Lori DeJong
Lori DeJong (pronounced DeeYung) is an award-winning contemporary Christian romance author who enjoys penning stories full of grace and the redemptive power of God’s love that inspire others to hope regardless of circumstance, find joy in the moment, and grow in their faith.
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Lori arrived in Texas in 2005 and dug those roots right in. She currently resides in beautiful Georgetown, north of Austin, with her husband of over thirty years. Other than their two fur-babies, their nest is empty, as their daughter and son-in-love are settled in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Lori loves to write about love and romance and all that fun stuff, with a firm foundation of faith. Clean but sassy, sparkly, and even goose-bumpy romance, with God in the middle and characters seeking and learning and changing, couldn’t be more heartwarming or spine-tingly.
Lori's debut novel, Love's True Calling, released in 2023, was the 2022 winner of the ACFW Genesis Award for Romance, a double finalist in the 2024 Selah Awards, won second place in the 2023 FHL Reader's Choice Awards, and was named the 2023 Scrivenings Press Contemporary Book of the Year. Love’s True Home, released in June 2024, was also a Selah finalist. Love’s True Measure, the final book in the True Calling Series, released in June 2025. Lori's Christmas novella, Jingle Bell Matchmakers, a part of "A Match Made at Christmas" novella collection released in 2024, was named a 2025 ACFW Carol Award finalist.
Lori DeJong (pronounced DeeYung) is an award-winning contemporary Christian romance author who enjoys penning stories full of grace and the redemptive power of God’s love that inspire others to hope regardless of circumstance, find joy in the moment, and grow in their faith.
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Lori arrived in Texas in 2005 and dug those roots right in. She currently resides in beautiful Georgetown, north of Austin, with her...
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Mistletoe and Malice (Guarded Hearts Book 1)
After barely escaping an attempted abduction, Houston attorney Riley Hudson is forced to accept her wealthy father’s demand for private security. The last thing she wants is a bodyguard—especially one as maddeningly arrogant, bossy … and handsome as Colton Blankenship. Yet as the threat against her escalates, she begins to rely not only on his...
Love’s True Measure (True Calling Book 3)
A guilt-ridden woman with everything to gain, a self-made man with everything to lose, and a Father who desires to show them their true measure is more than they could ever imagine.
Shannon Trent has dedicated her life to ministering to teens, even as she hides secrets from her past that haunt her. Born into privilege but starved for...
Love’s True Home (True Calling Book 2)
Allyson Kincaid needs roots. Born and raised on the foreign mission field, all she wants is home and hearth on American soil. Finally past the break-up with the man she’d thought was the love of her life, she’s ready to put herself back out there. Too bad the first guy who’s made her pulse skip in nearly two years dreams of a life spent in...
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Writing the Hard Things … With Hope at the Heart
I’ve always loved reading romantic fiction, whether it was clean mainstream romance, Christian contemporary romance, historical romance, and even romantic suspense. I love reaching the end of a book with that warm, fuzzy feeling that romantic fiction leaves me.
So, naturally, when I started writing many years ago, contemporary romance was the obvious choice. But while I love a happy ending, I also knew I didn’t want to shy away from the messy,...
Events
If you live in the Georgetown/Round Rock/Leander/Liberty Hill area (or anywhere in Texas!), come join me at First Baptist Church, Georgetown, on Tuesday, October 28, for Dessert and a Book. I'll be talking about my newest releases, Love's True Measure and Mistletoe and Malice, my writing process, and answering questions. Afterward, I'll have books for sale and signing! See you there!