Regal Summit Book Award Winners
2025 Regal Summit Book Award Winners
Action/Adventure
“Mr. Candle's Book” By: Clint Baker
“The Mental Take Over” By: Jon Scott Lee
“The Third Estate Secrets of the Manor” By: D R Berlin
“What I Call Home” By: Hanna M. Shields
“Thunders over Idle Land” By: R. F. Whong
Children
“Cowboy Cooper and the Ghost Town” By: Ben St. James
“Alphabet Space” By: Lashana Standard
“The Alphabet of Me: Building Confidence One Letter At A Time” By: Desiree Dusablon
“Super Yaseen!” By: Nora Mohtadi
“The Adventures of Oliver the Clownfish: A Bit of Grit” By: Stephanie Guzman
“The Memory Box at Elephant Rock” By: Sandy Harrison
“Rocket Dreams” By: Payton M.
“Oliver the Brave Boxer Pup: What if we fall?” By: Mikki Anselmo and Oliver
“Who Colored the Leaves?” By: Robert Dean
Children’s Middle Grade
“The Tail of a Trio” By: Katherine Scott
“The Secret Of Seven Mile Island” By: Dan Thompson
“Zombie Outbreak - The Bureau of Non-Events #1” By: Robert Næss
Christian (Fiction/Non-Fiction)
“The Chain Breaking Experience: Health and Fitness Anthology” By: Minister Dr. Ashley Blanshaw
“Journey of Faith: A Timeless Devotional” By: Garrett Wedemire
“Rejected on Purpose” By: Robert Maxie Sr
“By the Grace of God:God’s Power and Will at Work” By: Steve Sides
“A Call To The Wilderness: A Pursuit To Purpose and Destiny” By: Amber Krystal
“Wakey-Wakey” By: David Diehl
“Discovering Discipleship” By: Beth Barnhart
“For The Sake Of Ten Men” By: Krislyn Lyon
“Revelationship: Transformational Intimacy With Christ” By: Cathy Colver Garland
“Crush Under the Starry Night” By: Roseceline
“Beyond the Biblical 40: The Journey to 41” By: Barbara Arnold Linkous
“Lessons Learned as a Nazarite” By: Zachary James
“A Call to The Wilderness-A Pursuit to Purpose and Destiny” By: Amber Krystal
“Washing The Inside of the Cup: My journey of walking in the Spirit” By: Cheryl Lynn
Fantasy
“The Matriarch Messiah” By: Maxime Trencavel
“Legacy of the Crown” By: Tim Wilbur
“Trouble Boys: Book One of the Carnivale City Chronicles” By: Timothy John
“Traitor Among Us” By: Charles Carfagno
“Heroes Rising Book 3 Watchtower of Despair and the Hidden Kingdom” By: Jacob Jones
Humor/Satire
“Men Are Pigs -- Stories Which Passed The Time of Tests” By: Jed Somit
“70 Things You Can Do While Being Hospitalized” By: Lasse Toft
Paranormal
“Fear Not The Dead” By: Brad Ricks
“JINXED” By: Melissa Hudson
“Old, New, Borrowed and Blue” By: C. Pugliesi
“Last Drive” By: David Wilson
“Haunting Melody” By: M. Flagg
Supernatural
“While Others Sleep” By: Billy Joe Watkins
“The Devil's Final Offer” By: David Wilson
“Pandore: Dark Night of the Soul” By: DA Rasmussen
“The Hiding” By: Alethea Lyons
Historical Fiction
“Twilight's Brightest Star” By: Rachel Valencourt
“Twilight of Evil” By: Georgy Alex
“Against All Odds: Poetic Tales of Warriors and Legends” By: Donny Huff
“Love Lost” By: David Diehl
“In Silence Cries the Heart” By: Catherine Hughes
“An Irishman's Odyssey” By: J. Thomas Hennessey, Jr.
