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Full Disclosure of the 2022 HFC Book of the Year Contest Entries




Complete disclosure of all submitted titles for 2022, links to the reviews (if applicable) and contest ratings.


All 4 to 5 star recipients were longlisted for the 2022 awards.

Only the 5 star recipients are eligible to use the "5-star Highly Recommended" award badge.

No reviews below 4 stars are posted unless approved by the author.

"Contest Only" entries do not have a review, only a rating.


For further questions about this full disclosure of all submissions during the 2022 contest year, please email us at thehistoricalfictioncompany@gmail.com


CONTEST ONLY ENTRIES - RATING ONLY, NO REVIEW


Reliquary

Prue Batten 4.5


Discerning Grace

Emma Lombard 5


A Lady Newspaperman’s Dilemma

Eileen Donovan 4


Conspiracy of Fenians

James T. Nealon 5


The Curse of Beauty

Lauren Lee Merewether 5

The Prisoner of Paradise

Rob Samborn 5

A Cord of Three Strands

Christy Distler 5


Saints, Strangers and Rosehip Tea

Toni Kief 5

Wealth and Privilege

Jeanette Watts 4

Brains and Beauty

Jeanette Watts 4

Dream of Courage

Paul Rushworth-Brown 4

Skulduggery

Paul Rushworth-Brown 4

Notebook Mysteries – Emma

Kimberly Mullins 4

The Saint Nicholas Society

Ben Bongers 5


The Whaler's Daughter

Jerry Mikorenda 4

McRae – Murder at the Opera

Steve Bartholemew 5

Begin the Beguine

Bruce Graham 4

Marigold, Our Lady of Thieves

Jack Heerema 4

Blood and Silver

Vali Benson 3.5

Paris in Ruins

Mary Tod 4

Arabella's Assistant

Judy Lynn Ichkanian 4

The Phantom Glare of Day

M Laszio 3.5

Dolley Madison and the War of 1812

Libby Carty McNamee 5

Triumph of Tsar

Tamar Anolic 3.5

Sir John James Taylor

Rick Pyves 5

The Model Spy

Maryko Biaggio 4

Walking in the Shadow

Carmen Radtke 5

My Mother's Secret

Alina Adams 4


Where David Threw Stones

Elyse Hoffman 4

Tapestry – My Mother's Life

Malve Von Hassell 5

Hold Fast

Bird Jones 5

Yellow Sky Revolt

Baptiste Pinson Wu 4

A Nation in Ruins

Neil McLocklin 3.5

Lies That Blind

E. S. Alexander 4


A Century of Promises

Jeffery Neto 4

At the Corner of Hitler and Goering

Joseph Kovler 5

Escape Route

Elan Barnehama 4.5

Tomb for an Eagle

Lexie Conyngham 4

Samuel Seabury

Lexie Conyngham 5

Gallows Wake

Helen Hollick 5

Arlen's Gun

Edgar Doleman 4.5


The Intrepid Life of Abigail Adams

Mary Rae Mauch 5

Murder at Old St. Thomas's

Lisa M. Lane 5

Under the Dirt Sky

Callie Trautmiller 5

Sid Johnson

Frances Schoonmaker 5

Sunflowers Under Fire

Diana Steven 4.5

Lilacs in the Dust Bowl

Diana Steven 4

Something to Believe In

Glena G. Walker 4.5

Angel of Alta Langa

Suzanne Hoffman 5

Perestroika

Joao Cerqueira 3.5

Falling for Elizabeth Bennet

Debra-Ann Kummoung 4

The Story of Humanity

Ishi Nobu 4

I am Germany

Michael Witt 5

Our Eternal Souls

P. L. Jonas 4

Gift of Diamonds

Roberta Seret 4



Editorial Reviews Only – No Contest

N. L. Holmes (Nikki Holmes)


Michael Wills

Mary Ann Bernal

Megan Edwards

Framed 4.5

Gail Meath

Death on the Line 3.9

Carol Amorosi

Darren Jerome

Arabella Brown


Editorial Reviews Plus Contest Submission


Iain Stewart


Shimon Avish


Adele Holmes


Mari Christie

Mary Ann Bernal

Cheryl King

S. J. Tagliareni

Beverly Young

Cindy Maynard

Patrick Anderson

Patricia Dolling-Mann

Kelly Evans

Roske – Anne Stein

The Transformation of Simon Peter 3

Tom Hoffman


Stephen Eoannou

Terri Brown

Johnny Stonborough

Dave Mason

Under His Spell 3.5

Luv Lubker

Anne Supsic

Vaughn Roste

Tamar Anolic

Daniel Green


A Common Man 3.5

Danny Bradbury

In Imminent Danger of Slipping into Barbarism 4

Amy Padden (A. L. Padden)

Stephan Eaonnou

A Short and Unhappy Courtship 4.5

Amy Padden (A. L. Padden)


