BOOKSTORES & BOOK CLUBS

Let’s get together.

For booksellers

Independent bookstores are part of the community. They’re more than a store; they’re a place where people gather to find other people who love the same kind of books. And they’re not always about the bestsellers. They can be about a niche someone is filling. Whenever I travel, I find a list of the independent bookstores and go.

Later-in-life romance is one of those niches. As one bookseller told me, someone had just been in the day before asking for exactly that.

CREDENTIALS

Why readers come

Finding Home: 2025 Holt Medallion Finalist, Best First Novel

Wedding Plans: “There’s a charm to the banter but also an honesty that’s refreshing.” (Shelby Brooks, US Review of Books)

“An exceptional addition to the romance genre that will please readers seeking something different in tone and perspective.” (Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review)

Signings at Browseabout Books, Turn the Page Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Rehoboth Beach and the Collingswood Book Festival

FOR YOUR BUYER

Sell sheets

One page per book for your buyer, with ordering details and reviews.

Wedding Plans
ISBN 978-1-963838-03-9 · Paperback · Retail $17.99 · Discount 55%
Available from IngramSpark · Released October 6, 2026
Download the Wedding Plans sell sheet (PDF)

Finding Home
ISBN 978-1-963838-00-8 · Paperback · Retail $17.99 · Discount 55%
Available from IngramSpark · Released April 2, 2024
Download the Finding Home sell sheet (PDF)

IN THE STORE

What a signing looks like

A table with a nice tablecloth, my books on display, a little bowl of candy, bookmarks, and a poster of the covers. I always stand, because it’s easier to talk to people, and before long they’re telling me their stories. There was the young man who buys his mother a book from Rehoboth Beach every Christmas, shopping for it in June. And three sisters in sequined “Sister Weekend” sweatshirts, on the trip they take together every year. Little conversations like that are my favorite part.

Want me in your store? The invitation form is at the bottom of this page.

FOR BOOK CLUBS

An author at your table.

I’d love to pull up a chair at your table. I join book clubs anywhere on Zoom, and in person around the Washington, DC area. Farther away? Ask, and I’ll see what’s possible.

Download the Wedding Plans book club guide (PDF): a conversation with me, warm-up questions, fourteen discussion questions and ideas for hosting a Savvy evening.

Make it a Savvy evening. Pour what the Savvys pour. My husband, Joel, chose these for the Savvys’ Wine and Book Club:

  • Decoy Cabernet Sauvignon (Duckhorn, California)

  • Barbera d’Asti TreVigne (Piedmont, Italy)

  • Rocca del Principe Fiano di Avellino (Campania, Italy)

  • Chasing Venus Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)

  • Dogfish Head Pale Ale (Milton, Delaware) for the beer drinkers

Add a taste of Rehoboth: Grotto Pizza on the first night, hot chocolate at Victoria’s on the boardwalk. Tell me what your club pours; I’d love to hear.

Ready to invite me? The form is just below.

BOOKING

Invite Deborah

Tell me a little about your bookstore, library, club or event, and I’ll be in touch about dates.