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Christmastown USA 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. Sure, he can manage the decorating teams himself, even if his business partner can't handle it. What's with Amy anyway? Maybe he should consider buying her share of the company. He will keep Mr. Untermeyer's memories and wishes alive. Yes, that's what he'll do. Kick Amy off the sleigh and keep Christmastown all to himself- No. There was something about Amy that draws Cyrus to her. Something he can't put his thumb on...Amy's Angst...Christmas is too commercialized Amy simply cannot believe how anyone could focus on the Christ of Christmas when people overspend and get stressed out at festivities they cannot enjoy with family members and relatives they do not wish to see or buy presents for. Why Mom has given Amy a forty-nine percent share of Christmastown USA, she'll never know. Amy doesn't want it, but she can't sell it. To sell her share to some stranger would disrespect the memory of Dad, who inherited this business from Grandpa Earnest, who had started the company back in the fifties. The entire Untermeyer family lives from Christmas to Christmas. It was because of Christmastown that Amy's parents were able to send her and her two brothers to college. Amy cherishes the happy memories of her childhood and the Untermeyer legacy until some devastating news makes her question everything she has ever known about the Untermeyer family... A Christmas-themed holiday romance, Wish You Joy is Book 10 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational multiethnic contemporary Christian romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ. This series is set in the historic southern city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the beaches of small town Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

He leaves his homeland to protect his family. She flees her hometown to abandon hers. At a remote mountaintop retreat, an optimistic triple amputee British Special Forces veteran meets a pessimistic American beauty in the valleys of their lives. A Christian romance with suspense, Reach for Me is book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Vacation Sweethearts collection of clean and wholesome, sweet and inspirational Christian vacation romance novels set in some of her favorite vacation places. Travel with these Savannah residents 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. These Vacation Sweethearts novels are a spin-off of Jan's Savannah Sweethearts series. In his valley of determination...Highly decorated for his heroism in fighting terrorism on behalf of his grateful nation, Keenan has sacrificed enough for 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 at Mendenhall Retreat while holding down a job at the local funeral home. Along comes the new neighbor, encroaching into her personal space. Why is he so friendly toward her? So delightful to be with? So charming? So inquisitive...? Danger finds 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 situation she has never experienced before, and danger comes knocking...on the wrong door. If you enjoy this novel, you might also like the rest of the Vacation Sweethearts series and Jan Thompson's other books set in the same story world. VACATION SWEETHEARTS (Christian Travel Romance)Book 1: Smile for MeBook 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Wait for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 4: Look for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 5: Pray for MeBook 6: Care for MeBook 7: Cheer for MeSAVANNAH SWEETHEARTS (Christian Coastal City & Beach Town Romance)Prequel: Ask You LaterBook 1: Know You MoreBook 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Draw You NearBook 4: Cherish You SoBook 5: Walk You ThereBook 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense)Book 7: Kiss You NowBook 8: Find You AgainBook 9: Wish You JoyBook 10: Call You HomePROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)SEASIDE CHAPEL (Christian Small Town Romance)Book 1: Share with MeBook 2: Step with MeBook 3: Sing with Me(More Books to Come)BINARY HACKERS (Near-Future Inspirational Romantic Thrillers)Book 1: Zero SumBook 2: Zero DayBook 3: Zero Base(More Books to Come)

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 romance novels. To start off the series, we travel 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 will 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? If you enjoy Smile for Me, you might also like the other travel romances in the Vacation Sweethearts series. VACATION SWEETHEARTS (Christian Travel Romance)Book 1: Smile for MeBook 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Wait for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 4: Look for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 5: Pray for MeBook 6: Care for MeBook 7: Cheer for MeSAVANNAH SWEETHEARTS (Christian Coastal City & Beach Town Romance)Prequel: Ask You LaterBook 1: Know You MoreBook 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Draw You NearBook 4: Cherish You SoBook 5: Walk You ThereBook 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense)Book 7: Kiss You NowBook 8: Find You AgainBook 9: Wish You JoyBook 10: Call You HomePROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)SEASIDE CHAPEL (Christian Small Town Romance)Book 1: Share with MeBook 2: Step with MeBook 3: Sing with Me(More Books to Come)