“The Last Desperado” By: Lee Brand
“Winter's End” By: Barbara Nickolai
“The Cronin Chronicles – Legacy” By: Paul Eberz
“When Evelyn Daydreams” By: Laura Spivak
Non-Genre/Literary Fiction
“Southern-Fried Woolf” By: Drema Drudge
“Lead Me Back to The Path” By: Tabitha Bartoe
“The Other Book” By: Alexey L Kovalev
“The Flat Tire” By: Fish Nealman
“Two Sides of the Same Coin” By: David R. Diehl
Mystery
“The Chambers Files” By: Charles R. Rogers
“Chicago Detective Jack Fallon in the Mystery of the Exotic Escort Murders” By: Bob Kelly
“The Aurias Case” By: Eli Alves M.
“The Goodlands, A Wide-Open West Mystery” By: Christine Haese
“Blood From A Stone” By: Maverick Montgomery
“Cant Stop The Funk” By: H. Max Hiller
“Nothing But the Truth: A Ryan Morgan Series Book 1” By: Rebecca Clark
“Hazardous Lies” By: Stephen J. Wallace
Novella
“Mary; a Faithful Servant” By: Anna Verhaegh
“The Bayrose Files” By: Diane Wald
“Camp Sunshine: A Thrilling Domestic Novella” By: Heather S. Chauvin
“The Shepherd in the Storm” By: Sydney Koonce
Other Fiction (For any Genre Fiction not listed.)
“Where We Love” By: Mary Bell Meyer
“Bloodworth's Den” By: Grant Miles
“Welcome Home” By: David Diehl
“Great Exploitations: A Hollywood Fable” K.R. Levin
“Ascend From The Ashes” By: Ian Griffin
“Aching Deep” By: Rian F. Holes
Romance
“Instant Replay: A Miami Sports Romance” By: Sheila Fowler
“I'm a Delicate Flower but Still Human” By: Alexandra Fayuse
“The Third Act” By: Kathleen Brehony
“Never Have I” By: Andrea Huston
“Drew” By: Vic Leigh
“Her Heart's Footprints: A Journey To Love” By: Poetically Enigmatic
“In the Seasons of War” By: Aubrie Sandness
“Lenswomn in Love” By: Kim Gottlieb-Walker
Science-Fiction
“Dark Aurora” By: Alexander Semenyuk
“Losing Austin” By: Michael J. Bowler
“Trek Across a Changed Land” By: Darren Rumbold
“Elysium Rising” By: Stephen A Salaka
Short Story Collection
“Trifling Heifer: The Backstabbing Schemes of a Vengeful Vixen” By: Melissa Hudson
“The Brazos Valley Files” By: Charles R. Rogers
“OUTLAWS” By: Allen Cody
“Pent Up Thoughts” By: James Agape
“Solasta” By: Smothers, Shirley
“Shadows of Desire & 152 Drabbles” By: Ganesh K Shenoy
Poetry Collection
“Forever Forward” By: Donny Huff
“Love, Lyrics” By: Franko
“Wonders Around the Circle” By: Shariful Alam
“Sabiduría: poems and reflections on life” By: Catalina Peñafiel Rincón
“Navigation” By: Linda Neal Reising
“Might Not The First, But Last” By: Sayman Lal
“A Song for the Earth” By: Shannon Jade
Suspense/Thriller
“The Rebirth” By: V.P. Evans
“The Search for Lydia” By: Larry Walter Smith III
“Detective Jack Fallon The Case Of The Leopard Man” By: Bob Kelly
“Spectrophobia” By: Tsotello Nenzinane
“The Mysteriousness of Winter” By: Willow Mathews
“The Second Son” By: Paula Minydzak
