Denice Perkins

When It Began

Set in the 1980s, When It Began lays the cornerstone for the When God series with two heartfelt origin stories framed by faith, tested by conviction, and built to last.

COMING SOON!

Two brothers. Two girls. One shared dream.

On graduation day, Robert Jackson voices a dream: to restore his community’s rundown houses one project and heart at a time. With a hammer in one hand and hope in the other, he begins laying a foundation built on faith, love, and purpose. A steady job and a growing bond with Emelia Norton give him momentum—until his parents push college over construction and doubt damages the build. Robert must choose which blueprint to follow: the one his parents drew up, or the one God laid before him.

A year later, Solomon Jackson picks up a hammer and joins his brother’s vision. At Robert’s wedding, he meets Deanna Keaton and can’t forget her. When their paths cross again six months later, sparks fly, but her lack of faith and controlling parents demand a change order. To love her well, Solomon must lead with grace, build with patience, and let God do the framing.

When Wounds Heal

Beaten. Broken. But never truly alone.

After enduring seventeen years of cruelty at the hands of his drug-addicted parents, Jedidiah longs to give and receive love he isn’t sure exists.

The deaths of his parents leave him abandoned and scared. His neighbors give him a home, care he craves, and take him to church. Their minister brings him a Bible, filling him with anger. He can’t bring himself to believe in the God who allowed him to suffer.

When Jedidiah meets Maggie, whose steadfast faith and kindness awaken hope in his heart, she offers love, belonging, and the future he desires. Building a life with her means confronting bitterness, forgiving the God he blames, and believing he is worthy of redemption.

But when his past collides with the future he longs to build, Jedidiah must decide whether fear will define him or whether he will risk everything to move forward in faith.

When Love Overcomes

Shaken. Struggling. Strengthened by Love.

Twenty-year-old Jedidiah Matthews has a life he once only dreamed of: a roof over his head, an engagement, and progress toward his High School Equivalency Diploma. But his hard-won stability is shaken when he recognizes a young woman from his past, a fellow victim he cannot fully remember. He knows one thing: she was pregnant when he left high school, and the child may be connected to him in ways he cannot recall.

Nineteen-year-old Maggie Jackson is thrilled to be engaged to the boy she once watched run track. She wants to stand beside Jedidiah, but his past has already tested their relationship. When a child not yet three years old is linked to that past, Maggie realizes that doing what is right may mean becoming a mother before she becomes a wife.

Together, they must decide whether they are ready to become the family a vulnerable child now needs.

When God Leads

Releases September 2026

With a home nearly complete and a wedding ahead, Jedidiah steps into fatherhood overnight when he gains custody of the daughter he never knew he had. As Lena’s healing begins, a new calling starts to take shape, one that may change everything.