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?Iris's Issues...When Iris Delaney's five-year-old niece calls her unexpectedly to tell her that her baby brother has run out of diapers, Iris speeds to Savannah to find that her estranged sister, a single mother, has abandoned three kids under the age of six for who knows how long. Desperate, Iris calls Ming Wei, one of her old friends still living in her hometown, to help her track down the runaway mother. After all, Ming owns Savannah River Investigations, which has been in the news. To her surprise, Ming sends the last person she ever wants to see again...Camden's Call...Former FBI agent and burned-out private investigator Camden La Salle is back in Savannah, and is in need of a job. Apparently, stocking grocery store shelves is beyond his pay grade. Ming Wei has just the right job for him to ease back into his PI role. Happy to get a paycheck and healthcare, Camden discovers that the client he has to deal with is his ex-girlfriend. Now he's mad at Ming for setting him up. At first it's awkward between Camden and Iris, but as things worsen for her two nieces and a baby nephew, the two adults must make a decision. Can they set aside their differences to keep the children together and try to provide a somewhat normal life for them? But how can anything be normal for Camden and Iris with their entire past catching up to them? A Christian coastal romance with a side of suspense, Love You Always is Book 7 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational contemporary Christian romances set in the historic southern city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the beaches of small town Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean, two of the most romantic places in the world. Against a backdrop of ocean, sand, and sun, collection of stories showcases various aspects of the human need for God and for one another.

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 she see him as potential husband material or just the pastor of their church?Heidi's Hurdles...Heidi suspects that Diego is sweet on her, but he seems to believe that his divine calling prevents him from acting on it. If it isn't meant to be, she's not going to push for it.Yet every time they are together, something happens between them. Have they moved beyond the platonic relationship they have enjoyed all these years to something more personal?When a crisis hits Heidi's family, Diego has to balance pastoring his congregation and ministering to Heidi without losing either one. Being in love while growing a new church is difficult for him to juggle. Which path is more important? Which one should he focus on? A multiethnic contemporary Christian beach romance, Know You More is Book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational multiethnic contemporary Christian romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ. These stories are set in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the beaches of Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

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 beach house falls in love with his colleague's sister and puts her in mortal danger. A Christian beach romance with suspense, Tell You Soon is Book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, and wholesome multiethnic contemporary Christian romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.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 investigator is constantly in the news.Ming's Mayhem...Private Investigator Aidan Ming Wei works with Sabine's sister, but he's interested in getting to know Sabine better. He thinks he can draw her out of her shell. Since he has hired Sabine to sell his house by the Atlantic Ocean, he has all sorts of excuses to spend time with her. She seems to be at ease around him, and they get along well. However, spending time with her is exactly what would put her life in danger, and Ming risks losing Sabine forever...SAVANNAH SWEETHEARTSIf you enjoy Tell You Soon, you might also enjoy the rest of the Savannah Sweethearts series and the other related sister series or spin-offs. Have some tea, settle on a comfortable reading chair, and enjoy these sweet celebrations of faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.Book 0: Ask You Later (Prequel)Book 1: Know You MoreBook 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Draw You NearBook 4: Cherish You SoBook 5: Walk You ThereBook 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense)Book 7: Kiss You NowBook 8: Find You AgainBook 9: Wish You Joy (Christmas Romance)Book 10: Call You HomeVACATION SWEETHEARTSThe Vacation Sweethearts novels are a spin-off of the Savannah Sweethearts series. Fans will recognize familiar faces from Riverside Chapel. In fact, we might visit old friends and beloved families there from time to time.Book 1: Smile for MeBook 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Wait for MeBook 4: Look for MeBook 5: Pray for MeBook 6: Care for MeBook 7: Cheer for Me

