Deanna Roy

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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:
The Sweetest Match by Abby Tyler

Annie Winters with romantic suspense serials, including The Vigilante's Lover:
The Vigilante's Lover (The Vigilantes, #1) by Annie Winters

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Deanna also writes a series of books for middle grade readers, including JINNIE WISHMAKER, MARCUS MENDER, and
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This Love arrives as a neurodiverse/amnesia romance

Most of my writing life these days is centered around my JJ Knight romantic comedy pen name (Pickles forever!) But sometimes I take a break from all the wildness, book signings, and whirlwind of that and write a quieter, more emotional book of my heart.

I wrote This Kiss years ago, published it in 2023, and knew back then that I would tell Ava and Tucker’s life story. Now, this November, I will giv

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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.”
Deanna Roy, Baby Dust

“Crossing the line isn't about forgetting the people we love. It's about not letting our past sorrow steal our future joy.”
Deanna Roy, Forever Innocent

“Life is short. Go after what you love and ride it as hard as you can!”
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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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“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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