My book in the Deseret News!

I was so excited today to find out that I’ve been featured in the Deseret News! Things Hoped For is a project that’s close to my heart. I decided to write this series when my daughter (now 14) was approaching her twelfth birthday. I was so full of hopes and fears for her, well, I still am. I just wanted some way to strengthen her as she embarked on the terrifying and exciting years ahead.

I was surprised to see that there wasn’t a fiction series already out there, at least that I could find, that was based on the Young Women Values. We all know what a huge market young women are in the book world. This project just seemed needed.

It’s been a slow, quiet process, much different from my experience on A Sister’s Witness: The Powell Family Tragedy. I’ve really been able to explore my own testimony and the ways in which it was tested during my teenage years. I hope that it can find its way into the hands of young women who are in need of a pick me up.

Each of these books is designed to be a quick read, more a novella than a novel. They are good for an afternoon curled up with chocolate (of course) and a desire to feel the Spirit while being engaged with a great story.

Thanks to Melissa DeMoux for the review!