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 more he wanted to meet the woman in the painting. This summer, Lars returns to Savannah to find the elusive real-life Lady and the Sea. Problem is, the artist says she doesn't exist.Of course, he doesn't believe her. Otherwise, he wouldn't be showing up in her art classes and following her around. He doubts she has the heart to turn him away, not when he shows her that he has artistic potential.Abilene's Art...Abilene Dupree is busy trying to make a living as an artist and art teacher in Savannah. She sells commercial art, not personal stories. Although much of her heart goes into her paintings, she doesn't reveal her soul, not even to the clean-cut guy with cute dimples who is searching for the woman in her Lady and the Sea painting. She keeps telling Lars that the illusive woman in the painting doesn't exist. Well, the more she tells him that, the more she begins to believe her own words. Before she could give him the real answers he seeks, Lars's own past shows up and he has to leave Savannah. Will their relationship be like an unfinished painting? A multiethnic contemporary Christian beach romance, Draw You Near is Book 4 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational multiethnic contemporary Christian romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ. These stories are set in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the beaches of Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

Having come to terms with his disability, business empire heir Dante Dupree has it all, but Nadine Saylor is too busy to be impressed with his accolades, and too busy to fall in love. Yet, love keeps knocking on her door... Dante's Dream...Billionaire bachelor Dante Dupree has arrived. Living with paraplegia, he now has a state-of-the-art wheelchair to handle his disability, and a private jet to take him across the world to buy up smaller companies for the Hot Dupree global hot sauce empire. And the best news yet for his career: He has been handpicked to be the next CEO of Hot Dupree, Inc., and he's going to inherit a fifth of the multi-billion-dollar family fortune. He has it all. At the end of an international business trip, Dante stops in Savannah for merger talks and to visit his sister. Exuberant and on top of his game, single and free, the center of attention among ladies, and recently voted one of the top ten most eligible young billionaires in the world, self-confident Dante suddenly finds himself in a predicament he cannot solve: he's in love with someone new.But he can't get her attention. She is not impressed at all with his accolades.Nadine's Norms...Nadine Saylor is busy, busy, busy. Her job as a virtual assistant to clients traveling through six or seven time zones keeps her on her toes around the clock. The last thing she needs right now is Dante Dupree flinging signals and invitations at her, even though he did look handsome in his Lagerfeld tuxedo at his sister's wedding eleven months ago. Nadine keeps telling herself that her calendar is full. There's no room for romance. Dante can go find someone else to be his Flavor of the Month. When one of Dante's professional problems intersects with Nadine's personal predicament, they find themselves thrown together to sort out these chapters of their lives. Has God put them together in this place for such a time as this? A story about living and loving with disability, the multiethnic Cherish You So is Book 5 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of clean, wholesome multiethnic contemporary Christian romance celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ. Against a backdrop of ocean, sand, and sun, this mix of novels and novellas showcases various aspects of the human need for God and for one another.

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. Only three historic homes remain unsold. One of them is the Pendegrast family home where Tamsyn has lived since she was a baby. Savannah residents will not take this destruction sitting down. Tamsyn is sure of it. No way will they let Ruttledge Yamada Urquhart Commercial Properties turn her nineteenth-century city block into a ghastly sprawl of glass-and-steel sculpture. It's Tamsyn's duty to Savannah history and to the memory of the Pendegrast family to educate that Ryan dude on why he should just leave the past alone. There. Her task is set. If only he weren't so charming... Ryan's Ruckus...Three more houses to buy, and the city block will belong to Ryan's commercial property company. Then he will reshape the area into a modernist architectural creation. One more award to win, and one more plaque to hang on the wall of his Atlanta office. Easy peasy, right? All he has to do is get past Tamsyn Pendegrast. That small-town tour guide has a property he wants. One house. How hard can it be to get one house? If she sells her ramshackle old house, her two neighbors will follow. Why is she holding out? His company has offered Tamsyn three times the value of her property. That worn and weary Queen Anne style Victorian house isn't going to last through the twenty-first century, anyway. Its foundation has been reinforced twice, and no amount of paint will restore it to its old glory. Tamsyn is simply holding on to a past that cannot be regained. She might as well give it up. And yet, Tamsyn's tenacity intrigues him. It's messing with his mind. And heart. Uh-oh. An old-meets-new contemporary Christian romance set in the historic city of Savannah, Walk You There is book 6 of USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, and wholesome multiethnic Christian romance celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.

