🕊️ Hope and Hope Again 🕊️

by | Feb 17, 2026 | ScrollKeepers Community News

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek

Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories

Greetings Reader!

We’ve been in the midst of a torrent of rain here in Izmir–great for the olive trees, apricot trees, and grapevines, but terrible for the dogs. This is the second greatest rainfall in 88 years of recorded measurement.

I calculated the other day to learn that there has been a total of about 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools full of water dumped on our farm since the beginning of the year. Wet and rainy, thundery and windy. How has weather been by you? Any crazy patterns?

This is just a quick note this week to let you know I’m thinking of you as I work tirelessly on the upcoming book releases, covers, and all that jazz.

This quote definitely shows a theme in That Beautiful Shore: Monica’s Story:

DNB Book News:

That Beautiful Shore and Me, Myself, and IT: Vera’s story beta read ends this week and Monica’s story starts next week. Exciting advancements. A reader asked today when the book will be available and if it will be on Kindle Unlimited.

Yes! Both That Beautiful Shore and Me, Myself, and IT will be on KU. The books will early release to Kickstarter backers in May and will be on retail in early summer.

| SPECULATIVE | CHRISTIAN | CONTEMPORARY |

CrossFall Book One: The Remnant Rises: If you want to know more about the series, make sure to click here. Also, you can get a sneak peak at the Special Edition cover at the link. FOLLOW to not miss out on the early-access, special edition launch. CLICK HERE.

| SCI-FI | FANTASY | CHRISTIAN | FUTURISTIC | DYSTOPIAN |

(Super secret) novella: Take a peek on the DNB ScrollKeepers community HERE

| SCI-FI | DYSTOPIAN | HOLIDAY |

It turns out that all of my books have a thematic heart of HOPE. Maybe you’ve noticed!

Have a great week and God bless you!

Darlene

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