And the resident doctor is a mystery as well. Now living in the home of a family friend, Sophie joins the lady on a journey to the tiny town of Hope Springs in Wyoming Territory.

Life has not gone quite as either planned. Sophie Kingston, daughter of an influential East Coast family, was destined to be an important and beloved part of Baltimore Society. Moore about the Salem Witch Trials won, and “ The Fattest Mormon” by Tyson Abaroa won in the general fiction category.The paths of life that brought them together are destined to tear them apart.īurke Jones began his life as a nameless orphan, dreaming of one day being a renowned doctor with a home and family to call his own. In the historical fiction category, “ Condemn Me Not” by Heather B. Eden’s Hope Springs series, won in the historical romance category, and “ Lies Jane Austen Told Me” by Julie Wright won in the romance category. Holmberg won in the speculative fiction category. In the adult categories, “ The Fifth Doll” by Charlie N. In the middle-grade category, “ Paper Chains” by Elaine Vickers won the Whitney Award. “ Ones and Zeroes” by Dan Wells and “ Blood Rose Rebellion” by Rosalyn Eves were the winners in the young adult speculative and young adult fantasy categories, respectively. In the youth categories, “ By Your Side” by Kasie West won the young adult general category.

It is also the best novel by a debut author. She finds she must survive a tournament the wives and courtesans are forced to compete in for rank as she discovers she has strong, though prohibited, powers. In “ The Hundreth Queen,” a young adult fantasy novel, Kalinda, an unlikely orphan, is selected to become the Rajah Tarek’s 100th and final wife. Not pictured at Charlie Holmberg, author of “The Fifth Doll” in the speculative fiction category and Kasie West, author of “By Your Side” in the young adult general fiction category. Eden, author of “Love Remains” in the historical romance category. Front row, from left: Rosalyn Eves, author of “Blood Rose Rebellion,” winner in the young adult fantasy category Elaine Vickers, author of “Paper Chains” in the middle grade fiction cateJulie Wright, author of “Lies Jane Austen Told to Me” in the romance category and Sarah M. King, author of “The Hundreth Queen” for youth novel of the year and best novel by a debut author Traci Hunter Abramson, author of “Safe House”for best novel of the year from the adult fiction categories and Tyson Abaroa, author of “The Fattest Mormon” in the general fiction category. Moore, author of “Condemn Me Not” in the historical category, Emily R.

The 2017 Whitney Awards winners are, back row from left: Dan Wells, author of “Ones and Zeroes” in the young adult speculative fiction category Heather B.

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