Stacy Hawkins Adams is a nationally acclaimed author, speaker and freelance journalist whose novels help readers laugh, heal and seek to lead more meaningful lives. Her contemporary women's fiction infuses faith, social issues and personal themes with creative plots. As her characters navigate life, they wind up understanding themselves, and God, better.
A former reporter and columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Stacy now freelances for a variety of mainstream and faith-based publications. Her work has appeared in the AARP Bulletin, Gospel Today and Heart & Soul magazines, and on www.Crosswalk.com. She publishes a nationally-distributed electronic newsletter called Life Untapped' that highlights inspirational fiction and nonfiction authors and writing industry news each month. She also pens an online parenting column for Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's Smart Beginnings initiative and writes Life Notes, a bi-monthly newspaper column for busy mothers.
She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and continues to hone her writing skills through various journalistic and creative writing seminars, including the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University. She is the founding president of the Richmond affiliate of the American Christian Fiction Writers.
Stacy is also an inspirational speaker who shares with corporate, civic, college and faith-based audiences messages designed to help them pursue their life's purpose with more faith and confidence.
When she's not writing or speaking, she devotes considerable time to promoting youth literacy and other child advocacy endeavors. A native of Arkansas, Stacy and her husband live in suburban Richmond, Virginia with their two children. She recently completed a fourth novel, which is slated for release in early 2009.
Coming
Home: A Novel
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Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Zondervan (February 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310333989
ISBN-13: 978-0310333982
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it.
Brent had cheated on Dayna and coldly said goodbye to her seven long years
ago—dashing her hopes of having children or growing old with the love of her
life.
Working hard to make herself successful as a hospital executive, Dayna has
moved on, finding comfort in a new relationship with a faith-filled
marketing executive, Warren.
But when Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, Dayna’s
heart threatens to come unglued. Why is Brent asking for forgiveness now?
And why are he and his new wife, Tamara, interested in reconciliation with
Dayna? The unbelievable answers begin to surface as Brent boldly asks Dayna
to support him at the most crucial time of his life.
While Tamara’s heart brims with guilt, both women will discover what it
means to reach beyond pain and baggage to love unconditionally, while
leaving the consequences to God.
Dreams That
Won't Let Go: A Novel
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732685
ISBN-13: 978-0800732684
Book 3 in the The Jubilant Soul Series
Indigo Burns is excited. Her wedding preparations to the man of her dreams are under way, her career as a photographer is a success, and her family seems to be doing better than ever--all except her brother Reuben who nobody has seen in years. But that's about to change, because Reuben has decided to move back home to Jubilant, Texas. But Reuben's hope to find healing with his sisters doesn't seem to be working. Soon enough their lives intersect in dramatic, sometimes painful, and ultimately healing ways.
This insightful novel by an Essence bestselling author will pull in women readers from the urban market and beyond.
Worth a
Thousand Words: A Novel
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (July 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732677
ISBN-13: 978-0800732677
Book 2 in the The Jubilant Soul Series
Her future was just coming into focus. But
what will she do when everything becomes a blur?
Indigo Burns's life is going according to plan. She
possesses the ambition and talent to be a professional
photographer, and she thanks God for all the blessings that
surround her. Now, all at once, Indigo's family life, love
life, and hopes for success have flipped upside down. Indigo
loves the Lord, but can she trust him to work his plan in
her life?
Worth a Thousand Words dramatically explores the tough
decisions one woman must make in the world of love,
relationships, and career. Will Indigo find the courage to
face her own truths'and accept those being harbored by the
people she loves most? Either way, she risks losing
everything she's ever wanted.
The
Someday List
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800732669
ISBN-13: 978-0800732660
Book 1 in the The Jubilant Soul Series
Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and prestigious husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But her life is not all it's cracked up to be. When her husband goes away on business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents for a month, Rachelle takes up the challenge of a dying friend to start a list of things to do before she dies. She heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to reconnect with her past, her purpose, and herself. But when her ex shows up in town looking very fine and very single, Rachelle must confront feelings she thought she'd long buried. Will she give up everything to recover the past? Or will she find a reason to plan for the future? The Someday List is an honest look at what makes us who we are and what can throw us off track. Author Stacy Hawkins Adams writes with a voice that is fresh, sincere, and completely real. Her characters jump off the page and into her readers' hearts.
This Far by Faith
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Three Novellas by Stacy Hawkins Adams (My Mother's Shadow/), Kendra Norman-Bellamy (A Cracked Mirror), and Linda Hudson-Smith (Honor Thy Heart)
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Kimani Press (April 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373830246
ISBN-13: 978-0373830244
Three Novels by Stacy Hawkins Adams (My Mother's Shadow/), Kendra Norman-Bellamy (A Cracked Mirror), and Linda Hudson-Smith (Honor Thy Heart)
LaShun Tillman's many blessings haven't eased her pain at being abandoned as a baby. Fate has given her an opportunity to reveal to the world that her birth mother, former supermodel Sariah Langston, has an ugly past. But revenge is never simple'and neither is the truth.
