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Exciting News & a Giveaway

October 2, 2024 / 28 Comments

This week I’m celebrating sending my complete, edited manuscript to my agent! I will also be sending her my proposal before this weekend, and she’ll start pitching the story to publishing houses. It’s been a long journey writing this book, which was inspired by my own personal experiences, and I’m excited to see what doors God might open.

I first drafted this story in the fall of 2019, and over the past year or so, I’ve feverishly edited every chapter, sending it to multiple critique partners and some beta readers. The second half is now completely different than the original, and I absolutely love the way it turned out.

Throughout this journey, I’ve relived some difficult days in our family’s history, but I can’t wait to share the lessons I’ve learned, and the refining work God has done in my own heart, with readers through these fictional characters.

My prayer is that any woman or couple struggling with a prodigal child, shame and guilt, marital problems, devastating secrets, or other hurts that have filled them with regret and unforgiveness will find hope and healing as they walk with the Holbrook family through the pages of this novel.

Here’s a peek at the story.

Weep No Longer by Deena Adams

The cover and book description are for my own purposes and likely won’t stay the same if a publishing house accepts my book.

A runaway teen. A wife’s devastating secret. A family’s reckoning. 

When her teenage daughter runs away without a word, up-and-coming parenting expert, Beth Holbrook, assumes life can’t spiral any further out of control. She couldn’t be more wrong. 

The icing on the cake this week is that Friday, October 4, is my sixty-first birthday. What a great gift to myself to complete this next step on my publishing path in time to celebrate big!

And YOU have a chance to benefit from my celebration, because I’m giving away a copy of one of my favorite Christian Women’s Fiction books, The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox. (US winner only)

What I love most about this dual-timeline story is the multi-generational relationships between the daughter, mother, and grandmother and how they grow and change. My book also highlights relationship dynamics within three generations.

The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox

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Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons–but she’ll certainly never reveal the real one.

1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she’s pregnant with her deceased fiancé’s baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some promises are not as easily kept as she imagined.

This dual-timeline story from Amanda Cox deftly explores the complexity of a mother-daughter dynamic, the way the secrets we keep shape our lives and the lives of others, and the healing power of telling the truth

The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery book cover

To enter the giveaway, simply scroll down to the comments section and join the conversation no later than Tuesday, October 8. You can let me know if you’ve embarked on a new journey later in life, who your favorite Christian Women’s Fiction author is, your favorite Women’s Fiction book, or when your birthday is and how you plan to celebrate.

Comment on Deena’s #giveaway post by October 8 for a chance to win a copy of #TheSecretKeepersofOldDepotGrocery by @amandacoxwrites. #womensfiction

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If you missed Barbara Britton’s spotlight on her new release, Escape to Whispering Creek, find it here.

As a Jesus girl for more than thirty years, Deena Adams understands how important hope is to daily life, which fuels her passion to inspire others through hope-filled fiction based on true to life stories. She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency and is a multi-award-winning writer, an active ACFW member, and ACFW Virginia president. Connect with Deena through her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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