Yarde Book Promotions: Book of the Year Awards 2025

 

In Recognition of Distinguished Literary Achievement, Yarde Book Promotions Proudly Welcomes You to the Tenth Annual 
Book of the Year Awards 2025.

Early Medieval 

Ravens Hill

(The Atheling Chronicles, Book 5)

By Garth Pettersen

Vengeance of the Damned: 
A Viking Age Novel (Olaf's Saga Book 5) 
By Eric Schumacher

The Price of Loyalty
By Malve von Hassell

Passion And The Monk
(Durstan Series Book 3)
By  Sharon Bradshaw

The Doomsong Voyage
By J. G. Harlond

Medieval 

The Queen and the Countess

By Anne O'Brien

Marguerite: Hell Hath No Fury: 

The Story of Marguerite of Anjou

 By Judith Arnopp

Turning the World to Stone: 
The Life of Caterina Sforza Part Two 
(1488 to 1509)
By Kelly Evans

The Witch of Godstow Abbey
(Murders in the Abbey, Book Two)
By Lady Harriet & Peter Stephenson

The Renaissance (Europe)

Under the Spell of the Holy Relics
By Michael Stolle

The Relic Keeper

By Heidi Eljarbo

Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta 
By Jennifer Wizbowski

The Deadly Legacy of Rothenburg Castle
By Michael Stolle

Early Modern History

A Splendid Defiance
 By Stella Riley

The Noblest Share of Earth
By Nancy Blanton

A Tiger in the Garden 
By India Edghill

Modern History

Escape of the Grand Duchess
By Susan Appleyard

The Blood Tattoos
By Jana Petken

The Shanghai Circle
 (Chinese Circles Book 1) 
By Tony Henderson

The Secretary
By Deborah Lawrenson

Ping
By Lisa Lucas and Steve Landsberg

Historical Fiction set in America

The Blood of Others
By Charity Eleson

 Tangled in Water
By Pam Records

Prairie Cinderella: 

Vinnie Ream and the Gilded Age

(Forgotten Women Book 3)

By Joan Koster

The London Forgery
(A Fabiola Bennett Mystery, Book 1)
By Heidi Eljarbo

The Block Room
By Lloyd Harvey

What Remains

By Erryn Lee

Shades of Yellow
By Wendy J. Dunn

The Dutch Muse

(A Fabiola Bennett Mystery Book 4)

By Heidi Eljarbo 

 Betsey: 
By Marcia Clayton

The Prequel to the Much-Loved Hartford Manor Series

 

The Mazzard Tree

(Hartford Manor Book 1)

By Marcia Clayton

The Rabbit's Foot 
(Hartford Manor, Book 3)
By Marcia Clayton 

Millie’s Escape 
(Hartford Manor Book 4)
By Marcia Clayton

The Angel Maker
(Hartford Manor Book 2)
By Marcia Clayton

The Throne of Ash

By Lissy Porter

Wolf of the Nordic Seas
 (Valiant Vikings Book 2) 
By Jennifer Ivy Walker

Skull’s Vengeance
(Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Book 4)
By Linnea Tanner

Falcon of the Faroe Islands

(Valiant Vikings Book 3)

 By Jennifer Ivy Walker

VIA MALORUM
By G. G. MacLeod

Kindred Spirits: Tower of London

By Jennifer C Wilson

Eastern Shadows

By Peter Nordgren

Murder on West Lake: 

A South Shore Mystery

By I. M. Foster

Rough Diamond, Rough Justice 

By Avien Gray

The Monstrous Murders: 

An Alewives of Colmar Mystery

By Elizabeth R. Andersen

Tainted Water

(Owen Stone Book 2)

By David E. Owen

Widdershins 

(The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 1)

 By Helen Steadman 

Sunwise
(The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 2)
By Helen Steadman

Solstice

(The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 3)

By Helen Steadman

Painted Dreams

(Art from the Heart) 

By Darlene Deluca

Blossoming of Truth

By Susan Gray

Dragon of Denmark
By Jennifer Ivy Walker

Fair Mountain Christmas

(Heartwarming Christmas)

By Heidi Eljarbo

Red, Write & Blue

By Maria Yrsa Rönneus

A Plethora of Phantoms

By Penny Hampson

 The Unquiet Spirit
(Spirited Encounters Book 1)
By Penny Hampson

The Legend of Henry Petch:

The Dark Side of Folklore
 By Sharon Bradshaw

Emelyn Morley and the House of Galecliff (Saunmoor, Book 2)

By B. Lawson Hull

Beelitz-Heilstätten: 

Where Ghosts Never Die

By Marina Osipova

Emily's Christmas Dream: A Magical Christmas Adventure for Children
By Michael Stolle

Congratulations to All the Winners of 2025