The West is Alive and Well
The West is Alive and Well Within the Pages of a Book
Happy Book Birthday for Carmen Peone
Today is Book Launch Day! for Carmen Peone’s “Captured Secrets” Book #1 in the Seven Tine Ranch Romance Series Carmen Peone is an accomplished horsewoman and award-winning author of Young Adult Adventure and Christian Contemporary Western Romance. She resides in northeast Washington State on the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation with her husband and family. […]
Deborah’s “Camano Voice Podcast” hosted by Brandon Ericson
This month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Brandon Ericson, owner of Camano Commons and host of the Camano Voice Podcast. The podcast focuses on local artists, authors, businesses, events, and interesting people living on Camano Island and its surrounding communities. Located just 70 miles north of Seattle, the podcast is a way […]
Featured Author on the “Book Lovers Bus Tour”
Let’s Start the New Year off with a Great Book Event Join me as the featured author of Island Transit’s “Book Lovers Bus Tour” When: Saturday, January 14, 2023. Where: Camano Island Library, 848 Sunrise Blvd. Camano Island, WA. Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm. “Visit Camano and Stanwood libraries, a bookstore, and meet a […]
Book Review: Blue Rivers of Heaven by Mark C. Jackson
An Enjoyable Fast-Paced Read
Finalist in the 2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
What can I say but . . . Thrilled! Happy! Ecstatic!
First Place Winner: Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Read all about the Exciting News! On June 25, 2022, in Bellingham, WA, Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy was named a FIRST PLACE WINNER at the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards Conference for the Chatelaine Romance Fiction Category. […]
2021-2022 CIBA Awards & Conference
“Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy is a CIBA Finalist for the Laramie Award and the Chatelaine Award. Winners to be announced at the CIBA Conference on June 23-26, 2022.
“Hardland, A Novel” by Ashley E. Sweeney
From the very first sentence in this gripping novel, “God created the heavens and earth, or so I’ve been told,” Ms. Sweeney immediately pulls the reader into Ruby Fortune’s tumultuous life, and one can’t help being curious about what lies ahead in this powerful tale of an abused yet resilient young woman. It’s 1899 in […]
Book Review: “Imperfect Promise” by Susanna Lane
I was given the opportunity to read and review an advanced reader’s copy of Imperfect Promise by Susanna Lane when I found myself so immersed in the story Ms. Lane crafted for her debut novel, that I didn’t want to put it down, and completed it in two evenings. Susanna’s style of writing for her […]