...in The Kindle Book Review’s Best Indie Book Awards. 

Exciting news! They have it competing in the Literary Fiction category, which surprises me. But they don't have a category for Historical Fiction. 
Spirited Away - A Novel of the Stolen Irish , which paints an intimate, compelling portrait of 1650s Irish slavery in the Caribbean, now has 83 five-star reviews on its Amazon page (a total of 164 reviews, with an average of 4.3 stars).  



In case you are not yet familiar with my novel, here is a description:
In May 1653, fourteen-year-old Freddy O’Brennan trusts the wrong stranger on an empty beach in western Ireland and inadvertently places herself in the crosshairs of Cromwell’s notorious Reign of Terror.
Freddy awakens in the cramped hold of a slave ship bound for Barbados. Ripped from her loved ones, she endures a gruesome voyage and a vile auction. Freddy, sold to the highest bidder, alone, and far from her beloved homeland, faces the brutal realities of life as a female Irish slave on a seventeenth century Barbados plantation. Amidst the island's treacherous beauty, she must find a way to bear her cruel, drunken Master using her as a breeding slave and kitchen drudge.
Heartsick with yearning for her family and the farm life she knew, Freddy reaches deep inside herself for the strength she needs to protect her young spirit from being broken. As she struggles to survive, she risks for the sake of loyal friendship and love.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-Novel-Stolen-Irish/dp/1478140267
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/Dl-XDBBy0BE
Enjoy! 
I should find out on Oct. 1 whether or not the novel has won its category. I will keep you posted. I'm just thrilled to be a finalist! Yippeeeekaaaayyyyyaaaaaayyyyy!