Chanticleer Book Reviews

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SOMERSET Book Awards for the Best Contemporary and Literary Novels – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best in the Somerset Book Awards!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism, or women and family themes. We love them all.

The 2019 Somerset Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Somerset Grand Prize Winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Michelle Rene, author of Hour Glass, Previous Laramie Grand Prize Winner and Overall Best Book Award Winner in 2017 announced the 2019 Somerset Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Somerset Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Somerset Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- HONORABLE MENTIONS:
  - Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road, ms
  - Bob Holt – Firebird, ms
The Somerset Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is a manuscript:
The Proprietor of Theatre Life by Donna LeClair

The Somerset Grand Prize for the 2019 Award Winner.

This is the original badge for the 2018 Somerset Grand Prize Winner – Hard Cider by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon.

How to Enter the Somerset Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 Somerset Book Awards until November 30, 2020. All submissions into this category after November 30, 2020, will automatically be entered into the 2021 Somerset Book Awards

The 2020 Somerset Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
October 1, 2020
CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic and Romance Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance and Romantic Fiction novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Romantic and Romance Books!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, a little steamy romance, paranormal, young adult, mystery, and any other genre with a romantic theme. We love them all.

The 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020, from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Janet Shawgo, author of Find Me Again – 2014 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the CHATELAINE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- T.K. Conklin – Threads of Passion
- Jule Selbo – Find Me in Florence
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Heather Novak – Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex’s Brother
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers
- L.E. Rico – Mischief and Mayhem
- HONORABLE MENTION: JP Kenna – A Terrible Freedom *
The Chatelaine Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is
The Skeptical Physick by Gail Avery Halverson

This is the digital badge for the 2018 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner – The House at Ladywell by Nicola Slade.

How to Enter the Chatelaine Book Awards? September 30, 2020 is the last day to enter the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards.

The 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Then we will accept submissions into the 2021 CHATELAINE Book Awards until September 30, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 30, 2020
GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Post-1750s Historical Fiction

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, History of Non-Western cultures – all set after the 1750s. We love them all.

The 2019 GOETHE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GOETHE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Kaylin McFarren, CLUE Grand Prize winner 2017 – Twisted Threads, announced the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards.

This is the Official 2019 LIST of the GOETHE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GOETHE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
- Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace
- PJ Devlin – Wissahickon Souls
- Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery \
- Mike Jordan – The Runner
- J.G. Schwartz – The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
The GOETHE Book Awards

Grand Prize Winner is

Peccadillo at the Palace – An Annie Oakley Mystery

by Kari Bovee

This is the digital badge for the 2018 GOETHE Grand Prize Winner – The LOST YEARS of BILLY BATTLES by Ronald E. Yates.

How to Enter the GOETHE Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 GOETHE Book Awards until June 30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards are closed.

The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in mid-October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 29, 2020
CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s historical fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Pre-1750s Historical Fiction

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, Including Pre-History, Ancient History, Classical, World History (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, and 1600s. We love them all.

The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Michelle Cox, author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard Mystery Series, the 2016 M & M Grand Prize Winner, announced the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards.

This is the Official 2019 LIST of the CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
- June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- A.L. Cleven – 26.2
The CHAUCER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora

by James Conroyd Martin

This is the digital badge for the 2018 CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner – The Serpent and the Eagle by Edward Rickford

How to Enter the Chaucer Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards until June30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards are closed.

The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in mid-October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 29, 2020
LARAMIE Book Awards for Western and Americana Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the LARAMIE Book Awards for Western, Civil War, Pioneer, First Nation Novels and Americana Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Western and Americana Books!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring, the Wild West, Pioneers, Civil War, Americana, and First Nation Novels. We love them all.

The 2019 Laramie Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Jacquie Rogers, author of Honey Beaulieu, Many Hunter series – 2016 Laramie Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 Laramie Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
- Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures
- David Fitz-Gerald– Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place
The Laramie Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Seven Aprils by Eileen Charbonneau

This is the digital badge for the 2018 Laramie Grand Prize Winner – Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien.

How to Enter the Laramie Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards until July 31, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 Laramie Book Awards are closed.

