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She is laid-back. He is uptight. Never the twain shall…kiss? A deadline-driven workaholic assistant school principal who meticulously plans his schedule months in advance meets an easygoing art teacher and studio potter with no sense of time, living her life as the seasons come and go. When they cross paths again at the Summer by the Sea Day Camp sponsored by his church in Nassau, Bahamas, how can they get along if they cannot see eye to eye? From USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson comes Smile for Me, book 1 in her Vacation Sweethearts collection of inspirational Christian travel ...

A grieving accountant. A former mistress. A stash of crypto secrets. A grieving accountant seeking justice for his murdered brother finds himself on the run with a senator’s former mistress who knows too many secrets. Starting his own investigation… After his brother is killed by a car bomb, Armin Dhillon quits his job to conduct his own investigation into the murder. His efforts lead him to a former senator’s ex-mistress who is now a devout Christian trying to leave her past behind. Only her sordid past won’t let her go, and neither will Armin, who thinks she has the answer that ...

A paranoid whistleblower on her last task. A private investigator posing as her fake boyfriend. An international conglomerate that eliminates its enemies. Calling for help… Administrative Assistant Sienna Halstead has one last task to do for the FBI Criminal Investigative Division before she can quit her corporate job and disappear. Scared that the evidence against the international conglomerate she works for is not sufficient, paranoid Sienna starts to make mistakes. When she calls Hu Knows, Inc., for help, Helen Hu sends the no-nonsense Earl into her chaotic world. Cashing in on ...

A broken hacker. A brave FBI agent. A deadly brain implant. FBI Cybercrime Special Agent Stella Evans finds the last surviving computer consultant who holds the key to destroying a terrorist organization’s global network, but Cayson Yang may not live long enough to dismantle the computer system. The Chaos… Computer network specialist Cayson Yang’s struggling network infrastructure company has received a rash of new clients lately, the total income of which finally puts Binary Systems, Inc., in the black for the first time ever. He is now able to give pay raises to himself and his ...

She needs a champion. Just not him. Four years after his girlfriend ghosted him, Martin MacFarland finds her in Key Largo, abused and pregnant with her second child. Martin wants to be there for her, but she can’t give him a second chance. She needs a champion… A single mother on the run, Corinne Anderson has made many mistakes since she broke up with Martin MacFarland four years ago. Each mistake compounds on the other problems in her life. Down and out, Corinne and her three-year-old daughter end up in the small beach town of Key Largo, hiding from the criminals looking for them. ...

Reluctantly, Chef Isaac finds himself working in the kitchen of his nemesis, Chef Piper Peyton. Why would he want to cook his way into her heart? To save a landmark family restaurant in Savannah, two chefs must put aside their twenty-year-old feud and cook together. Can they at least try to be kind toward each other without digging up old hurts? I can’t wait for you to read Piper’s story. Fans of my Savannah Sweethearts and Coastal Sweethearts Christian coastal romance series might recall that Piper is profoundly deaf. Here comes Chef Isaac, who does not speak American Sign Language at ...

A desperate jilted man. His summer rent-a-girlfriend. Their own beach town. Single thirty-something Sebastian Langston hires his sister’s best friend to be his fake girlfriend for the summer in order to win back his ex-fiancée whom he lost to a billionaire. Publisher's Note: His Wake-Up Call is the updated and expanded second edition of Step with Me, previously published on April 5, 2017. The desperate jilted man… Restaurateur Sebastian Langston cannot believe that his ex-fiancée, Talia, would leave him again. They’ve broken up so many times that he is sure she’ll return to him…...

She sets a thief to catch a thief. Will he also steal her heart? Private investigator Helen Hu must team up with reformed art thief Reuben Costa to rescue her mother, who has vanished while trying to make amends for stealing some bejeweled eggs connected to the Amber Room. Set in Greece and Italy, Once a Thief is Book 1 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Protector Sweethearts Christian romantic suspense series of books that showcase Private Investigator Helen Hu, her associates, and friends. This collection is a spinoff of Jan’s Savannah Sweethearts beach romance and ...

Lars and Abilene are drawn to each other, but will their relationship end up like an unfinished painting? Savannah artist Abilene Dupree keeps her personal life out of her commercial paintings except one. That one painting has now brought Londoner Lars Cargill back to the coastal town and into her art world. Can she hold the handsome Englishman at bay before he invades her personal space and paints his way into her heart? Lars’s Labor…While on vacation in Savannah last year, Lars Cargill bought a small watercolor painting for his estate in England. The more he stared at the artwork, the...

He loves her… He loves her not… She’s waiting for him to decide. A young pastor of a growing church in a thriving community, Diego Flores has to come to grips with God’s will for his church and his personal life. Diego’s Disquiet… Single and unmarried, Pastor Diego Flores has been interested in his best friend’s younger sister since their college days, but his calling to grow Riverside Chapel takes up most of his time. When Heidi Wei becomes his strongest supporter in his church-planting ministry, how does Diego show his feelings for her without giving her the wrong idea? Does...

