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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 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 ...

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. 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…until he sees her with a billionaire. Now he has to fight to get her back. Sebastian cooks up an idea in which he hires a beautiful ...

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 ...

He falls in love with her at first sight. But someone else is also pursuing her. Who will get the girl in this holiday romance in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia? Rosie has settled into the single life… Rosie Hamilton is focused on managing the Christmastown Tree Farm and taking care of her mother, whose Stage 4 cancer is in remission. On top of that, she also teaches third grade Sunday school. Being busy all week long means that she doesn’t have time for relationships. Evan thinks it has to be her… Evan Cavanaugh quits his corporate position at his family business in Seattle ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former FBI agent and a treasure hunter must join forces to defeat a mutual enemy in a race to find treasures from the lost Amber Room. Emerging from a deep undercover operation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler finds himself suspended without pay and left out of the remaining hunt for the most notorious terrorist in the world. The only person who might be able to help him is a random stranger he meets in San Francisco, who wants something in return even when there is a price on her own head. A relentless hunter… They say that FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler doesn’t follow ...

A maligned hacker. A Mossad agent. A mutual enemy. No longer of any use to the governments who once coveted his cybercriminal mind, disgraced hacker Kelvin Gallagher finds himself languishing in Prague while waiting for his enemies to find him and end his sufferings. Along comes a Mossad agent, once a friend, but now determined to take him home in a body bag… Zero Day is book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Binary Hackers series of inspirational near-future cyberthrillers combining technothriller and romance. If you’re looking for clean suspense without compromising ...

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 ...

His flame for love died long ago. She comes along and ignites a spark. Will the fire last? Roger’s Resolutions… Having been burned too many times by former girlfriends, bachelor Roger Patel does not want a new relationship. But there she is. Set up by a mutual friend for a not-so-blind date, the retirement resort director goes to dinner with his friend, Cheyenne Endecott, not expecting anything more than to share a meal and celebrate their platonic friendship. He is surprised by how much he enjoys spending time with Cheyenne. Seriously, there’s nothing going on between him and ...

Out of character, out of place, out of time period, Elizabeth Bennet is away from home, away from Hertfordshire in Regency England and retrenched to Deep South antebellum Georgia where she comes to fisticuffs with a new Mr. Darcy by the name of Mr. Thornton, who himself is no longer in the northern English town of Milton. Say what? Where? Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice meets Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South in THORTON IN MY SIDE. In the period before the American Civil War broke out, Elizabeth finds herself crossing the line when she has to choose sides. Should she stand with the cotton ...

When art gallery archivist Sheryl Breckenridge tries to get world-famous sculptor Winton Pace to display his artwork at Simon’s Gallery, she doesn’t expect him to fall in love with her. Will she reciprocate in this friends-to-more romance? Time for Me is the prequel novella in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Vacation Sweethearts series. We first meet Sheryl in Ask You Later (A Savannah Sweethearts Prequel) and Winton Pace in Draw You Near (Savannah Sweethearts Book 3). In Time for Me, we revisit Simon’s Gallery, which is mentioned a few times in previous Savannah ...

Christmastown has a new CEO. But owning a majority share of the holiday-decorating company makes no difference for Cyrus Theroux if the other forty-nine percent refuses to cooperate… Cyrus’s Christmas… Whoopee! Christmastime is here again. Cyrus is so excited that he is beside himself. Never mind that it’s ninety-three degrees outside in the middle of a hot July in Savannah. Christmas will be here any day now. He has checked his Christmastown USA warehouse twice, counted his inventory four times, and added ten new team members to join his thirty. He can spread them all over town. ...

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 ...

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 wayfaring strangers 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 ...

He lives and breathes expressive art. She has no time for his type of fluff. A struggling artist tries to get his recycled mixed-media art pieces displayed at a local art gallery now run by the owner’s daughter who has zero appreciation for his folk art. Sophie’s Sentiments… A freelance technical writer who writes obscure user guides that nobody reads and engineering manuals for little-used heavy machinery, Sophie Kowalski’s career is filled with black ink on white paper, legalese and technical stuff that few people care about—except for proofreaders and publishers. When her dad ...

A treat for Janeites! Two parodies in the Jane Austen Upside Down Parody Pack! JANE AUSTEN UPSIDE DOWN 1: A PERSUASION PARODY A Regency Short Story: 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? JANE AUSTEN UPSIDE DOWN 2: THORNTON IN MY SIDE An Antebellum Novelette: Out of character, out of place, out of time period, Elizabeth Bennet is away from home, away from Hertfordshire in Regency ...