As a lifelong learner and writer, Deborah Crossland learned that myth is at the heart of everything and has included this philosophy in her teaching, writing, and coaching.
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IT`S HERE. 🤍🌊
I finally get to share the cover of ONCE, AGAIN with you, and I am absolutely in love.
This is a story about first love, second chances, the memories we lose, and the people our hearts refuse to forget.
It`s about a fiercely ambitious girl with a future to build, a boy who remembers a summer she doesn`t, and a little bit of magic along the California coast.
It`s about falling in love with someone you might have already loved once before.
And now, it`s almost yours. 🥹
**ONCE, AGAIN is officially available for PREORDER!** 💌
Preorders mean so much to authors, especially in these early months before publication. Every single one helps give this story a chance to find its readers.
✨ **Preorder now at the link in my bio!** ✨
Coming June 2027 from Simon & Schuster.
Tell me what you think of the cover! And if you know someone who loves second-chance romance, send this their way. 🤍
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Come hang out with me this Saturday! 📚✨
I’ll be at Barnes & Noble in Elk Grove from 12–3 signing copies of THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD—and I’d love to see some familiar faces (and meet some new ones!). And I’m so excited to tell you about my next book ONCE, AGAIN 💜
Come say hi, pick up a bookmark, talk books, ask me questions, or tell me exactly how you feel about that ending. 😬😂
See you Saturday! 💜
Want to know what Once, Again feels like?
Fiercely ambitious girls 🥐
California coastlines 🌊
An Austin summer that changed everything 🫂
First love + second chances 💌
The boy who remembers ✨
The girl who doesn’t 🧠
And all the banter 💬
For the romance readers who want to believe your heart might recognize someone before you do 💜
Once, Again
Coming Summer 2027
Sometimes a book begins with a plot.
Sometimes it begins because you’ve been watching Brooke Williamson on Food Network and you think: I want to write a girl with that kind of drive.
Someone talented. Competitive. Creative. Someone who knows exactly what she wants and is willing to work for it.
And then, apparently, you mix that with a lifelong love of You’ve Got Mail—the yearning, the banter, the cozy places that become part of a love story, the idea that you might already know the person you’re looking for in ways you don’t quite understand yet.
Somewhere between those two things, Once, Again was born.
A girl with big dreams.
A boy she once loved.
A bakery by the sea.
A lighthouse.
And a second chance neither of them realizes they’ve been waiting for.
I finally get to tell you about this book, and I cannot wait for you to meet Zoe and Decker!
Oh hey! You can read The Quiet Part Out Loud for free this month! Check it out here: https://simonteen.com/2026/08/31/every-book-that-you-can-read-for-free-in-september-2026/
