Welcome to My Book Birthday Celebration!

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This month, I’m having a book birthday celebration as my second book, A Slight Change of Plans releases on May 27, 2025. This is book 2 in my Best-laid Plans series. 

Book cover for A Slight Change of Plans by Denise M. Colby is a historical romance set in 1870 Sacramento, California

I’m excited to share Jenny and Ren’s story with everyone. Out of the five teachers coming west, Jenny is the most insecure. She didn’t have a lot of love and affection growing up and hoped this new start would change all that. But the book starts with her school shutting down and she has no other options, so she heads to Washton, where Olivia is (the heroine in book 1, When Plans Go Awry).

You’ll meet Ren, and see familiar characters from book one including the rooster, Bert.

Bert the rooster from when plans go awry debut novel and now book 2 A Slight Change of Plans by Denise M. Colby

I’ve been busy putting together tidbits and information related to this story to share with everyone on my website, blog, and social media. Sign up for my newsletter to follow along.

Book Launch Activities

This time around I’m doing a blog tour through JustReadTours June 9-13

The blog tour graphic for A Slight Change of Plans to help celebrate book birthday for this novel

I’ve also created some of my own graphics to share 

My son added on to the original map of Washton to show the parts mentioned in the story. This rests in the front of the book matter (and hopefully soon on my website)

new map of fictional town Washton, CA created by Denise M. Colby and drawn by Kyle Colby
My son designed this updated map of Washton, my fictional town in my Best-laid Plans Series

My husband had designed the journal notebook for the first book, and so I asked him to do something for this one as well. This is what he came up with.

ink and quill designed by Ken Colby for A Slight Change of Plans
My husband designed the graphic that goes at the beginning of each chapter

Other Book Launch Things

I recently was interviewed on Awesomegang.com, and have new listings of A Slight Change of Plans on all major platforms.

As most of you know, it’s a lot of work to organize a book launch, yet so rewarding after spending so much time writing, editing, and marketing this story. And I get to do it again in six months when the prequel releases in November.

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post sharing which books inspire my writing. I also pick a word every year to focus on. This year it is Flourish.

Denise M. Colby's word for 2025 is flourish. She designed this graphic to share her word.

Thanks for following along in this journey with me!

Author Bio
Author Bio
Passionate about all types of stories—whether they are from songs, theatre, movies, or novels—Denise M. Colby loves history and constantly finds herself contemplating how it was to live in the 1800’s. Combining her love of learning about history, and reading, Denise writes Historical Romance Sweetened with Faith, Hope, & Love. Her first novel, When Plans Go Awry, is the first novel in her Best-laid Plans series. A mother to three boys and soon to be daughter-in-love, Denise loves to read, watch movies with her family, sing 80’s and musical songs, tap dance, and spend date nights with her husband at Disneyland. Sign up for her newsletter or follow Denise on her social media. Newsletter: https://denisemcolby.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter/ Website: www.denisemcolby.com Blog: www.denisemcolby.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisemcolbywrites/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisem.colby/
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Passionate about all types of stories—whether they are from songs, theatre, movies, or novels—Denise M. Colby loves history and constantly finds herself contemplating how it was to live in the 1800’s. Combining her love of learning about history, and reading, Denise writes Historical Romance Sweetened with Faith, Hope, & Love. Her first novel, When Plans Go Awry, is the first novel in her Best-laid Plans series. A mother to three boys and soon to be daughter-in-love, Denise loves to read, watch movies with her family, sing 80’s and musical songs, tap dance, and spend date nights with her husband at Disneyland. Sign up for her newsletter or follow Denise on her social media. Newsletter: https://denisemcolby.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter/ Website: www.denisemcolby.com Blog: www.denisemcolby.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisemcolbywrites/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisem.colby/

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