Their marriage didn't last. The last thing he wants is to relive it. From USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson comes this second-chance romantic Christian women's fiction with a side of suspense A divorced single dad with full custody of his son made a promise he now has to keep: invite his ex-wife to enjoy their son's birthday gift: a seven-day cruise in Alaska. Can two people who have given up on each other put aside their emotions to make their five-year-old son happy for a week? Wait for Me is the the third novel in USA Today Bestselling author Jan Thompson's Vacation Sweethearts Christian travel romance series celebrating the immeasurable grace and undeserved mercy of God. These novels are a spin-off of her Savannah Sweethearts coastal city and beach town series. Love has left him...Successful businessman Logan Urquhart regrets promising Jonas that he will give him anything he wants for his fifth birthday. The fortune he has inherited enables him to buy whatever his son desires. But all Jonas wants for his birthday is to be with his mother. "Dad, you promised." Logan has no choice. Then again, it can't be too bad. It will only be for seven days. After that, he'll go home to Georgia, USA, and she'll go home to Paris, France. End of story. Or is it? Love has returned...Undercover INTERPOL agent Marie Bouchard would love to see her son again, but not her ex-husband. Their lack of trust for each other destroyed their marriage three years ago. When he asked for a divorce, she gave him everything, including their son.Well, the reunion will only be for one week. The problems that have followed her around for the last three years are all in the past, aren't they? But love is trouble...All seem peaceful, until Marie notices extra security onboard the ship. When her ex-husband becomes slightly paranoid about their son's safety, Marie begins to wonder if it is a mistake for her to be onboard the cruise ship in the first place. If you enjoy this novel, you might also like the rest of the Vacation Sweethearts series and Jan Thompson's other books set in the same story world. VACATION SWEETHEARTS (Christian Travel Romance)Book 1: Smile for MeBook 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Wait for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 4: Look for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 5: Pray for MeBook 6: Care for MeBook 7: Cheer for MeSAVANNAH SWEETHEARTS (Christian Coastal City & Beach Town Romance)Prequel: Ask You LaterBook 1: Know You MoreBook 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Draw You NearBook 4: Cherish You SoBook 5: Walk You ThereBook 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense)Book 7: Kiss You NowBook 8: Find You AgainBook 9: Wish You JoyBook 10: Call You HomePROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)SEASIDE CHAPEL (Christian Small Town Romance)Book 1: Share with MeBook 2: Step with MeBook 3: Sing with Me(More Books to Come)BINARY HACKERS (Near-Future Inspirational Romantic Thrillers)Book 1: Zero SumBook 2: Zero DayBook 3: Zero Base(More Books to Come)

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 has a nasty fall outside his art gallery and breaks his leg in several places, Sophie is forced to run Simon's Gallery for a couple of months while Dad recovers from his unfortunate accident.The first thing Sophie does is remove what she considers "junk art" in the art gallery and cancel several exhibitions by lesser-known artists, replacing them with more famous works that showcase clean lines and minimalism...Leon's Legacy...A poor and struggling mixed-media local artist, Leonardo "Leon" Watts thinks he has finally turned a corner in his career when Simon Kowalski of the reputable Simon's Gallery on River Street decides to display his recycled sculptures that showcase everyday life.That is, before Simon tumbles on the cobblestones, ends up in the hospital, and takes two months off to recover. Standing in Leon's way is Simon's daughter, Sophie, now running the gallery however she wants and in whichever way she pleases.She says that Leon's displays are "garbage" and shouldn't see the light of day. Well, technically, he only uses discarded materials he finds in junkyards and recycling centers...Still, who is she to judge his art?When Leon decides to educate that unimaginative Sophie on the value of his brand of everyman artwork, he gets more than he is prepared to handle, as his heart begins to express itself in unexpected ways...Formerly the prequel, Ask You Later is now Book 1 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts, a Christian romance collection set in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the nearby beaches of Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