An adventurous billionaire on a mission... A former CIA agent finding her bearings... Treasures lost to time... Hired to protect her employer’s older brother, former CIA agent Raynelle Dryden gets too personal with him in a treasure hunt, and both inadvertently introduce the other to new enemies in this Christian romantic suspense. A dangerous quest… Billionaire treasure hunter Benjamin Glynn is on a quest to find pirate Blackbeard’s lost treasures. So are his competitors, who stop at nothing to win the race. Benjamin finds himself unable to proceed as obstacle after obstacle comes ...

A singing chef. A widowed billionaire. A cottage by the sea. A father of two, widowed billionaire Diehl Brooks returns home to St. Simon’s Island and falls in love with his sister’s personal chef. Will complications from his unfulfilled first marriage threaten his chance for love a second time around? Publisher's Note: His Morning Kiss is the updated second edition of Sing with Me, previously published in 2020. A selfless personal chef… Chef Skye Langston cooks for local residents and visitors to the Golden Isles. When her friend and client, Brinley Brooks, asks her to cook for her ...

She wants to save history. He wants to raze it all. A local tour guide who makes a living off Savannah history goes to battle against an award-winning developer who wants to raze the old city block she lives on. Tamsyn’s Troubles… Tamsyn Pendegrast’s troubles can be summed up in one word: Ryan. Okay, three words: Ryan Ruttledge V. A nightmare to her historical preservation efforts, an enemy of her fledgling Tamsyn Tours travel agency and tour company, Ryan seems to have it all: funding, support, awards, and the deeds to half the properties on Rosa Pendegrast Lane in old-town Savannah....

Jane Austen fans, what's your favorite Austen novel? Mine is PERSUASION, but I couldn't help thinking of alternate worlds, hence this parody. What if Anne Elliot weren't the capable one? What if it were her sister, Mary Musgrove, instead? A capable Mary and a helpless Anne? Oh, the thought. Why, the Regency world might be upside down! Who would Captain Wentworth take back to sea with him? Read to find out! The challenge of the day is to find all the differences between Jan Thompson's JANE AUSTEN UPSIDE DOWN: A PERSUASION PARODY short story and that original Jane Austen Right Side Up, the ...

A novelist who can’t write. A doctor who won’t practice. A world moving on with or without them. At the crossroads of their careers, two people meet on an idyllic island, where they hope that time would stand still for a change. As the brevity of life swirls around them, they have to make decisions they don't want to make. Hunter’s Honor… The Reverend Hiram Jacobs believes he is finally dying, and he wants his memoirs published before his one hundred and fourth birthday. Well, Hunter has his own book deadlines to juggle, and can’t Great-grandpa Hiram wait a few more months? ...

A struggling violinist. A billionaire heiress. An island in the sun. He is a struggling violinist living in poverty. She is a billionairess violin collector with a trust fund. Living in two different worlds, will their unexpected romance last? The musician… Six years ago, Ivan McMillan was a budding crossover violinist on a world tour with his pianist sister. His career was cut short when Grandpa Otto died suddenly, leaving Grandma Yun saddled with enormous medical bills that ate up all their savings. In the midst of Ivan’s struggle to provide for his elderly grandmother and to save ...

Read the first three novels in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Vacation Sweethearts collection of clean and wholesome, sweet and inspirational Christian vacation romance set in some of her favorite vacation places. Travel with our friends to the coast and to the mountains, and cheer them on as they celebrate the immeasurable grace and undeserved mercy of God through Jesus Christ. Book 1: Smile for Me (The Bahamas) - International Biracial Romance A deadline-driven workaholic assistant school principal who meticulously plans his schedule months in advance meets easygoing art ...

An untrusting vigilante. An unpredictable survivalist. An untraceable killer. When trust-fund-baby-turned-vigilante Mira Proskouriakova hires jobless former soldier Briscoe Hall to assassinate her mother’s killer, targeting her own father is the last thing she expects. Zero Trust is book 4 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Binary Hackers series of near-future romantic technothrillers. We first met Mira and her father as side characters in Zero Sum (Binary Hackers Book 1). Publisher's Note: This expanded novel debuted as an abridged novella in the now-expired Winter ...

She wants to fix up his beach house and move on. He wants to fix up her heart and move in. A private investigator trying to sell his house falls in love with his colleague’s sister and gets her into mortal danger. Sabine’s Scars…Sabine Hu’s legs were crushed in an auto accident three years ago, ending her modeling career. Today she walks without a cane, is back in heels, and has found a new job as a real estate agent selling houses in Savannah and on Tybee Island. She keeps to herself and stays in the background, unlike her high-profile sister, Helen, whose fame as a private ...

Three abandoned children… Two erstwhile sweethearts… One missing sister… And no problem? After Iris Delaney kissed him and ran off eleven years ago, Camden La Salle never wanted to see her again. But Iris is back in town caring for her nieces and baby nephew, and she needs his help. Can Camden let go of their past history to help Iris with her present crisis for the sake of the children’s future well-being in this second chance Christian coastal romance with a side of suspense? Iris’s Issues… When Iris Delaney’s five-year-old niece calls her unexpectedly to tell her that her ...