“The Forest's Eyes - Threads of Deception” By: Ruben Elustondo
“Kentucky Blood (Book I of the Kentucky Blood Series)” By: Ashley Thomas Sheikh
“The Given” By: Bryan Alaspa
Young Adult
“The Collective” By: Jon Scott Lee
“Forget-me-not” By: C. Pugliesi
“Everlasting” By: Sara Fanfarillo
“Sins of the Daughter” By: Tamia Myambo
“The Joker's Revenge” By: Nancy Beaule
“Never Have I Ever” By: Harker Jones
“Boys Like Me” By: RL Clements
“JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD: A Young Person's Initiation For Navigating The Seasons Of Their Life” By: Richard Matzkin
Non-Fiction
“Deadly Dilemma... A Memoir” By: Anthony Gurley
“The Untold Toll” By: Stacy Ingraham
“Jack & Johnny; Benny, Carson and a Friendship Made for Television” By: Steve Newvine
“I am that I am the human origin story. The Real Holocaust” By: Kirkwood
“Embracing Life's Storms: Inner Strength Through Adversity” By: Donny Huff
“Family/Friends of Eddie: Update as of...” By: Nick Gutierrez
“The Death Within” By: Hamayun Khan
“The Poker Powered Brain. Play the Game. Train Your Brain” By: Lena Evans
“Girl Grit: Savage Not Average” By: Alexandra Elinsky, PhD
Teaching
“The Journey of One Determined Educator Part 2: Surviving the Trenches” By: Dr. Michael Copeland
“There was a Tenacious Teacher who Scarfed down a Sticker” By: Patty York Raymond
“How Beautiful on the Beaches Are my Feet” By: Laurie Pluimer
“Look Who’s Going to School” By: Roseanne Hinch
Biography/Autobiography
“Escape” By: Athena Demeter
“Memoir of a Mangled Mind: How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple “Personalities” By: Steven Simmons Shelton, MA, JD
“Peanut Butter Memoirs” By: David Wilson
“Grit & Grace: The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul” By: Deborah Rudell
“Tafheena: Survival Architecture” By: Yuliana Grasman
Business/Investing/Marketing
“Uncomfortably Pivot” By: Sunkanmi Agbomeji
“V.I.P.E.R. Improvement: Fire/EMS Department Leadership and Management” By: Dr. David Hupp
“Thrive in the AI and Digital Age: The SEAM 4-Step Career Guide & Workbook” By: Madeleine F. Wallace
Health
“Dementia, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Mother?” By: Sarah Jones
History
“Lakota Voices” By: Allen Cody
“NINA - The True Story of an American Dream” By: Franco Bruno Vitolo
“The First Marketplace:Africa’s Role in Shaping World Trade” By: Kim Cliett Long
Motivational/Inspirational
“Rising Phoenix: The Journey of Resilience” By: Donny Huff
“The Genius Deaf: A True Story Of Triumph And Inspiration” By: Mirembe Allan
“Peace in the Midst of the Storm” By: Kaleb Thompson
“The Life of Riley Living With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” By: Dianne DeMille PhD & Nina Herrera
“By Faith, I Will: 31 Days of Positive Affirmations and Prayers to Reach Your Destiny” By: Darline Carpenter, Esq.
