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J.D.R. Hawkins

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J.D.R. Hawkins is an Amazon, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling, award-winning author known for bringing the Civil War to life through a rare and compelling Confederate front-line perspective.

Her acclaimed Renegade Series follows a family from north Alabama whose lives are forever altered by the war’s devastation and emotional toll. The series includes A Beautiful Glittering Lie, winner of the 2013 John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the 2012 B.R.A.G. Medallion; A Beckoning Hellfire, an Amazon bestseller and 2022 B.R.A.G. Medallion winner; A Rebel Among Us, recipient of the 2017 John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the 2022 B.R.A.G. Medallion; and Double-Edged Sword, winner of both the 2023 B.R.A.G. Medallion and the 2023 John Este ...more

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Average rating: 4.43 · 341 ratings · 244 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Beautiful Glittering Lie (Renegade #1) 4.22 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Becharmed Callie Christmas (Renegade #1.5) 4.41 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rebel Among Us (Renegade #3) 4.77 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double-Edged Sword (Renegade #4) 4.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Beckoning Hellfire (Renegade #2) 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Becharmed Callie Christmas: A Story of the Civil War by J.D.R. Hawkins (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horses in Gray: Famous Confederate Warhorses 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J.D.R. Hawkins brings the American Civil War to life through the Renegade Series, blending historical research, moral complexity and deeply human storytelling.

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