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 collection that showcases unsung heroes and heroes behind the scene. This series is a spinoff of Jan's Savannah Sweethearts and Vacation Sweethearts series.Reuben's Record...After his father is imprisoned for murder and dies in prison, Reuben Costa vows never to love or marry. He pours the next several years into expanding his father's art theft organization across Europe, until the FBI Art Crime Team and INTERPOL catch up to him. A few years into his incarceration, they offer him an early release and a new life as a free man in exchange for helping them shut down some jewel thieves even more notorious than his own father was. The work is done, and Reuben is now a free man. Until they require his services again.Helen's Havoc...Past memories have never been darker for Helen as she deals with a long-lost secret that her mother has hidden from their family for fifteen years. Afraid that it will shame her daughter, Mama Hu tries to fix what she has done and redeem herself. Unfortunately, as Helen fears, she disappears. The best way for Helen to rescue her mother is to go underground where thieves and robbers live. Her only ticket into that nefarious world is another art thief. He says he is reformed. Or is he? As Helen and Reuben rush to find Mama Hu before the matriarch gets herself killed, the unlikely partners end up bargaining for not only life and death but also their own hearts and souls.In This Story World...The events in Once a Thief happen after these stories, where Helen Hu makes several appearances. In fact, Tell You Soon is where we first meet Mama Hu.Tell You Soon (Savannah Sweethearts Book 2)Love You Always (Savannah Sweethearts Book 6)Reach for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 2)Share with Me (Seaside Chapel Book 1)Step with Me (Seaside Chapel Book 2)Once a Thief can be read on its own without your having previously read any of the above books from Jan's contemporary Christian beach romance collections. PROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)

Publisher's Note: Zero Sum debuted in the Kill Zone anthology that was published on October 3, 2017. She opens a case she cannot close.If he helps her solve it, he will die. From USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson comes Binary Hackers, an inspirational Christian romantic suspense technothriller collection, featuring hackers and cybercrime specialists at Binary Systems, Inc. Binary Hackers begins with the trials and tribulations of Cayson Yang, the fearful leader of the struggling Binary Systems, Inc. FBI Special Agent Stella Evans finds the last surviving computer consultant who holds the key to destroying a terrorist organization's global network, but poor Cayson 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 business partner and cousin, Leland Yang-Joule, and bonuses to his employees. Cayson dreams of a bigger office space for them all. Somewhere between two dollars in his bank account and a two-million-dollar computer network contract, Cayson finds himself in the crosshairs of the world's most notorious terrorist organization, now coming after him, his business partner, and his family. Ignoring repeated warning lights might have been Cayson's downfall, but it's too late for him to backtrack now that his enemies have implanted a cybernetic kill switch in his head.The Crime...Assigned to the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, FBI Special Agent Stella Evans finishes assisting her colleagues from the Counterterrorism Division to apprehend a notorious terrorist. On trial in Europe for war crimes too numerous to list, Molyneux refuses to help the authorities dismantle her sophisticated international computer network. The only alternative is to find the architects of this network and hope they will cooperate. Shutting down Molyneux's underground computer network is the best way to destroy those mercenary terrorists for hire. However, the terrorist organization doesn't want to be outdone. A successor is named, and they begin to kill off anyone who has worked on the underground network in the past.The Crisis...By the time Stella reaches the Binary Systems global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, most of the original computer specialists who worked for Molyneux are either dead or have disappeared-except their fearful leader, Cayson Yang, the final link, kept alive for reasons unknown. Stella finds herself at a crossroad between duty and following Cayson and the cybernetic implants in his head. She stands to lose not only her carefully cultivated career but, more dangerously, her closely guarded heart as she decides what to do with the Pandora's box she has opened... Binary HackersBook 1: Zero SumBook 2: Zero DayBook 3: Zero Base

