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Happy reading!

Love,
~Deb

The J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award

I am honored to have received this award for MAID MARIAN AND THE LAWMAN, which is available in print and digital format from your favorite bookseller. If you don't see it, please ask. Read Chapter One Here. Happy reading!

~Deb

Robin Hoodwinked On Kindle!

Maid Marian and The Lawman by Deb Stover

Now available for your Kindle and a beautiful trade paperback wherever books are sold! Don't see it? Please, order!


This book has always been a work of love for me. They all are, but some more than others. Maid Marian and The Lawman comes from my personal experience of raising a loving family with my late husband that includes both our birth and adopted children of varied races and abilities. We have loved all our children equally and unconditionally.

The secondary characters of Robin and Sunshine in this story will touch your heart--at least I hope they will. I have a Sunshine singing right down the hall from me as I type. In fact, this book is dedicated to her. I think you'll know why when you read it.

I have uploaded the first chapter here for your review.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Yule, Merry Solstice, and  Happy Happy.... :)

Love,
Deb

Happy Spring!

I blinked and winter became Spring. At least that's what we're hoping here at 7,436 feet above sea level. The first week of May we still had snow. I took the snowy photo below on May Day. After a few days, we blinked and the afternoon high was almost 80! Ah, Springtime in the Rockies... This mid-May weekend's forecast calls for lows in the upper thirties and highs in the upper fifties. Those tomato seedlings will stay indoors a bit longer here. Even with a greenhouse it's too cold outside at night for tomato plants.

I'm still counting on barbecue weather for Memorial weekend.  Wish me luck!  :)

It's time to start thinking about beach reads.  I will have Almost An Angel (published in 1997) ready for reissue by June 1st, and will then turn my attention to editing my very first book (from 1995), Shades Of Rose. In the middle of all this, I'm still working on the proposed sequel to The Gift, tentatively titled The Secret.

I will have a new project included in an anthology titled I Never Thought I'd See You Again (Fiction Studio Books). This anthology provides the perfect vehicle for a story I have wanted--needed--to write for over a decade. Though it is a stand-alone story, the characters were first introduced in my second novel, A Willing Spirit, published in 1996, and now available in digital format. The character of US Marshal Sam Weathers endeared himself to my readers, and to this date I still receive mail asking when I'm going to write Sam's Story. My contribution to I Never Thought I'd See You Again, titled "Play It Again, Sam," is Sam's Story. Finally...  Check my Books Page for a release date and cover art, coming soon.

Happy reading! Happy Spring!  Love, Deb

May Day 2013 In My Neighborhood!

Mother's Day 2013 In My Yard (Photo by Martin Yaslowitz)

Once Upon A Time

Winter is in full swing here in the Rockies. Snow is beautiful, and moisture is necessary, but I'm ready for Spring flowers and gardens.

I'm noticing renewed interest in time travels lately, which has always been my favorite sub-genre of Romance. These books are fun to read and to write. There's something really intriguing about looking at history from a contemporary viewpoint. My favorite time travels are those that do not incorporate a revolving door time portal. The mechanism for transporting the character through time must have serious consequences. If it's too easy, it sort of spoils everything. Doesn't it? There's an article I wrote several years ago about time travels still up on the Internet here. And there's an interview with PNR on writing time travels here.

My time travels novels include: Shades of Rose, A Willing Spirit, Some Like It Hotter, Almost An Angel, Another Dawn, Citizen Daisy, and A Moment In Time. I also have a time travel novella titled "Keeper Of The Well" included in the Murder Most Romantic anthology.  You'll find more information and buy links on my Books page.

I've been busy this past year reissuing my backlist, so most of these time travels are now available in digital format. I'm planning to get Shades Of Rose--my very first book--and Almost An Angel released this spring. 

Always is my latest reissue. This is a contemporary romance--a reunion story set in the Rockies--which I lovingly call "Dr. Dolittle Meets Northern Exposure." The heroine is a doctor and the hero is a veterinarian in a small quirky mountain town. Though there is humor, it's also very heartwarming and sexy. I hope you enjoy it. This book was originally released by Zebra in 2000 as A Matter Of Trust. I hope you enjoy it.

Right now I'm finishing a story for the next Novelists Inc anthology. My story is titled "Play It Again, Sam." Yes, for those of you who have been asking, this is United States Marshal Sam Weathers starring in the lead role at long last. It took some fancy work to bring him back to life, but when have I ever let that stop me?

Check my Books page often for special offers and new releases. I offer titles for free download fairly often.

Happy reading, and may all your days include a bit of magic!

Love,

Deb

A Very Bad Hair Day?

A Moment In Time should be available on Amazon for your Kindle within the next ten days or so.  Here's a sneak peek of the new cover.