Donna E. Lane

Ted Morrissey

David Lane

C. R. Dempsey

Karla M. Jay

Thomas Bauer

Sara Powter & Sheila Hunter

Fiona Forsyth

Joseph Colby

Joseph Colby

Ted Morrissey

E. Raymond Tatten

Lucinda Heck

M. Daniel Smith

Donald Levin

Brandon Maggart

Ardys Richards

Thunder on the Moor 3.8

Andrea Matthews

Edward Rickford

Time to Quit 3.5

Tom Rinkes

Sandlin – Gordon Buck

Christopher Cevasco

Matthew C. Lucas

Anne Marie Amiel

Mary Ford

Giovanna Siniscalchi

Tony Roth

Frederick Douglass Reynolds

Tonya Ulynn Brown

Pat Bunting

Victoria Laurienzo

Ron Habeck

Enemy's Keeper 3

Kyrie Wang


Gary Kain

Lynn Roffino

Kaye Schmitz

Caterina by Moonlight 3.75

Kim Gottlieb-Walker

Greg Fisher

David West

Rachal Heil

Rachal Heil

Jeanette Watts

Kate Westwood

Kate Westwood


Michael Emberger

Anthony Fiacco

Kitty Canham 3.5

Nicola Matthews

Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard

Mr Nachron's List 3.5

Mike Corbett

Susannah Willey (Barbara Bittel)


M. B. Zucker


M. B. Zucker


One Merciful Moment 4

Sheri Farago

Yves Fey


Yves Fey


A Prelude to Versailles 3

Mark Sullivan

Herb Hughes

Herb Hughes

Naveen Sridhar

Angela Moody


Belle Ami


Justine Gilbert

K. D. Allbaugh

James Harold Kelly

Vanessa Lind

From Mago's Cellar 2

Titch Laudrigen

Splintered Waters 3.5

Amarjit Pannu

Tamar Anolic

Naima Haviland

Juliane Weber


Wendy Thomson

Julia Sullivan

Pat Silver-Lasky

Jeanne K. Johnson

Anna Cienska

Kate Shanahan

Anthony Fiacco

Carrie Hayes

Wilbur Arron

Catherine Douglas

Kiera Morgan

Michael Calazzon

The Ivy League Chronicles: Sins of Man 3.5

E. K. Prescott

Daryl Potter


Elaine Stock

J R Tomlin

Sue Jaskula

Elizabeth Conte

1889 3

Michael A. Gotwalt

Joan Koster

P. W. Long

The Walters Boys 2

Paul Westlake

Gordon Buck

Timothy Ashby

Brandon Maggart

The Life and Death of a Culture 2

Canita Pro

Gail Hertzog

Lily Style

Denise O'Hagan

Danuta Pfeiffer

Alastair Henry

Jane Davis

Sophia Alexander

Sophia Alexander

Frank Baillargeon

Nicolette Croft

Mark Munger

Robin Isard

Merry Benezra

The Indian and Me 3.5

Cathy Peebles

Chris Tomasini

Craig W. Fisher

Pursuit of the Unknown 3

Shaunak Ganguly

JR Tomlin

Tracy Sabin

An Evil Planned 3.5

Theo Faurez

Juliette Godot

Carlo Treviso

Linda Wagner

Ric Szabo

David Fitz-Gerald

David West

A. M. Watson

Jill George

Marina Koulouri

Lloyd Mullins

Linnea Tanner

Mary Tod

Deb Statas

Gail Fraser

Cilinda Stroud

The Roots of the Bayou 3.5

Chad LeBlanc

Giovanna Siniscalchi

Barb Solberg

Steven Neil

Ronald w. Meek

Diane Fraser Wigginton

Tom Durwood

Mary Knight

Tea Assam 3.5

William Luer

Sharon Cathcart

Dimitar Gyopsaliev

Katherine Williams

Patricia MacEnulty

Ellen Read

Alice McVeigh

Donna Darling

Dallas Clark

Newland 2040 3

Alexis Kramer

Lee Swanson

Ann Beltran

Jean Gill

Michael Carden

Jules Larimore

Anastasia Martin

Eric Walker

P. J. McIlvaine

Mary F. Burns

Adam Alexander Haviaras

Leslie Tall Manning

Michael Ross

Brodie Curtis

G J Williams

Anna Jensen

Ellen Laubhan

Leigh Grant

Eric Westergard

Eliana Tobias

Bob Van Laerhoven

Brent Reilly

Married by Michaelmas 3.5

Kate Westwood

What a Difference a Journey Makes 4.5

Celia Martin

Sally Jameson Bond

Ronald w. Meek

Scott Amis

Michael Hertzog

Peter Schram

Kathleen Buckley

Cathie Dunn

Lee Swanson

T. R. Burgess

A Brilliantly Scathing Life 3.5

Mary Bendickson

Elizabeth St. John


Arianwen Nunn

Johan Rosenlind

Jilting Jory 3.5

K. Lyn Smith

K. Lyn Smith

Brooklyn K. Biegel

Jeff Hein


Sepehr Haddad


Elaine Stock


Our Daughters' Last Hope (audio) 5

Elaine Stock


The Spirited Mrs Pringle (audio) 4

Jilliane Hamilton


Eden Waits (audio) 4

Maryka Biaggio


My Search for Air (audio) 5

Jeanne K. Johnson


One Must Tell the Bees (audio) 5

Jeffrey Matthews










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