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Denise M. Colby

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Historical Fiction, Romance, Christian

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March 2024

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Denise M. Colby writes historical romance sweetened with faith, hope, and love. She finds history fascinating and contemplates often how it was to live in the 1800’s.

Her debut novel, When Plans Go Awry, is a 2025 Carol Award finalist and placed 3rd in the Historical Romance category of the OCRW BBB contest.

She treasures the written word and the messages that can be conveyed when certain words are strung together. An avid journal writer, she usually can be found with a pen and notepad whenever she’s reading God’s word.

Every year Denise chooses a word to focus on. For 2025, her word is FLOURISH! Sign up for her newsletter at denisemcolby.com or you can follow Denise on facebook or instagram.

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Average rating: 4.67 · 86 ratings · 62 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	When Plans Go Awry 4.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — 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
	No Plan at All (Best-laid Plans #3) 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	A Slight Change of Plans (Best-laid Plans Book 2) 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 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 Short and Sweet of it 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Meet My Scottish Hero

I love reading novels with nobility in them, but I’ve been a little intimidated to write one, until now. Get ready to meet Alex Sinclair. The Scottish hero in my new novella, No Plan at All, which releases Tuesday November 4, 2025.

No Plan At All book cover. this is the prequel novella in the best-laid plans series by denise m. colby and is a travel romance with hidden identity, strangers to lovers, and forced proximity tropes including a scottish hero

Alex is from Scotland. He has come to America for eight years to live on his own, before he’s to return and marry. He speaks with a brogue and uses words such as las

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Denise Colby and 1 other person liked Kendra Neal's review of No Plan at All (Best-laid Plans #3): "Christian Historical Romance is an intriguing and interesting genre. No Plan at All by Denise M. Colby is Book 3 in the Best Laid Plans series. I read Book 2 in this series and have been anticipating the release of this book. WOW, such a beautiful st" Read more of this review »
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Denise Colby and 1 other person liked Wren's review of No Plan at All (Best-laid Plans #3): "Sarah thought she had found her happily-ever-after. Until she lost him. Now, due to more losses, and circumstances she could not control, she's been presented with a choice that's not really a choice. Marry her former fiance's brother, as soon as she " Read more of this review »
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