A novelist who can't write...A doctor who won't practice...A world moving on with or without them...Welcome back to the multiethnic new South, to Savannah and Tybee Island, two of USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's favorite coastal Georgia towns by the Atlantic Ocean. Going about their daily lives while attending the Riverside Chapel church, a group of Christians meet the loves of their lives. What is God's will for each of these Christians?In Book 7, we return to the Savannah Senior Living Resort on Tybee Island, where centenarian retired Great-grandpa Hiram Jacobs waits for the day God takes him home to heaven...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?Unfortunately, Hunter's writing career tanks. He loses his publishing contract since his books haven't sold enough copies, and his agent fails to find a new publisher for his old manuscripts. His writing well has dried up, and he has been unable to write anything new for months.Hunter sells his cottage in the Swiss Alps to pay off his debts, and flies home to coastal Georgia.He wants to talk to Great-grandpa Hiram about his memoirs, hoping that it might reboot his writing career.To Hunter's surprise, Great-grandpa has found a new writing assistant, someone who isn't even in the Jacobs family.And Hunter is required to hand over everything he has worked on for seven years to her, an outsider who has barely known Great-grandpa for a year. Stunned, Hunter feels stuck.Priyanka's Present...Renting a campground yurt on Tybee Island, Priyanka Patel is far away from the surgical centers at pediatric hospitals and from that nightmare of a medical mission trip more than two years ago.Yet, even here, there's that faint scent of a defunct career, too dark, too painful for her to revisit.These days, Priyanka would rather cheer up the elderly residents of the Savannah Senior Living Resort by bringing them freshly-cut flowers, singing and praying with them, and listening to some of them tell sad stories about their children who never come to visit anymore. She spends mornings at the florist and afternoons at the SSLR, walking with the seniors who can, and wheeling them around if they cannot.Pastor Hiram is Priyanka's favorite patient-ah, friend.The centenarian is losing his memory bit by bit, and the sooner Priyanka writes down everything about his life for his posterity, the better. His great-grandson is supposed to be compiling all his sermons, and if he'd hurry up, those can be published before Pastor Hiram dies.Still, perhaps she should have turned down Pastor Hiram's request for her to help him complete his memoirs.And yet, her heart gets the better of her, and Priyanka says yes to helping an elderly gentleman fulfill his lifelong wish.When life moves on and time runs out, Priyanka finds herself thrown together with Hunter, trying to catch up with the world around them that is moving faster than they can handle. Should they press forward and go along with it, or should they shrink back and return to their comfort zones? Or is there another way they haven't thought of?Are you new to the Savannah Sweethearts series? While each book has its own story, you might enjoy getting to know the churchgoers in the entire series, starting from the prequel, Ask You Later, and Book 1, Know You More, two books that kick off the entire series.Happy reading

His flame for love died long ago. She comes along and ignites a spark. Will the fire last? Firefighter Cheyenne Endecott appreciates bachelor Dr. Roger Patel for helping her widowed aunt settle into an assisted living resort. When Roger needs help dealing with a family problem, Cheyenne stands by him. One thing leads to another, and Roger starts having second thoughts about his bachelorhood and his friendship with Cheyenne in this friends-to-more romance novel.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, Roger goes to dinner with 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 Cheyenne. Or is there?Cheyenne's Choices...Grateful to God that Roger Patel has helped her widowed aunt find a trustworthy assisted living facility to spend the rest of her life on earth, firefighter Cheyenne Endecott does not want to jeopardize her friendship with Roger. Still, what can come out of a simple dinner with a friend? Besides, one casual dinner does not a romance make. After all, Cheyenne has determined in her heart that she wants a godly Christian man for a husband, someone with proven integrity and a blameless testimony. Well, someone like Roger-and yet not him. No, it can't be him. But there he is. When Roger's past brings them together unexpectedly, Cheyenne finds herself spending more and more time in Roger's world, wondering what could happen and what might be...Decisions, Decisions...Roger needs a trustworthy confidant to help him deal with a skeleton in his family closet, and Cheyenne is more than happy to pray for him and do what she can. She feels that she is returning a favor.One thing leads to another, and the favor starts to affect their friendship. Pretty soon, bachelor Roger is reconsidering his self-imposed moratorium on dating and relationships... A multiracial romance between a bachelor and a firefighter, Find You Again is Book 9 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of clean and wholesome contemporary Christian romances set in the historic southern coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the nearby idyllic Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

