
The relationship strengthened after her son's death, and Marks isolated Deveraux from her friends and family. She initially visited Marks for a psychic reading, due to problems with her marriage to White and with infertility. In 1991, Deveraux first met psychic Rose Marks, whom she knew as "Joyce Michael". Their son died in 2005, at the age of eight, when he was hit by a truck near their home in North Carolina. They eventually married and had a son together, named Sam Alexander Montassir. In 1991, while on a tour of Egypt with White, she met Mohammed Montassir. They married in 1987 and divorced in 1991. In the late 1960s, she met Claude White, whom she began living with in 1970. She was married to Richard Sides from 1967 to 1969.

Personal life ĭeveraux was born in Fairdale, Kentucky. ĭeveraux wrote A Girl From Summer Hill, a contemporary reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in 2016. In 2009, she was one of four authors who produced works for the debut of Vook, a company which produces "video books" by combining text, video and internet links into a single experience.

Many of her more recent books feature paranormal storylines. She has written several time-travel romances, and her later novels have had a contemporary setting. Many of her books follow the Montgomery and Taggert families and contain recurring characters. Known for her historical romances with storylines centered on strong, capable heroines, Deveraux has written stories set in several time periods, including post-Revolutionary America, nineteenth century Colorado, and nineteenth century New Mexico.
