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Denise M. Colby

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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: 4.61 · 95 ratings · 66 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	When Plans Go Awry 4.68 avg rating — 47 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 — 26 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) 4.45 avg rating — 22 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
	A Whole New Plan: A Story of Faith, Trust, and New Beginnings 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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A Whole New Plan Releases in May 2026

My next book, A Whole New Plan, releases May 26, 2026. This is the fourth book in the Best-laid Plans Series, and the third teacher’s story.

A Whole New Plan book releases in May 2026 and includes a wounded Pinkerton agent and a cautious pastor.

A wounded Pinkerton agent. A cautious pastor. When danger threatens, only their faith along with God’s perfect plan, can show them the way forward.

California, 1870. Pastor William Baker built his life on steady faith and safe choices, but the arriv

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Denise Colby rated a book it was amazing All Along by Kimberly Keagan (Goodreads Author)	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
Great short story tying together characters from her gilded age romance series.
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Denise Colby rated a book it was amazing Risky Business: A Sweet Gilded Age Romance (Hearts on Display Book 3) by Kimberly Keagan (Goodreads Author)	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
Kimberly's next installment of her Hearts on Display series takes us from New York to London, and it did not disappoint. Loved the descriptions from the steamer to the streets, the history behind the motor car including the dangers (real and perceive ...more
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Kimberly's next installment of her Hearts on Display series takes us from New York to London, and it did not disappoint. Loved the descriptions from the steamer to the streets, the history behind the motor car including the dangers (real and perceive ...more
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Lori DeJong answered Denise Colby's question: I loved your contemporary novels and was curious to know what influenced you to write romantic suspense? It was kind of an accident. Haha! When I turned in book two of the True Calling Series, I needed something new to pitch to my publisher (Scrivenings Press) so I could get another book on the schedule in 2026. I had this bodyguard story that I had wri See Full Answer
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