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 Christian beach romance series might recall that Piper is profoundly deaf, although she can read lips. Here comes Chef Isaac, who does not speak American Sign Language at all. How are they going to resolve their old feud if they can't understand each other?Piper's Pickles...Right before a long and busy Thanksgiving weekend, chef and restaurateur Piper Peyton is confronted with a series of impossible problems. Piper can handle one disaster at a time in her restaurant, but not two unexpected catastrophes in the same day that threaten to shut down Piper's Place for good and possibly end her career as a restaurateur. Sometimes bad things happen. But hopefully not all at once, right? Yet, no matter what, she has to keep Piper's Place open for business. Her customers expect it. This is their favorite twenty-four-seven restaurant where Riverside Chapel members frequent after church on Sundays and throughout the week. This is where people, young and old, gather to talk about life, solve their problems, meet new friends, and critique her new test dishes. Oh, this place absolutely needs to stay open. What to do, Lord? What to do?Isaac's Ingredients...How long can a person bear a grudge? For cruise ship chef de cuisine Isaac Untermeyer, he can hold it for twenty years and then some. How can he forget that high school sophomore with the topknot bun on her head and a big smile on her face, who robbed him of the high school cooking competition trophy, and ran off with the prize of full tuition paid to any college of her choice? Not that Isaac needed the money. It was a matter of pride. Even if he tries to forget how he lost the trophy to a supposedly better cook, his family won't let him forget it. As soon as he arrives in Savannah for a vacation, his mother takes him to none other than Piper's Place. However, something is wrong in their kitchen that night when meals don't arrive and the customers start to leave without eating. The chef in Isaac senses a crisis. He wants to do something, but his pride says don't bother. Yet, somehow Isaac finds himself responding to the call for help and going to her rescue... And he doesn't know why. Call You Home is Book 11 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Savannah Sweethearts series of clean and wholesome contemporary Christian beach romances celebrating faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ. The series is set in the historic southern coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the nearby idyllic beach town of Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean. If you enjoy Call You Home, you might also enjoy the other books in the series.

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. Remember the MacFarlands in Smile for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 1)? Look for Me is the story of Tina's brother, Martin. This Christian beach town romance novel with a side of suspense has clean language while dealing with the difficulties of past sins, single motherhood, second chances, redemption, and the mercy of God. It is Book 4 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Vacation Sweethearts series of Christian travel romance novels, a spin-off of her Savannah Sweethearts beach romance series. 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. Their witness protection cover blown, Corinne needs all the help she can get. As long as it's not from Martin. Anyone but him...After his father gives him half the ownership of the MacMuscles Classic Car Restoration business in Savannah, Georgia, Martin MacFarland is convinced that he is ready to settle down and start a family. Unfortunately for him, the only woman he ever loved has vanished without a trace. After his private investigator tracks her down, Martin drives to Key Largo, praying that Corinne will forgive him for what he did before he became a Christian, and hoping she might consider starting over with him.Well, she can't. And she won't tell him why either. Yet he won't leave...As Martin gets closer to finding out what Corinne is up to or hiding from, will he fall into the same fire that has burned Corinne so many times? Will his love survive the flames? If you enjoy this novel, you might also enjoy the rest of the Vacation Sweethearts series and Jan Thompson's other books set in the same story world. VACATION SWEETHEARTS (Christian Travel Romance)Book 1: Smile for MeBook 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Wait for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 4: Look for Me (Romance with Suspense)Book 5: Pray for MeBook 6: Care for MeBook 7: Cheer for MeSAVANNAH SWEETHEARTS (Christian Coastal City & Beach Town Romance)Prequel: Ask You LaterBook 1: Know You MoreBook 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense)Book 3: Draw You NearBook 4: Cherish You SoBook 5: Walk You ThereBook 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense)Book 7: Kiss You NowBook 8: Find You AgainBook 9: Wish You JoyBook 10: Call You HomePROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)SEASIDE CHAPEL (Christian Small Town Romance)Book 1: Share with MeBook 2: Step with MeBook 3: Sing with Me(More Books to Come)

