Welcome to the Blog Tour for What Brings Us Joy by Teresa Wells, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: What Brings Us Joy
Series: The Truitts of Texas #1
Author: Teresa Wells
Publisher: Scrivenings Press LLC
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
1895: After losing their Georgia home, eighteen-year-old Delia Truitt and her family move to Blooming Grove, Texas, to work for a relative on a ramshackle farm. Set on helping her family dig out of their impoverished circumstances, she plans to open a dressmaker’s shop, combining her sewing skills and her keen fashion sense. But owning a business takes money she doesn’t have.
Unless she can finish her quilt in time to enter the county fair. The prize money would be just enough to open her shop. Determined and resourceful, Delia sets her sights on success—until her heart takes an unexpected detour when she meets handsome Clarence Parker.
Bent on respectability, Clarence refuses to let his past get in the way of his future happiness, especially after falling for spirited Delia Truitt. But his hopes shatter when headlines declare members of his former gang have broken out of jail and are heading his way, set on revenge. Though Clarence doesn’t regret testifying against the outlaws, he fears his future with Delia is in jeopardy. Clarence will protect her from the killers, even if it means risking their future together.
Can Clarence keep her safe? And will Delia love him after she finds out about his past?
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About the Author
A former teacher and librarian, Teresa Wells treasures a story threaded with redemption and hope. She loves people, history, and studying the Bible. Teresa is a member of Novel Academy and American Christian Fiction Writers Association, where she volunteers behind the scenes. She lives with her family outside of Dallas, Texas. What Brings Us Joy is her first novel.
Connect with Teresa by visiting teresawells.com to follow her on social media and subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Tour Giveaway
(3) winners will each receive a $25 Amazon gift card, a print copy of What Brings Us Joy, and items related to the book!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight July 14, 2025 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on July 21, 2025. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to JustRead Publicity Tours Giveaway Policies.
Tour Schedule
July 14
Happily Managing a Household of Boys
Britt Reads Fiction
Hallie Szott
July 15
Carla’s Book Crush
Only By Grace Reviews
Bookworlder
July 16
Beauty in the Binding
Books Less Travelled
All God’s Women
July 17
Reading Is My SuperPower
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions
By The Book
July 18
Life on Chickadee Lane
For Him and my Family
Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic
Woven by Words
Nice cover. It sounds like a really interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Diana! I love the cover, too. I had fun writing What Brings Us Joy, and I hope you enjoy reading it!
Congratulations, Teresa, on your first novel. It sounds like an interesting read.
Sounds like a great read.
Teresa Wells is a new author to me, but I look forward to reading this book.
Thanks to this blog for the introduction.
Sounds wonderful
Question for author-What message or theme do you want readers to take away from this book?
Beautiful debut novel!!
Sounds great.
Thank you
This sounds like an interesting historical romance.
Very pretty cover. I love the purple and that it is a series.
Intriguing title!
Sounds like a great read.
Marion
The story sounds wonderful!
This looks like a very enjoyable read. Thanks for sharing.
Pretty cover
So pretty and sounds very good.
I love historical romance! Thank you! 🙂
This looks like a really interesting read!
What a beautiful cover.
The dress shop concept in the story plot makes little sense, particularly in such a rural community when clothing was sewn at home, with perhaps bridal gowns the only exception.
nice cover
Sounds like a great read.
Oh my goodness, this is soooooooo my kind of book and the cover is perfect!
I love the cover! Sounds like a great book.
looking foward to reading it
Sounds like an interesting story.
The cover of this book is breathtaking! Just makes you want to open it up and read it.
Looks like a very interesting read! The details make me want it to be my next read.
Your book cover is beautiful.
This most be so exciting for you since this it your first novel according to the above blog post. I hope it’s a rousing success!
Sounds like a great story!
My kind of book!
The cover is really beautiful.
cant wait to read it