.com.