Aspiring actress Jessica Drake lands a bit part in
Broadway diva Diana Edmonds's latest show, only to find that
her idol has feet of clay'plus a monumental ego. But their
strained relationship is changed utterly when a reporter
discovers that Jessica is really the daughter Diana thought
had died long ago.
Beautiful Sienna St. James has spent her life being pushed
into beauty pageants by her domineering, controlling mother,
Sable. Now her blossoming relationship with a thoughtful
young doctor has inspired her to live her life as she sees
fit, even if it means losing everything she's known.
Watercolored Pearls
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Revell (October 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800731689
ISBN-13: 978-0800731687
Book Description
Serena, a career woman turned stay-at-home mom, wonders if
she has made the right choice. Erika struggles to let go of
her abusive past. Tawana, a new lawyer, is trying to pull
her life together, but her ambitions keep getting in the
way. Three women, each at different places in their lives,
find themselves at the same crossroads--looking to God and
to each other for answers on how to find beauty in
themselves and in their journey. Watercolored Pearls is a
page-turning story of how God can use the tragic, the
shameful, and the less-than-perfect circumstances of life to
create something beautiful.
From the Back Cover
Three friends. Three pasts. One journey to beautiful. Serena
never thought she'd have children. Now she has two active
two-year-old boys. But instead of being overjoyed, she's
overwhelmed. Did she make the wrong choice in giving up her
successful career to be a stay-at-home mom? Tawana, an
ambitious new lawyer, is trying to pull her life together,
but her past keeps getting in the way. An incredible
opportunity at a prestigious law firm forces her to confront
her demons. Can her new responsibilities fit with her
growing faith? Erika's estranged and once-abusive husband
wants her back. He says he's changed. He's even going to
church. But is he telling the truth? Or is he just smooth
talking her back into a bad situation? Watercolored Pearls
is a story of three women who, despite their
less-than-perfect circumstances, watch their friendships
with one another deepen--and their lives transform into
something beautiful. "Adams tells a captivating story that
takes readers through the life journeys of three different
women. They learn that they struggle, endure, and triumph,
becoming greater and stronger women of God than they ever
thought they could be."--Kendra Norman-Bellamy, Essence
bestselling author "Watercolored Pearls is a delightful
read. Stacy's story reminds us of where true peace and
beauty lie."--Sharon Ewell Foster, Christy Award-winning
author of Passing by Samaria and Abraham's Well "Stacy
Hawkins Adams has set it off once again. Buy this precious
gem of a book and a spare to share. It's good like
that."--Claudia Mair Burney, author of Zora and Nicky: A
Novel in Black and White Stacy Hawkins Adams is a freelance
reporter and inspirational columnist based in Richmond,
Virginia. She is the author of Speak to My Heart and Nothing
but the Right Thing.
Nothing
but the Right Thing
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Revell (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800730976
ISBN-13: 978-0800730970
Serena McDaniels has a loving husband and a new home. But there's one dream that remains just out of reach. When she left a high-profile advertising agency to pursue her dreams of having a family, Serena never imagined that the stress of her husband's pastorate and their desire to follow God's will might delay their dreams of becoming parents. And when a dear friend makes a life-altering decision to leave an abusive relationship, Serena knows she has to help. Will she have to postpone her dreams forever? Or will she hear God's still, small voice and realize his plan for her?
Speak to My Heart
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (October 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800759702
ISBN-13: 978-0800759704
Serena Jasper is a young professional woman on her way up
the corporate ladder in a large advertising firm. She's
always been close to her mother, especially since the death
of her father. But when Serena learns of a devastating
family secret, she feels betrayed by the one she trusted
most.
As she questions how someone as devout as her mother could
have lied to her for years, Serena pulls away from both
family and faith. Without the haven of hearth and home, she
flounders as she tries to help a girlfriend trapped in an
abusive relationship. Burying herself in her prestigious
career doesn't help either. With the help of a possible new
love in her life, Serena realizes that, instead of resisting
the voice, she needs to listen to the One who speaks to her
heart.
The Midnight Clear
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Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: KNB Publications, LLC (November 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0974220701
ISBN-13: 978-0974220703
Product Description
An exceptional collection of inspirational short stories
that walks readers through the everyday struggles and
triumphs of Christians during one of the most celebrated
times of the year.
About the Authors
The twenty-one authors that make up this enthralling
anthology come from different walks of life and are in
different stages of their writing careers. Some are national
bestselling authors whose gifts have withstood the test of
times, while others are up and coming novelists with bright
futures ahead of them. But each gifted storyteller is bonded
by a common thread: the love for writing coupled with a love
for God.
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