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2017 Indie Award Long List

THE FRAGRANT CONCUBINE, Melissa Addey
THE WIDOWS GUILD (A Francis Bacon Mystery), Anna Castle
THE SIXTEEN BURDENS (The Burdens Trilogy, Book 1), David Khalaf
DELIVERING VIRTUE, Brian Kindall
A HOUSE DIVIDED, Margaret Skea
FALL IRMGARD: OPERATION IRMGARD, Rand Charles
THE CADUCEUS AND THE SWASTIKA, Steven M. Hacker
PLAINT FOR PROVENCE, Jean Gill
THE WAR BETWEEN US, Sarah Creviston Lee
JANE AUSTEN LIVES AGAIN, Jane Odiwe
THE FORGOTTEN: ATEN’S LAST QUEEN, J. Lynn Else
1066 TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, Joanna Courtney, Helen Hollick, Anna Belfrage, Alison Morton, Carol McGrath, Richard Dee, Eliza Redgold, G.K. Holloway, Annie Whitehead
DAYS OF SUN AND GLORY: THE KING’S GREATEST ENEMY, BOOK 2, Anna Belfrage
WHO DESIRES PEACE: THE GREAT WAR WON TRILOGY, Volume One, James Emerson Loyd
FIRE AND STEEL, David Cook
A KISS FROM FRANCE, Susan Hughes
THE ERRANT HOURS, Kate Innes,
FOR KING AND COUNTRY, Charlene Newcomb

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  • 2017 Indie Award Long List
  • 2014 HNS Indie Award: Shortlist, Finalists, and Winners

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