A maligned hacker. A Mossad agent. A mutual enemy. Zero Day is book 2 in Binary Hackers, USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's inspirational near-future cyberthriller series combining technothriller and romance. If you're looking for clean suspense without compromising faith, these books are for you. We met Kelvin Gallagher in the first pages of Zero Sum, shortly before he was whisked away to parts unknown. In Zero Day, we pick up his story some months afterwards. No longer of any use to the governments who once coveted his cybercriminal mind, the disgraced hacker 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 there to take him home in a body bag... The prisoner awaits...Down and out and waiting to die, fired hacker Kelvin Gallagher feels bad for betraying his homeland. Rejected by everyone, Kelvin has no choice but dig deeper into the dark hole into which he has fallen. He remembers his ex-employers at Binary Systems, Inc., who have given him a job when nobody else dared. Are Cayson Yang and Leland Yang-Joule more moral than he is? He thinks not. Aren't they all working for money? Yeah, life is worth more than money. Kelvin knows that, but it's too late. Way too late as he sits in a rat-infested rundown building in Old Prague, waiting to die. The executioner comes...As an act of revenge, former Mossad agent Yona Epstein tracks down the American traitor who led her mentor to the slaughterhouse. It makes Yona angry that Kelvin used to be a friend, back when they were in a project together. When Yona uncovers Kelvin's hideout in Europe, she realizes she isn't the only one who wants Kelvin dead. That makes her pause. To kill or not to kill...When Kelvin explains his version of the cybercrime nightmare of his own making, several events don't match up with what Yona was told by her associates. Is Kelvin innocent after all? Should Yona delay the execution until she finds out what is going on? Or proceed based on the information she already has? She trusts her sources, doesn't she? BINARY HACKERS (Inspirational Near-Future Technothrillers)Book 1: Zero SumBook 2: Zero DayBook 3: Zero Base(More Books to Come)A related series, Protector Sweethearts is set in the same story world and timeframe as Binary Hackers. Characters from each series often cross paths with one another. PROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)

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.Once a Hero is book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Protector Sweethearts Christian Romantic Suspense series. It follows the story of FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler, who first appears undercover in Reach for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 2), where the hunt for an international terrorist forms the undercurrent of that novel.A relentless hunter...They say that FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler doesn't follow orders, and that he deserves to be tortured and left to die on that sinking ship. Whatever. Jake is simply thankful he makes it out alive and in one piece, even though his cover is now blown.The workaholic that he is, Jake doesn't know the meaning of suspension. On his own time, he goes to San Francisco to follow a tenuous lead. All he has to do is meet an informant who has news for him about the international criminal at large, Molyneux. Something goes wrong, and now Jake is fired from the bureau.A reticent stranger...Treasure hunter Beatrice Glynn is also at the restaurant to meet the same person, who would recognize Beatrice if not for her disguise. Beatrice's goal is to find the Amber Room before Molyneux does, thus fulfilling her deceased father's lifelong quest. Beatrice thinks she is very close. If she can only get a few more clues to the whereabouts of the Amber Room... Beatrice does not want Jake to know who she is, but in the chaos at the restaurant, they meet face to face. Their goals intersect, and their hunting parties join forces.A ruthless enemy...Getting civilian into mortal danger when he doesn't have his badge isn't Jake's intention, but dying is the least of their worries when his archenemy finds them no matter where they go.They can run, but they cannot hide from her. Why? How?Their best bet to survive is to get ahead of their mutual enemy, who will remove everyone in the way toward finding the remainder of the lost original Amber Room. But how can Jake and Beatrice find something that no longer exists?PROTECTOR SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romantic Suspense)Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a Spy(More Books to Come)If you like a bit more romance with your suspense, check out these romance-with-suspense books from Jan Thompson's other series: SUSPENSE SWEETHEARTS (Christian Romance with Suspense)Tell You Soon (Savannah Sweethearts Book 2)Love You Always (Savannah Sweethearts Book 6)Reach for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 2)Wait for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 3)Look for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 4)