Deborah Hammond

Deborah Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) has released her 26th novel, The Very Thought of You. It follows the cases of FBI Agent John McIver, who is pulled from his customary undercover work to oversee the stalking investigation of a famous actress, Charlotte Meadows. Chased across two continents, the stalker seeks to overturn Charlotte’s life and end John’s. This novel and Hammond’s other titles are available on Amazon.com in both Kindle and paperback versions and at local book signing events. 

Deborah E. Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) published her 24th novel, These Foolish Things. The second in her Someone to Watch Over Me series, the book brings to life the story of Victoria Sloan and Matthew Madison. They met at the wedding of her best friend, Alexandra Wesson and sparks flew. The problem is, Victoria lives in New York City and owns a marketing firm. Matthew lives on a horse farm in rural Virginia and rescues people in peril for a living. Can these two seemingly diverse lives mesh and if they do, will the precarious nature of Matthew’s vocation endanger them both?

These Foolish Things is available on Amazon.com along with the prior 23 novels of the author and at local book signings and events in the tri-state area. For more information, contact the author at downtongirl13@gmail.com  on Facebook at dhammondbooks and Twitter @DeborahHammon18.

A Falling Waters, West Virginia, resident, Hammond was also recently appointed to a four-year term on the West Virginia Broadcasting Foundation Board of Directors. She also serves on the Eastern West Virginia Home Consortium and has worked as a fundraiser for United Way of the Eastern Panhandle for six years.

Deborah E. Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82) published her 22nd novel, Wesbury. Quentin Killington returns from a prolonged stay in India, working for the East India Company in order to amass his fortune and marry childhood love, Rosemary Whitcomb. When he returns home, he is stunned to learn that his life will not be as he planned. He must now face the Regency England bon ton alone and on his own terms. This and all of Hammond’s novels are available on Amazon and at local book signings and events.

Deborah E. Hammond (Arch ’82 L/M) has published her 21st novel, The Rogue’s Son. Second in the Smuggled Heart series, the novel follows the McEwan family, 20 years on. Alexander McEwan II travels with his family to his mother’s home in England. It is the Regency period, and the family has come to the deathbed of Amelia McEwan’s father, The Earl of Havenstock. If he dies, Alexander will become his sole heir. As a young Scot in Regency England, the prejudice of neighbors and associates is a very real thing. To compound that problem, his father, The Duke of Arleigh, has his own secrets. If they were to become known, they would ruin his son’s fortunes in the socially concious world of the ton of Regency England. Alexander’s life is about to change forever. The Rogue’s Son is available in kindle and paperback versions on Amazon.

Deborah E. Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82 L/M) has published her 20th novel, Both Sides Now. Set in 2019 and 1861, the novel explores the first summer of the Civil War in the town of Martinsburg, West Virginia, then Martinsburg, Virginia. Focusing on the historical facts of that summer, the novel explores the experience from the eyes of a 21st century woman who has time traveled to her own hometown during the first perilous weeks of the war. She knows what is coming, but can do nothing to change it. This and all novels are available on Amazon.com and at local book signing events.

Deborah Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82) has released her nineteenth novel. Scotland for the Summer, it is a contemporary story about second chances set primarily in the Highlands of Scotland and in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Scotland for the Summer is available on Amazon.

Deborah Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82 L/M) announces the release of her thirteenth novel, Monocacy Crossing; a contemporary novel with settings in Frederick, Maryland and the Northern Neck of Virginia. Captain Daniel Wexford, a Confederate soldier crosses over at a re-enactment of the Battle of the Monocacy to complete his journey to return home to his lifelong love, Rebecca Bradford. A contemporary member of his family, Dr. Nicholas Wexford, is a witness to the crossing along with Frederick native Dr. Nora Easterley. Two UVA graduates, they use this other worldly event to turn their own lives upside down. Monocacy Crossing is available in paperback and kindle on Amazon.com.

Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) has published her eighth book, Someone to Watch Over Me. The book is a military romance novel set during the war on terror. Ms. Hammond was a featured author at the 2016 West Virginia Chocolate Fest and Book Faire in Martinsburg.

Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) recently published her first novel, In the Eye of the Storm. The book chronicles the adventures of a heroine in the post-Civil War era as she travels from her home in Wilmington, N.C., to London for the resolution of her father’s estate. Her mission to obtain her inheritance leads to threats on her life and the lives of others she comes to hold dear. Ms. Hammond worked for 31 years in local government prior to her retirement in March 2014. She currently resides in Falling Waters, W.Va., with her husband, Bill.