An excerpt is available online here.

It's one of my funniest and sexiest books.  I hope you enjoy Jackie Clarke's very bad hair day.

Happy reading!

~Deb

Friday Freebie!

From 12:01 AM until Midnight on Friday, October 26th, 2012, download a free copy of Another Dawn for Amazon Kindle.

Free Download Friday Only!

Read Chapter One at Deb's website now!

Reviews for Another Dawn!

"Only a very talented writer can take a man sentenced to death and turn him into the kind of hero who is not only appealing, but one a reader can actually feel sympathy for. Deb Stover certainly manages to pull off such a hero, and with panache, in Another Dawn. This is an engaging read right from the start. There is emotion, sensuality, action, and intrigue. It packs a powerful anti-death-penalty message, but does so without the sermon. If you like your romance on the intense side with very real-to-life characters, then this may be the book for you."
~Rebecca Ekmark, All About Romance 

"Deb Stover is an original and her time travel romances are unique, clever, intelligent, intriguing and romantic. ANOTHER DAWN is a thinking woman's paranormal romance with twists and turns, thought-provoking ideas and just the right balance of romance and time travel..." ~Kathe Robin RT Book Reviews, Top Pick and Nominated for a Reviewer's Choice Award!

"WOW!! ANOTHER DAWN is STUNNING! I wish I'd thought of it first." ~Maggie Shayne, best-selling author

"ANOTHER DAWN is a fantastic time travel romance that keeps the reader hopping and hoping for Luke and Sofie. Hot and spirited Ms. Stover does it again by opening the new year with what will be recognized as one of the top tales that will leave many other authors scampering to safer plots."  Five Stars!! ~Harriet Klausner, Affaire de Coeur

  

"Powerful, touching, and truly unique to the genre.  You haven't read time travel until you've read Deb Stover!"  ~Kristina Wright, The Literary Times

"Genius...  Five Stars!" ~Jim Trent, About.com

"Deb Stover has a dynamite book here, the best thing she's written yet. It's wonderful, it's practically flawless, and I'm truly in awe. I knew it when I first set eyes on it." ~Karen Harbaugh, award-winning author 

"The time-travel genre belongs to Deb Stover! Nobody does it better! I couldn't put this book down." ~Maggie Osborne, best-selling author

"Another Dawn is gripping and wonderful." JoAnn Ross, New York Times best-selling author 

"The intensity of Luke and Sofie's love, and the strength of their passion, transcends the bounds of Time itself. Their love was meant to be, and nothing can keep them apart, not in this time or in any other. The last two chapters, when their fate catches up to them at last, brought tears to my eyes." ~CompuServe

"Ms. Stover can, and does, make history and romance come forward or backward, and delivers an outstanding story of courage, faith, and timeless love. Fantastic! 5 Bells!!!" ~Donita Lawrence, Bell, Book and Candle

"The incredible Deb Stover has done it again. A man with no future. A woman with no past. A chance for love in a town called Redemption. This book will make you laugh out loud, and cry...and want to pick it up and  read it all over again. I loved this book, I loved the honorable, lovable and oh so wounded Luke and the feisty strong and so very wonderful Sofie. This book gets my vote for best book of the year!!" ~Terrie Figueroa, Romance Reviews Today

Remember, from 12:01 AM until Midnight on Friday, October 26th, 2012 only, download a free copy of Another Dawn for Amazon Kindle.

Free Book!

Download Another Dawn by Deb Stover Free For Kindle Starting at midnight September 25th Through Midnight September 28th, 2012!!!

Winner of the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence!

Convicted of a murder he didn't commit at age 18, Luke Nolan has spent his adult life on Death Row. The night of his execution brings Sofie, a beautiful young doctor who will pronounce him dead, and a benevolent priest to his side. When a freak explosion throws him back to another century along with Sofie, who has lost her memory, he sees a chance for a future in the past--Another Dawn he was never meant to see. As long as Sofie never remembers who he is, of course--or does it really matter a century in the past? Even as his feelings for her grow ever stronger than his need to protect her in this strange world...?

"The incredible Deb Stover has done it again. A man with no future. A woman with no past. A chance for love in a town called Redemption. This book will make you laugh out loud, and cry...and want to pick it up and  read it all over again. I loved this book, I loved the honorable, lovable and oh so wounded Luke and the feisty strong and so very wonderful Sofie. This book gets my vote for best book of the year!!" ~Avid reader, Terrie Figueroa

"Only a very talented writer can take a man sentenced to death and turn him into the kind of hero who is not only appealing, but one a reader can actually feel sympathy for. Deb Stover certainly manages to pull off such a hero, and with panache, in Another Dawn. This is an engaging read right from the start. There is emotion, sensuality, action, and intrigue. It packs a powerful anti-death-penalty message, but does so without the sermon. If you like your romance on the intense side with very real-to-life characters, then this may be the book for you."  ~Rebecca Ekmark, All About Romance

"Deb Stover is an original and her time travel romances are unique, clever, intelligent, intriguing and romantic. ANOTHER DAWN is a thinking woman's paranormal romance with twists and turns, thought-provoking ideas and just the right balance of romance and time travel..." ~Kathe Robin (Romantic Times), Top Pick and Nominated for a reviewer's choice award!

