You Can't Blame the Flower by Ruthie Stevens

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We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. T he First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22). The Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Short List to the 2021 Somerset Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).Ĭhanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. Top Chanticleer Marketing Articles & How To Tips.Chanticleer SHORTLIST, SEMI-FINALIST, & Finalist Digital Badges.Book Genre & Category Descriptions of our Book Awards.Chanticleer Awards Deadlines and Announcement Projections.Chanticleer Non-Fiction Book Awards for Instruction & Insight.Tensions escalate when the guests investigate a theft and learn that one or more among them are harboring secrets that put not only their careers at risk but also their lives. While the guests at Whimser navigate awkward encounters, romantic interests and workplace obstacles, Lilyanna grapples with her haunting memories of William, her insecurities with intimacy and her attraction to the captivating company vice president. The comedy of errors of the employees coexisting intertwines with a darker backstory of how Lilyanna came to inherit Whimser from the late William Whimsergarden, her former college professor and boss. She didn't know her return would be with a select group of her corporate colleagues to quarantine at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Introverted young attorney Lilyanna Rivers knew one day she would return to Whimser-the mysterious mansion in the middle-of-nowhere, Texas, where flowers don't grow.

Award-winning novel that has earned acclaim as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards and a semi-finalist in the Chanticleer International Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction

You Can't Blame the Flower by Ruthie Stevens