“Women of Purpose: Creating a Better World” By Shyla Day
“Less Violence, More Mentoring The Anthology” By: Dr. Michael Copeland
“From Darkness to Light” By: Taranjot Sigh
Parenting/Pregnancy
“Aliens Ninjas and Poop” By: Zhanneta Fuzaylova
“Courageous Love: a Self Help Guide for Gay Fathers” By: Tyson Pete
“Burning the Help” By: Latresa Rice
Politics/Economy
“7 Steps to Global Economic and Spiritual Transformation, Volume II-Application of Tools” By: Robert Bows
“A King's Vision: From the Union of Crowns to the Death of a Dream” By: Dr. Spencer M Dayton
Self-Help
“Never Let Your Flame Go Out” By: Donny Huff
“Champions Needed: Unlocking the Potential of Family Advocacy in Assisted Living and Memory Care” By: Artell Smith
“Unmasking the Covert Narcissist: A Handbook for Understanding, Breaking Free, and Thriving After Intimate Partner Abuse” By: Amanda Bryant
“The Invisible Weight We Carry: Breaking Free From Generational Burdens and Emotional Baggage” By: Laryssa M. Creswell
“Third world war with souls” By: Roshna Syed Abbas
“Mind Poetic Power Principles” By: Al West
“Revelationship Devotional & Study Guide” By: Cathy Colver Garland
“You’re Your Problem A Path To Accountability and Self-Help” By: S.L Jacksom
“Inspire Me Moments: Living Out Loud with No Regrets” By: A. Harris Brown
“LOVE AND TIME: Embracing Change, Growth And Mature Relationships In The Winter Of Life” By: Richard Matzkin
2024 Regal Summit Book Award Winners
Action/Adventure
“The NOVA System” By: Jon Lee
“Harvest Cruise” By: Rebecca Benison
“Road to Eden“ By: Tim Twombly
Children
“Dream Big: Peyton’s Hip-Hop Adventure” By: Paula Banks
“The Adventures of Joanie and Juliet” By: Rishawna L. Gould
“The Snail Who Wanted To Stop Time” By: Silviya Rankova
“Hatch Chile Willie” By: Rachel Bate
“Abby and Liam and the Bedtime Adventure” By: Kristen Puma
“Chasing Butterflies” By: Vontavia J. Heard
“Teeny Tiny Dot And Her Great Dane Dog Named Spot” By: Paul Bullock
“The Visions of Beya Bean Blue” By: zO-AlonzO-Gross
“Kindness Confetti” By: Lisa Gilliard
“Grissom Greenup Farm-The Adventures of the First Counsins -Book 2” By: Dr. Kristina Weeks
“The Best Time of the Year” By: Joanne Telcide-Bryant
“Black Girls Count” By: Shertena Caicedo Hardman
“Ellie’s Dream” By: Ashley Wilkinson
“Wild Thing and The Bagel” By: Erin L. Neal
Children’s Middle Grade
“The Year of Penny” By: Laurie Pluimer
“Dreamers Like Me- Famous Hijabis” By: Nora Mohtadi
“Kingdom in the Redwoods” By: Keven Baxter
“Sienna & the Magical Christmas” By: Donald Schaeffer
Christian (Fiction/Non-Fiction)
“The Magnificence Of The 3” By: Timeout A. Taumua
“Healing by His Spirit” By: Geraldine Bryant
“Money & Wealth: Breaking the Spirit of Poverty” By: Melissa Hudson
“Prophetic Redemption” By: Paul Headworth
“A book on Christian Marriage and Relationships” By: Darrell Burriss
“I Made A New Friend Today” By: Kyle W. Elliott
“I Do... But I Don’t” By: Darrell
Fantasy
“Fate of the Scaled: The Receding Wings” By: AJ Marshall
“Siege” By: J.C. Ahern
“Heroes Rising The Forbidden Forest book #2” By: Jacob Jones
“Tara's Journey” By: Mariclaire Norton
“The Valists” By: Mac Malabuyo
“Tomboy And Tomgirl: Earth's Unconventional Superheroes” By: Gavin Thomas
“Lightning In The Knight” By: Douglas M. Morrow
“ The God Squad: Thunder and Pomp” By: Devan B. Deyerin and Kara Rubinstein Deyerin
“Blackguard: Way of the Askari” By: R. S. Cobb
“The Fires of Fate” By: Joseph Waggoner
“The Shadows of Erathal” By: Joseph P Macolino
Paranormal