"WOW!! ANOTHER DAWN is STUNNING! I wish I'd thought of it first." ~Maggie Shayne, best-selling author

“ANOTHER DAWN is a fantastic time travel romance that keeps the reader hopping and hoping for Luke and Sofie. Ms. Stover does it again with what will be recognized as one of the top tales that will leave many other authors scampering to safer plots."  Five Stars!!  ~Harriet Klausner, Affaire de Coeur

"Powerful, touching, and truly unique to the genre. You haven't read time travel until you've read Deb Stover!"
~Kristina Wright, The Literary Times

"Genius...  Five Stars!" ~Jim Trent, About.com

"Deb Stover has a dynamite book here, the best thing she's written yet. It's wonderful, it's practically flawless, and I'm truly in awe. I knew it when I first set eyes on it." ~Karen Harbaugh, award-winning author

"The time-travel genre belongs to Deb Stover! Nobody does it better! I couldn't put this book down." ~Maggie Osborne, best-selling author

"Another Dawn is gripping and wonderful."  ~JoAnn Ross, New York Times best-selling author

"The intensity of Luke and Sofie's love, and the strength of their passion, transcends the bounds of Time itself. Their love was meant to be, and nothing can keep them apart, not in this time or in any other. The last two chapters, when their fate catches up to them at last, brought tears to my eyes."  ~CompuServe

"Ms. Stover can, and does, make history and romance come forward or backward, and delivers an outstanding story of courage, faith, and timeless love. Fantastic! 5 Bells!!!" ~Donita Lawrence, Bell, Book and Candle

Happy reading!

~Deb

Big Deal Sale!

Cast Of Characters is part of Amazon's Big Deal, and will be available for only $1.99 for Kindle through August 23rd.  That's a 91% savings!  Happy reading!

Cast Of Characters

Did I mention there's also a story in there by me?  Oh, well, there is.  Something new.  :)  Enjoy!

~Deb

www.debstover.com

New "Buy" Page

I've joined the great group at Backlist Ebooks to make it easier to find the digital copies of my reissues from one location.  More information will be forthcoming, but you can find the books already released from there now.  I'll be releasing more books throughout the year.

Happy reading!

~Deb Stover
Your path to another world....

Free Book!

Mulligan Stew is still available for $.99 at most sites, and is free for a limited time at iBooks!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mulligan-stew/id466266068?mt=11

Star-crossed lovers, a cursed Irish castle, and comfort food.  :)  Happy reading!

Free Download Now!

Happy New Year, and Happy Reading!

~Deb

99 Cent Sale!

$.99 cent sale!!!  MULLIGAN STEW and SOME LIKE IT HOTTER are both available at this special price for a limited time. The price should take effect for all readers, and is available now at Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Noble for the  Nook. http://www.debstover.com/books.html for links.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VTHX5Q

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LY2OKE

Happy Holidays to all, and Happy Reading!

Love,

Deb

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones.

Happy reading!

Love,
Deb

Perfectly Scary & Romantic Halloween Read!

http://youtu.be/rOVROrTY2eo

Want it?  Buy it!  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VTHX5Q

Also available at Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, and iBooks.

"Dirty Harry meets Scarlett O'Hara and there's Hell to pay...."

You won't believe the ending of this book.  You have to read it to believe it!  :)

Maggie Shayne wrote: "I wish I'd thought of it first!"

Happy Halloween!  Muahahahah!

Love,
Deb, who was actually frightened by the evil Slick Dawson while writing this book

What Are You Reading?

It's summer and the reading is fine.  What books are you whiling away the hot summer hours with--when you get a few extra, that is?  Or which ones are you taking along on vacations or weekend getaways?

I've just finished Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.  I really enjoyed this one, and it was a fun stroll down Memory Lane with some characters we originally met as children in earlier books.

Next for me are several contest entries, and I'm still editing my back list in preparation for digital reissue.  Both my Mulligan books -- Mulligan Stew and Mulligan Magic -- will be released simultaneously soon. I'll post here when they go live.  Then I have six more books to prepare!  Busy, busy.  :)

Happy reading, and stay cool!

