Award-Winning Author

‘Fall-in’ Book Signing Event in Cashmere, WA

  Join me this Saturday, October 21st For a beautiful Fall Day at this new venue in Historic Cashmere When: 12 noon to 5 pm Where: Side Street Dispatch Mail Room 109 Railroad Ave Cashmere, WA 98815  

October 3rd: Release Day for “Broken Bondage” by Carmen Peone

A Road Trip to Redemption Rita Runninghorse is about to marry the wrong guy. She has to get away from him. Now. She flees to a guest ranch in Eastern Washington State that offers a safe haven for women in need only to find the owner on a month-long speaking tour. Robert Elliot has one thing on his mind: bronc riding. The Indian National Finals Rodeo is within reach, and he’s not about to let anything ruin his chances of going pro. Not even the woman he finds asleep in the stall of their rankest horse. When Rita’s fiancé discovers where she’s hiding out, she takes Robert’s offer to go with him on the road and prays her fiancé gives up the hunt. Saddled together, Rita and Robert must rely on each other as they go on the road to keep her alive.

Wanderlust and the Rolling RV

According to good ole’ Miriam-Webster, Wanderlust is to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal. For me, it’s about wandering freely, visiting unknown places, and enjoying even the smallest attractions they have to offer. Some people prefer to fly to their vacation destinations and enjoy the comfort of fancy resorts with pools, luxurious […]

Deborah’s “Camano Voice Podcast” hosted by Brandon Ericson

Camano Voice

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 […]

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 […]