“Deena Undone” By: Debra K Every
“Old Ghosts” By: Michael McClendon
“Through the Dark” By: Brandon Daily
“Fill the Empty Spaces” By: Karenna Colcroft
“Soul Dancing” By: Gail Priest
Supernatural
“Good Medicine - We Grew Up Riding Wild Horses” By: Allen Cody
“Sebastian Swanson - Rise of the Lycan” By: S.K. Ballinger
“I See You” By: Melissa Hudson
“Vanished” By: Charlotte Aguilar
“Skin That Screams” By: Thomas Stewart
“The Alternate Husband” By: Kathleen Lacie
Historical Fiction
“The Story of Briar” By: Ian Griffin
“When Evelyn Sleeps” By: Laura Spivak
“The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich” By: Nathaniel Ernest
“The Invisible Ones” By: Jaime Grookett
“The Valley of Sage and Juniper” By: Shay Galloway
“The Lighthouse” By: Karin Ciholas
“The Brothers Tremaine” By: Randall Moore
“Every Night Has A Dawn” By: Rachel Valencourt
“A Week and a Day” By: Hal Adkins
“Missoo” By: Susan Berry Eberhardt
“Murder in Mennefer“ By: A.L. Sirois
“Knights of the White Company” By: J.A. Fabre
Non-Genre/Literary Fiction
“Esteban: Love's Irony” By: Fish Nealman
“The Crimson Thread” By: Shree
“The War Ends At Four” By: Rosanna Staffa
“Sunny's Secrets” By: Robin Jay
Mystery
“Darkness There but Something More” By: Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar
“Shell Game” By: H. Max Hiller
Novella
“At Last: A Novel” By: Mary Bell Meyer
“Stones Edge” By: Maverick Montgomery
“A Place To Fall” By: Kyle J. Anderson
“A Black Woman's Journey “ By: Melissa Owens
Other Fiction (For any Genre Fiction not listed.)
“Celestial Navigation” By: Jonathan R. Lewis
“Why Sell Lies When The Truth Is Free” By: Carlos Wallace
“Wheels of Brotherhood: Eternal Bonds of Service” By: Joseph Wainwright
“Locations” By: Michael McClendon
“Change of Leads: Book Four Departures” By: A. K. Brauneis
Romance
“Trash Can Terry” By: Ian Griffin
“Finding Home” By: Denise Bruneau
“Why Didn't We Love?” By: Roderick King
“Two Hearts Beating” By: Sheila Fowler
“Forever After All” By: Shelby Storme
“Sex, Love, & Dessert” By: Delilah Dante
Science-Fiction
“Starmen” By: Francis Hamit
“The Outlaw Gillis Kerg ... Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 4” By: Mike Murphey
“The Scotty!” By: Eric J. Hildeman
“Antennae” By: Morton Chalfy
“In the Throes” By: Mathias Freese
Short Story Collection
“All the Monsters Are Here: Thirteen Spooky Tales” By: Aaron Ray Ballard
“The Circus of Just Desserts “ By: Rod Vick
“Blood On The Breakfast Table: A Fight Against Domestic Violence” By: Melissa Hudson
“Overdose of Destiny Impulse Fiction” By: Judge Santiago Burdon
Poetry Collection
“In Due Time” By: Clifton McMillan Jr
“Words Left Unspoken “ By: J.A. McGovern
“OfferingS Made by Fire” By: zO-AlonzO-Gross
“Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby” By: Jessica Burby
“Mood Swings” By: Natalie Avery
“Five Dreams” By: Elizabeth Michaud
“Days of Grace and Silence: A Chronicle of COVID's Long Haul” By: Ann E. Wallace
Suspense/Thriller
“Betrayal From Within” By: Ian Griffin
“A Girl Named Mishka” By: Clarence Carter
“Digital Assassins: Surviving Cyberterrorism and a Digital Assassination Attempt” By: Danielle Spencer
“The Awakening: What Lies Inside” By: Davina Reddic
“Crossbow Creek - Book One: Dead Bridesmaids” By: Andrew Piñon
“Taquoma” By: Kevin D Miller
“Booker” By: Marc Curtis
“The Biokovo Code” By: Eugene Tossany
“Draw A Hard Line” By: Micheal E. Jimerson
Young Adult
“Threads of Power: The Awakening” By: Kenyon Strother
“Over the Fence” By: Debbie Schrack