~Deb
www.debstover.com

Book Sale

The digital editions of SOME LIKE IT HOTTER and A WILLING SPIRIT are now on sale for $2.99 at all sites, including iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Sony.  SHADES OF ROSE should be available within the next 2-3 weeks.  Stay tuned.

A great new review was just posted for SOME LIKE IT HOTTER.  It made me smile.

Book Reader's Heaven: Time Traveler to Civil War Era Creates Delightful and Humorous Romantic Suspense!

Happy reading!

~Deb
www.debstover.com

Hero's Name

As some of you may recall, the hero in my novel, SOME LIKE IT HOTTER, is named Mike Faricy.  Well, I met a real Mike Faricy at a conference some years ago, when he came in and demanded why I had written a book about him.  After I assured him it was purely coincidental, he left happy with an autographed book.  :)  Since then, I've met yet another Mike Faricy, who is also an author in his own right.  He said anytime someone googles his books, they end up finding my SOME LIKE IT HOTTER instead of him.  So I've vowed to help readers find his books, too.  :)

Here's a link to a recent interview with him:

http://lauries-interviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/spotlight-interview-with-mike-faricy.html 

He lives part of the year stateside, and part in Ireland, and we've become Facebook penpals.  He seems like a stand-up guy, and certainly has a good sense of humor.  I even mentioned that I could change the hero's name when I reissued SLIH, but he nixed that idea.

Perhaps he likes being the hero of a romance novel, fighting against evil--AKA Slick Dawson--or he just wants to spend more time with the heroine, Abigail Kingsley.  :-)

As my late husband always said, whatever works. ;-)

SOME LIKE IT HOTTER is now available for Kindle, Kobo, Sony, Nook, and--soon--iBooks.  So is A WILLING SPIRIT, and SHADES OF ROSE will be very soon.  Check my website for details.

Happy Reading!

~Deb

www.debstover.com

April 15th

A question I'm often asked when interviewed is why I write Romance.  Well, I was raised by a real hero, and I married one.  Neither one of them ever let me down. 

April 15th is my birthday.  Yes, traditional income tax day, the day the TITANIC sank, and the day Abraham Lincoln died, etc.  I want to go on record that Lincoln was actually shot on the 14th, and the TITANIC struck the iceberg on the 14th.  Okay...?  Just saying...

But April 15th is D-day--the sinking, the dying, the taxes, my birthday, and--just to be consistent--also the day my late husband and I learned his cancer was definitely terminal.  No wonder I always get depressed on my birthday!

Hey, at least it's an easy date to remember.  Right? 

People always ask what I want for a gift, and I always say, "Nothing, thanks."  If they persist, I say, "Just a card."  They think I'm kidding.  I'm not. 

I'm a writer and a reader.  Words mean a lot to me.  If you're here reading my blog, they obviously mean a lot to you, too.

My mom died in 1997.  She's the one who taught me to love reading, and my dad taught me to love history and research.  Mom always went to great pains to pick out meaningful cards for family members for every special occasion. 

Dad has carried on her tradition of sending cards that really mean something, and they never fail to make me cry.  ::sigh::  In fact, I know he takes extra care since Mom died, and also--I think--since my husband lost his heroic battle with cancer in 2005.

There's no question about why my dad is still my hero.  Is there? 

This year's birthday card arrived in today's mail (the day before my infamous birthday) and reads as follows:

FRONT:

Daughter, You are always in my heart...

INSIDE:

I want you to know

that I love you

every bit as much today

as the day you were born.

And though I may not

hold you in my arms

the way I did then,

I always hold you safely

in my thoughts

and in my heart.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Love, Dad

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Well, it doesn't get any better than that.  Does it?  Where are my tissues?

So, when someone tells you they want a card for their birthday, please bear in mind that they may really mean it....

Happy reading.

Love,

My 3rd birthday with my mom and little brother.

Deb

Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks?

Some of you may have noticed that A Willing Spirit and Some Like It Hotter have not been available at Amazon for a couple of weeks.  That's because I pulled them and am in the process of making them available for all e-readers.  They went live at Barnes & Noble for the Nook today!  They're processing at Amazon for the Kindle, at Kobo for the Sony Reader, and will also be available at Apple for iBooks. I will update you with those links as they go live, and you can always check my website for the most recent information.


The Gift remains available for all readers, and I am working making arrangements to reissue my very first book, Shades Of Rose, with a stunning new cover. 


Happy reading!


~Deb
www.debstover.com

Passing of an Era

The passing of Walter Zacharius will leave a gaping void in the publishing industry, and in society.  He was a true icon and a pioneer.  This fitting tribute says far more about this great man than I can. Kensington gave me my start in publishing, and I will always remember Walter with fondness and gratitude.

Thank you, Mr. Zacharius.  Rest in peace....

~Deb Stover
www.debstover.com