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Deanna Roy

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in Wichita Falls

March 19, 1970

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Romance

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Margaret Atwood
Betsy Byars
Sonya Sones
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John Updike
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Deanna Roy is the six-time USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She is a fierce advocate for all the children in her care, biological, fostered, and adopted, and the mothers, who like her, lost babies to miscarriage.

She writes books under four names:
Deanna Roy with three-hanky reads in the Forever series:

Forever Innocent (Forever, #1) by Deanna Roy

JJ Knight with her romantic comedy Pickleverse:

Big Pickle (The Pickle Family, #1) by J.J. Knight

Abby Tyler with sweet small-town romance, including the Applebottom series:

Annie Winters with romantic suspense serials, including The Vigilante's Lover:

The Vigilante's Lover (The Vigilantes, #1) by Annie Winters

You can follow Deanna and read pre-release sneak peeks and free ebooks on her private list. Subscribe!

Deanna also writes a series of books for middle grade readers, including JINNIE WISHMAKER, MARCUS MENDER, and ...more

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	Forever Innocent (Forever, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 3,240 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Loved (Forever, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 1,429 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Sheltered (Forever, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 614 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden Dance (Lovers Dance, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sperm Meets Egg Plan: Getting Pregnant Faster 3.93 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Bound (Forever, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Family (Forever, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever: The Complete Series (Forever, #1-3) 4.19 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Billionaire's Dance by Deanna Roy (Goodreads Author), J.J. Knight (Goodreads Author), Lucy Riot 4.01 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Dust 3.92 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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LOVE IN MY TEARDROPS PRESENTS: When My Tears Cry

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“You're a survivor. Each one of you. And survivors don't have the luxury of acting like regular people. We do what we have to do to get by.”
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“Crossing the line isn't about forgetting the people we love. It's about not letting our past sorrow steal our future joy.”
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“Life is short. Go after what you love and ride it as hard as you can!”
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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.”
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“If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.”
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“What horror to face, to choose the moment of your child’s death, to see the machines whir to a stop, the monitors to beep, the line of the heartbeat to go flat. No one really recovers from that. It must be easier to harden your heart, close the recesses of pain, and live life more simply and with calm deliberation.”
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“Dot sat forward and tugged another handful of bracelets from the snarl. “Here’s something I believe.” She held up a green bracelet so that the sun shone clear through the colors on the beads. “I believe that when women like us meet, that our children in heaven also find their way to each other, on account of us all being in the same place and them watching over. So they’re all together—Stella your pair, Melinda’s, and mine. Right now, they’re up there, singing maybe, or playing Red Rover, and probably laughing at us sitting around trying to fix a mess we ourselves made.”
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