After the happily ever after.
Where romance novels end, the Dearly Beloved series begins. What happens after the meet-cute and the happily ever after? Real life means real problems. After couples say, “I do,” they are faced with life challenges and the choice to work together or let those challenges tear them apart. Deb's books explore regular couples with real problems who choose to rely on their faith and each other as they work through the hard parts of life.
- Faith-filled
- Funny
- Emotional
Book 1: To Have and To Hold - releases 2025
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes an empty baby carriage. Melvin and Amelia met and fell in love. Now they’re ready to start a family. Unfortunately, what should be an act of love becomes a science experiment as infertility crushes their hopes. While doctors analyze everything about their medical history and try all sorts of tests, Melvin and Amelia battle the strain the process puts on their new marriage. As they lean on their faith and work through their trials, they find something different than they expected when they said, “I do.”
Both emotionally gripping and laugh-out-loud funny, this book will take you through the struggles of infertility and the toll it takes on a marriage. You will see how faith is questioned and leaned on in times of trouble, no matter what the outcome.
Other planned books in the series:
From This Day Forward
For Better or For Worse
For Richer or For Poorer
In Sickness and In Health
To Love and To Cherish
Until Death Do Us Part
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Next Book Group: February 17, 2025 @ 8 pm CT
An American Immigrant
by Johanna Rojas Vann
A Colombian American journalist tries to save her career by taking an assignment somewhere she never thought she'd go—Colombia—in this heartwarming debut novel about rediscovering our family stories.
Twenty-five-year-old Melanie Carvajal, a hardworking but struggling journalist for a Miami newspaper, loves her Colombian mother but regularly ignores her phone calls, frustrated that she never quite takes the time to understand Melanie’s life. When the opportunity arises for a big assignment that might save her flagging career, Melanie follows the story to the land of her mother’s birth. She soon realizes Colombia has the potential to connect her, after all these years, to something she’s long ignored: her heritage, the love of her mother, her family, and the richest parts of herself.
Colombia offers more than a chance to make a name for herself as a writer. It is a place of untold stories.
Inspired by real-life events, An American Immigrant is a story of culture and community, of abiding commitment to family, and of embracing our culture and the generations that have come before.
Meet Deb.
Deb Brown had her first piece of writing published in the second grade. The high school newspaper picked up her poem about the color pink. Deb has never been to “the gym” and believes the best thing to eat is chocolate-covered chocolate.
Her hobbies include binge-watching home improvement shows but never DIYing anything, reading until midnight, and sleeping in the next morning. She is magnetically drawn to the clearance section of every store she enters.
Deb is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spends time volunteering in her congregation. Hailing from the land of 10,000 lakes, she and her husband are the parents of five adult children, two daughters-in-love, and are Graham Cracker and Pop Tart to their adorable grandson.
What readers are saying
"I love this story. It’s not often that I read stories about infertility, and I think there are a lot of women out there who feel like Amelia do. There were many moments in the story that I felt like I could relate to Amelia and her struggles in my own
infertility journey.
It’s a very hopeful story, and I think a lot of readers will resonate with the message."
KaTrina Jackson
"The story captured my attention right away, I wanted to keep reading. The humor was excellent the pace was exciting. I was on the edge of my seat and didn’t totally relax until the end. I’m familiar in my own life with their plight.
I loved your analogies throughout and how you used them."
Helen Lapakko
"Real life issues with a touch of humor. It's not often you find a book that captures the reality of married life and the struggles that go along with it. I loved that the book showed life through the lens of faith. Although I have never struggled with infertility, I felt Melvin and Amelia's pain and celebrated their happy ending. I can't wait for the next book in the series!"
Delighted Reader