The 2020 Laramie Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 29, 2020
MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So Cozy Mysteries – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the M & M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best M&Ms!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem”, Amateur Sleuthing, Light Suspense, Travel Mystery, Classic Mystery, British cozy, Hobby Sleuths, Senior Sleuths, or Historical Mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We love them all.

The 2019 M & M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the M & M Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Wendy Delaney, author of The Working Stiffs Mysteries – Previous M & M Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 M & M Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Susan Lynn Solomon for Writing is Murder
- Kari Bovee for Girl with a Gun
- Susan Z. Ritz for A Dream to Die For
- MJ O’Neill for The Corpse Wore Stilettos
- Henry G. Brinton for City of Peace
- Vee Kumari for Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery
- M. J. Simms-Maddox for Mystery in Harare
- Liese Sherwood-Fabre for The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
- Michelle Cox for A Veil Removed
The Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery

by Vee Kumari

This is the digital badge for the 2018 M&M Grand Prize Winner – A Promise Given by Michelle Cox

How to Enter the Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 M & M Book Awards until April 30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 M& MY Book Awards is closed.

The 2020 M&M Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 23, 2020
GLOBAL Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Suspense High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Novels

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring Suspense, Thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point. We love them all.

The 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Sara Stamey, author of The Ariadne Connection – 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to:
- Randall Krzak for Carnage in Singapore
- Courtney Leigh Pahlke for Life Force Preserve
- Jett Ward for Execute Order
- Nicole Mabry for Past This Point
- Avanti Centrae for VanOps: The Solstice Shadows
- Joanne Jaytanie for Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

SOLSTICE SHADOWS – A VanOps Thriller

by Avanti Centrae

This is the badge for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner – The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

How to Enter the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards until October 31, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards.

The 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 23, 2020
CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Mysteries – 2019 CIBA Winners
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CLUE Book Awards for Suspense, Thriller, and Mystery Novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Suspense Thrillers Novels

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring Suspense, Thrilling Adventure, Detective Work, Private Eye, Police Procedural, and Crime Solving. We enjoy reading them all.

The 2019 CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

J.L. Oakley, author of Tree Soldier – Previous Overall Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 CLUE Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to:
- John W Feist – Blind Trust
- Nancy Adair – RABYA
- Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Marian Exall – A Splintered Step
- J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
The CLUE Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Salvaging Truth by Joanne Jaytanie

This is the badge for the 2018 CLUE Grand Prize Winner – California Son by Timothy Burgess

How to Enter the CLUE Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards until September 30, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 CLUE Book Awards.

The 2020 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 22, 2020
LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books – 2019 CIBA Winners
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Early Readers and Picture Books

Chanticleer International Book Awards Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books. We love them all.

The 2019 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Little Peeps Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Denise Ditto, author of Bettina’s Best First Day – The Tooth Collector Fairies and 2018 Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 LITTLE PEEPS Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to ALL!
- Sylva Fae and Katie Weaver – Elfabet
- Lauren Mosback – My Sister’s Super Skills
- Norma Lewis – Totem Pole
- Kizzie Jones – A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes: How MORE Dogs Came to Be
- Justine Avery – What Wonders Do You See… When You Dream?
- Trevor Young & Eleanor Long – Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie
- Kasey J. Claytor – Pinky and The Magical Secret He Kept Inside
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock
- Robert Wright Jr – Mummy in the Museum
The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Trevor Young & Eleanor Long –

Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie

The LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Badge is customized for the 2019 Award Winner.

This is the badge for the 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 LITTLE PEEPS —Home From Decay Valley – The Tooth Collector Series by Denise Ditto

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards until September 30, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards.

The 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 21, 2020
GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2019 CIBA Winners
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Middle-Grade Books

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. We love them all.

The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Peter Greene, author of The Jonathan Moore Adventures (and previous GOETHE CIBA Grand Prize Winner), announced the Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to ALL!
- Amber L. Wyss – A Flash of Fire
- M.J. Evans – PINTO!
- Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- Laura M. Kemp – Burnt Feathers
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

The Valley of Death – Arken Freeth Series by Alex Paul

This is the badge for the 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Gertrude Warner – Portals of Peril by Jules Luther

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards until June 30, 2021.

The 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 21, 2020