Cozy Up with Your Kindle (December 26-30, 2022)

Book sale! This sale only lasts for 5 days from December 26-30, 2022, so don’t miss it. Happy reading!

The two books of mine are in this promotion:

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Smile for Me

Smile for Me

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?

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Travel with Tina to the Bahamas in the Caribbean, where the waters are clear, skies are blue, hammocks sway under coconut trees, and hearts are in love…  

Tina MacFarland is laid-back…

When invited back to the Bahamas for a second time two years after a disastrous mission trip there, potter and art teacher Tina MacFarland isn’t sure she wants to face the obnoxious assistant principal of the Chapel by the Sea Christian School again. The last time she encountered Byron Moss, he found fault in everything she did. It seems that nothing she ever does is good enough for Mr. Uptight, as attractive as he may be to her. Regardless of her personal concerns, they need art teachers at the Summer by the Sea Day Camp, and Tina answers the call to go. Surely God will help her last for four short weeks. What can possibly happen in a month? Nothing she can think of.  

Byron Moss is uptight…

Assistant Headmaster Byron Moss is at a crossroad in his career. On the one hand, he has worked very hard to get to this position at the Chapel by the Sea Christian School. One more step up from this assistant principal position, and he’d be in charge of the entire school. On the other hand, when Tina returns to Nassau, Byron suddenly feels hemmed in by his career choice. He is restricted from showing his transforming feelings for Tina. He fears he has taken a wrong turn in his career, and that if he keeps going on that route, he may lose his chances with Tina. More importantly, what is God’s will for his life? Somehow, he knows that Tina is part of all that. But she’s so…chaotic! And it drives him nuts. For the first time in his life, Byron is confused about what he needs to do.  

Never the twain shall…kiss?

Ah, Byron and Tina. How would they navigate the super-conservative work environment where office romance is frowned upon? Can they change the old rules? Or will the old rules change them?  

Tropes & Themes:

  • Opposites Attract
  • Slow Burn Romance
  • Enemies to Friends to More
  • Work Colleagues
  • Grumpy versus Sunshine
  • Uptight versus Easy-Going
  • Artist / Painter / Potter
  • Art Teacher
  • Artist Romance
  • Assent Principal (Headmaster)
  • Career Choices
  • Biracial Family
  • Multiracial Romance
  • Summer Romance
  • International Romance
  • Millionaire Romance
  • Island Life / Island Time
  • Tropical Vibes
  • Millionaire Families / Wealthy Siblings
  • Conservative Christian School
  • School Staff
  • Art Camp
  • Summer Camp
  • Dating Rules
  • Church Life
  • Family Dynamics / Blended Family
  • Mother-Son Relationship
  • Father-Daughter Relationship
  From USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson comes Smile for Me, book 1 in the Vacation Sweethearts collection of wholesome, sweet and inspirational Christian romance novels set in some of Jan’s favorite vacation places around the world. Vacation Sweethearts is a spin-off of Jan’s Savannah Sweethearts Christian beach romance series, and we might travel back to Savannah and Tybee Island to meet friends, old and new.
  Publisher’s Note: Smile for Me debuted in the Whispers of Love anthology released on June 28, 2016, that made the USA Today bestselling list.
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Reach for Me

Reach for Me

He leaves his homeland to protect his family.
She flees her hometown to abandon hers.

At a remote mountaintop retreat, optimistic triple amputee British Special Forces veteran Keenan O'Tierney unexpectedly meets pessimistic American girl Phoebe Pace in the valleys of their lives. When Keenan's enemies close in, Phoebe is caught in the crossfire...

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In his valley of determination…

His friends call him O’Tierney the Optimist. Even after having lost two legs and an arm in a bomb blast and having undergone numerous reconstructive surgeries, disabled United Kingdom Special Forces veteran Keenan O’Tierney is still excited about facing unknown new challenges in life.

Highly decorated for his heroism in fighting terrorism on behalf of his grateful nation, Keenan has given enough to his country. Yet, his enemies are going after him and his former team members as an act of personal vengeance. To protect his family, Keenan leads a trail away from Britain. Off the grid, he is incognito at a remote resort in the mountains of Tennessee.

While waiting for his storm to pass, he meets an American girl who is hiding for a different reason in the same misty mountains…

 

In her valley of discouragement…

Bearing the burden of a mistake-riddled life, prodigal adopted daughter Phoebe Pace has nowhere else to go. She finds solace in the Great Smoky Mountains, living in quiet regret, not forgiving herself, and being unable to ask God to forgive her. She thinks her days are merely for survival, with her job at the funeral home not improving her grim outlook on life.

Now the most intriguing guy Phoebe has ever met is sharing her swing on her log cabin porch overlooking unparalleled spectacular vistas. She has no intention of seeking any friendship outside her small and safe circle of friends. She would rather be left alone to wallow in her own personal loss and remorse.

What is she going to do with her new neighbor encroaching in her private personal space? Why is he so friendly toward her? So delightful to be with? So charming? So inquisitive…?

 

Danger tracks them on the mountaintop…

Keenan is the first person in a long time to make Phoebe consider the possibility of a new chapter in her love life. However, just when she begins to think about opening up her heart to him, the ex-soldier’s unfinished business pulls her into a crisis she has never experienced before, and danger comes knocking…on the wrong door.

 

Tropes & Themes:

  • Romance with Suspense
  • Opposite Outlooks on Life
  • Former Soldier
  • Office Worker
  • Family Secrets
  • Amputee Life
  • Prosthetics
  • Log Cabins
  • Retreat Center
  • Fall (Autumn) Season
  • Small Town
  • Prodigal Daughter
  • Father-Daughter Relationship
  • Adopted Daughter
  • Secret Child
  • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Tennessee
  • Georgia (Savannah)
  • Ireland
  • Terrorism
  • Home Invasion
  • Mercenaries

 

Reach for Me is Book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Vacation Sweethearts collection of contemporary Christian travel romance novels celebrating the immeasurable grace and undeserved mercy of God. These Vacation Sweethearts novels are a spin-off of Jan’s inspirational Savannah Sweethearts series. Some of the novels in Vacation Sweethearts are also a prelude to the Protector Sweethearts Christian romantic suspense series.

 

Note to Readers: In Reach for Me, we meet Esperanza Diaz-Mendenhall for the first time. We will see her again in Wait for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 3) as well as in Once a Spy (Protector Sweethearts Book 3). She has a story to tell in her own novel coming soon in a future series. If you like to be notified when these two future romantic suspense series go live, sign up for Jan’s newsletter.

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