Ellen DuBois

Category: Books & Writing

  • One More Hug

    One More Hug

    Who wouldn’t give anything for one more hour with someone we’ve loved and lost? ❤️

    There are many beautiful characters, scenes, and stories within stories that are all part of A Christmas Room.

    But there is also a common thread that ties them all together—the love of Christ and His promise of a life beyond this one. A life more beautiful than any of us could ever imagine.

    While writing A Christmas Room, I let my faith guide me. I truly felt the Holy Spirit at work with every page I wrote. I prayed for guidance and trusted where the story was leading me.

    A Christmas Room is a story about faith, family, finding the strength God gives us when life knocks us down, and remembering to thank Him through all of it—the good, the bad, the ugly, and the magnificent.

    There’s nothing extraordinary about the characters in A Christmas Room. A divorced mother raising two children. A woman who loves to bake and take piano lessons. A man who lost his wife and moves back to his hometown with his son.

    They are everyday, ordinary people who experience the extraordinary.

    I see glimpses of God around me every day. In the rising sun, the birds at my feeder, the family of deer who occasionally visit, and in my family and friends. I see Him in the beauty this struggling world still shows us, if only we take the time to look.

    I see Him in the strength He gives me when my well is depleted, and in the hope of Christ that lives in my heart.

    When I think about my parents, who are both in Heaven with Jesus, I feel them near. That divine thread of love that connects us may be unseen, but that doesn’t make it any less real to me.

    And yes, I’ve wondered: What if I had one more chance to see them? To talk to them? To hug them?

    One more hug.

    Wouldn’t that be something?

    It’s my hope that A Christmas Room not only provides you with a moving story, but also rekindles the hope of Christ within your heart, all year long.

    A Christmas Room: A Tale of Faith, Love & Light The first in The Seasons of Faith Series

    Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1G3WW9Y

  • The Stories I’m Called to Write

    Sometimes it takes a while to find the words for something you already know in your heart.

    As I’ve continued writing my Seasons of Faith series, I’ve thought a lot about the kinds of stories I’m drawn to tell—and why I feel called to tell them.

    I write about ordinary people living ordinary lives: families gathering around a table, children growing up, people falling in love, facing loss, healing, struggling, laughing, praying, and finding their way through the different seasons of life.

    But woven through those ordinary moments is something more.

    I love stories where the veil between Heaven and earth grows thin. Where signs and wonders appear in unexpected places. Where a moment can feel too perfectly timed to be coincidence. Where those we love in Heaven don’t always seem quite so far away.

    And through it all, Christ is at the center.

    My faith is not something I add to my stories after they are written. It is why I write them in the first place.

    When I feel inspired to write, it feels like the Holy Spirit is gently tapping me on the shoulder.

    I want to tell stories about family, faith, hope, healing, second chances, and the presence of God in our everyday lives. Stories that acknowledge that life can be difficult and uncertain, while reminding us that we never walk through those seasons alone.

    A Christmas Room – A Tale of Faith, Love & Light began that journey for me. Now, as I write A Spring Garden – A Tale of Hope, Healing, and Renewal and look ahead to A Fall Harvest, I realize these aren’t simply individual books.

    They are different seasons in the lives of people I have come to love writing about—and different opportunities to explore the ways God works through those lives.

    Perhaps that is what The Seasons of Faith means to me most.

    There are seasons of joy and seasons of sorrow. Seasons of waiting, healing, beginning again, and giving thanks. And sometimes, in the middle of an otherwise ordinary day, Heaven feels just a little closer.

    These are the stories I’m called to write.

    And if these are the kinds of stories you love to read, I hope you’ll come along with me.

    God Bless,
    Ellen M. DuBois

  • Let Hope Shine This Christmas

    Christmas may still be a few months away, but somehow, it has a way of arriving before we know it.

    As I look ahead to the season this year, I’m especially grateful to see A Christmas Room heading into another Christmas season and finding its way into the hands of new readers.

    At its heart, A Christmas Room is a story about faith, family, second chances, and the ways God reminds us that He is near—even when life doesn’t unfold quite the way we expected.

    And, of course, it’s a Christmas story.

    There are warm rooms, twinkling lights, family moments, music, and the beauty of the season. But there’s also something deeper woven through the story: hope.

    Sometimes hope arrives quietly. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. And sometimes, we simply need to let the light in.

    If you’re beginning to think about your Christmas reading—or perhaps looking ahead for a meaningful gift for someone who enjoys Christian fiction—I’d love for you to consider A Christmas Room.

    What if, on Christmas Eve, heaven did more than feel near—what if it opened?

    A Christmas Room: A Tale of Faith, Love & Light is available now in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.

    Let hope shine this Christmas.

    Here’s To Cozy Reading,

    Ellen

  • Give a Story This Christmas

    Looking for a meaningful gift for someone who loves Christmas and Christian fiction?

    A Christmas Room – A Tale of Faith, Love & Light is a heartwarming story of family, faith, second chances, and the ways God reminds us that He is near.

    Set against the beauty and wonder of the Christmas season, it’s a story meant to inspire faith, hope, and love—not only at Christmas, but all year long.

    There’s something special about giving a book as a gift. Long after the wrapping paper is gone and the decorations have been put away, a story can remain with us. It can make us smile, bring back a memory, offer encouragement, or remind us of something we needed to hear.

    That is my hope for A Christmas Room.

    At just $9.99 for the paperback, it makes a thoughtful and affordable gift for a friend, family member, teacher, neighbor—or anyone who enjoys uplifting Christian fiction.

    This Christmas, consider giving something that can be opened more than once.

    Give a story. Give faith, hope, and love.

    A Christmas Room – A Tale of Faith, Love & Light is available now on Amazon.

    Blessings,
    Ellen M. DuBois