Unbroken Circle, by CWG novelist C. S. Devereaux is a finalist for the Silver Falchion Literary Award for best historical crime fiction novel for 2025/2026. Sponsored by Killer Nashville crime writers’ conference, the Readers’ Choice Award is open to all finalists. While Silver Falchion is judged by and voted on by authors, publicists, and publishers, Readers’ Choice is for everyone else. Vote now! Readers’ Choice voting closes July 31st.
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Unbroken Circle is the C. S. Devereaux’s second published novel, and the next generation continuation of the Hyde/Taylor family saga which began with Fall from Snowbird Mountain. In the blistering heat of a South Carolina mill town, 1922, secrets fester beneath the cotton dust. When Gertie Taylor–young, outspoken, and yearning for more than domestic duty–witnesses a brutal murder, she is forced to choose between silence and survival…or truth and peril.
Torn between the steady devotion of Henry, a respectable young lawyer, and the dangerous allure of Juda, the enigmatic stepson of the town’s most powerful man, Gertie’s heart is as conflicted as her conscience. Her defiance ignites scandal, and in exposing lies meant to stay buried, she awakens enemies who would rather see her dead than hear her speak. As hidden grudges and dark passions boil over, one question remains: can love endure when justice demands sacrifice?
Unbroken Circle is a haunting journey into the shadows of Southern Gothic life–where romance and danger entwine, and truth comes at the highest cost.