“The Cusser Club” By: Randall Northcutt
“Like A Hero” By: Michael J Bowler
“Quest for the Scroll...” By: R.L.Rinne
“A.I. Junior High” By: J. Sherrill
“Cat-Astrophic” By: Sue C. Dugan
“The Crossing” By: J. Edwards Holt
Non-Fiction
“Welcome to the Sick Mind of a Sane Person: Deconstructing Racism and White Supremacy” By: Terry Lee Watson
“Lessons Earned” By: Nicole Ricci
“Remote Outpost: Fighting with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan” By: Travis Harman
“Contributing to the Conversation” By: Mark Galm
“Stolen Voices: Missing and Murdered in Big Horn County” By: Bonnie Bley
“Every Note Tells a Story: The Transformative Power of Music in Visual Media” By: Shie Rozow
“High Yellow: A Creative's Memoir” By: Lynne Newton
Teaching
“Sanctity in our daily walk: A daily prayer book” By: Tony Williams
“When Mommy Drops me off at School” By: Roseanne Hinch
“Paisley talks Alaska” By: Charlotte Aguilar
“Sally's Heart” By: Mary Brotherton
“No School, My Rules!” By: Stephanie Henson
“The Journey of One Determined Educator” By: Michael Copeland
Biography/Autobiography
“Damn You, DNA” By: TM Holmes
“Elsie’s Tune: One Last Song to Overcome” By: Jonathan Watson
“Thirty Years Ago: Life and The First Gulf War” By: Juan Manuel Perez
“90 Years since Robert S. Williams, DD, LLD” By: Tony Williams
“The Mother The Soldier The Activist” By: Kathy Greggs
“A Single Desperate Prayer” By: Ludmila Ritz
“Forged: When Sugar Taste Like Salt” By: Jacquelyne Jones Harvey
“No Doubting Thomas “Hawg Whisperer” My Arkansas Memoirs” By: Greg Thomas
Business/Investing/Marketing
“Valuepreneurs” By: Steve Waddell
“Wickedly Smart Women - Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds” By: Anjel B Hartwell
Health/Fitness
“Race for a Remedy: The Science and Scientists behind the Next Life-Saving Cancer Medicine” By: Makhdum Ahmed
“Decoding Your Emotional Appetite: A Food Lover's Guide to Weight Loss” By: Molly Zemek
History
“Treasure and Empire in the Civil War: The Panamá Route, the West and the Campaigns to Control America’s Mineral Wealth” By: Neil P. Chatelain
“Black Woman: The Quintessential Embodiment of Hope (Rise Up And Walk)” By: Dr. Michael James
“Evitchka: A True Story of Survival, Hope and Love” By: Lawrence P. Levitt and Stephanie Smartschan
Motivational/Inspirational
“Our Unspoken Secrets” By: Lynn Underwood
“Journey Through the Lens” By: J.S. Roppolo
“Going For It!” By: Paul Salfen
“Walking with Prada” By: Silvia Mesa
“The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike” By: Risa August
“Never Let Your Flame Go Out” By: Donny Huff
“From the Basement to the White House” By: Tana Goertz
Parenting/Pregnancy
“Unlocking Your Child’s Potential: Planning and Nurturing Well-Rounded Development in our Children Through High School” By: Dr. Eugene D. Hayes
Politics/Economy
“Policies and Pain: A Personal and Philosophical Quest for Reform” By: Dr. Spencer M Dayton
Self-Help
“The Prodigal Warrior” By: Jason Ford
“Fragmented Heart: A Prompted Journal - A Journey of Self-Love and Restoration” By Althea Payne Butler
“Happiness Trek: 200 Lessons for Happiness” By: Clayton W. Kirkland
“Beyond the Vow: Navigating the Depths of Marriage and Divorce” By: Alvin Dorsey Jr
“Telling It All: Trauma And the Unspeakable Truths” By: Dr. Jenna Casey
“The Open-Heart Open-Mind Recovery Concept” By: Violet Kairos
“Through You To You: Stepping Out of Anxiety and Depression and Into the Next Version of You” By: Myeisha Thompson
“How To Survive Cancer” By: I.K