Welcome to another episode of A Baker’s Perspective Podcast! Today I’m chatting with author Deborah Clack who just released her debut novel with Haven Publishing! I adored this book – it took me on such a wonderful emotional roller coaster. It was so, so good that I am still thinking about it! And Deborah – oh my goodness she is a hoot! I can’t wait for you guys to meet her.
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About Deborah
Deborah Clack is a native Texan, non-recovering chocolate addict, and contemporary romance author.
Her titles include Odyssey of the Mind World Champion, Orthodontist Patient of the Month, and Most Improved Player at the Rolando Blackmon Basketball Camp.
A high school AP history teacher for 10 years, Deborah earned a Masters Degree in Education and was awarded Teacher of the Year for Arts in Education. Now she creates stories of her own filled with struggle, laughter, and a hard-fought romance. She asks her heroines, as well as her readers, to dig deep, play hard, and laugh often.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, DFW Ready Writers, and the Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers. Her work won both the ACFW Genesis Contest and the ACFW First Impressions Contest in Romance. She received First Place in the Contemporary Romance and Flash Fiction categories in the Foundations Contest at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
As a short story writer, she has sold flash fiction romance to Woman’s World Magazine.
Deborah can lip-sync the heck out of Barbara Streisand’s “Jingle Bells” and is a fan of the original romantic suspense movie, Star Wars. She lives in The Lone Star State with her family where they cheer for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Even After This
Even After This (Shelter and Sky Book #1) Author Deborah Clack
Published by Baker Books
on February 3, 2026
Genres: Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction / Romance / Clean & Wholesome, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Pages: 384
Amazon | Baker Book HouseWhen you're ready to live again, love often has a way of finding you.
Four years after tragedy, Meredith Harper is tired of hiding in her corner of Texas and living life like a game of dodgeball. She packs up her grief, awkward social graces, and sizable life insurance in search of a vacation and investment property in Colorado Springs. A botched dinner reservation throws her into the path of a bona fide movie star, and Meredith pushes through her comical celebrity neurosis to discover he is charming but a terrible dancer.A viral video of a daring rescue makes Harlan Holcombe's celebrity star stronger, with millions of his fans deeming him a real-life Hercules. But a minute of heroism doesn't absolve his past mistakes.
As Harlan and Meredith spend more time together, he helps her believe there might be more for her not just in life but in love. And she might be part of the solution to restore the legacy he fears is tarnished. But what happens when the path to redeem his mistakes collides with the path to redeem her loss?
A poignant and humorous contemporary romance of second chances with swoon but no spice, grief and healing, celebrity meets reluctant widow, love after loss, and new beginnings. This clean and wholesome love story will delight fans of Abby Jimenez, Katherine Center, Annabel Monaghan, and Cara Bastone.
Content consideration: This story explores themes of significant loss and grief. For more specific content information that may contain spoilers, visit this book's page on the author's website.
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