Jan Thompson

Publisher's Note: This expanded novel debuted as an abridged novella in the now-expired Winter Deceptions boxed set that released in August 2022. 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). A daughter's dangerous mission...Nine years ago, Mira's mother was murdered. Her body was never found and the assassin was never caught.In Zero Sum (Binary Hackers Book 1), when Mirabella "Mira" Proskouriakova finds out that Dmitri Proskouriakoff is her biological father, she goes undercover as his housekeeper in the hope of learning how her mother was murdered nine years ago. A home invasion reveals that Dmitri knows Mira is his daughter, but neither one does anything about their shared secret.Fast forward to the present day, Mira's relationship with her father is still tenuous at best because Mira thinks Dmitri could have done a better job protecting her mother. To make it worse, it doesn't seem to bother him that his former lover and the mother of his child is mysteriously dead.If Dmitri doesn't care, then it's up to Mira. She decides that her mission in life is to find her mother's killer and execute her own vigilante justice. But first, she has to hire an assassin who can handle the weapon for her.Even while she's determined, our newly-minted vigilante is ambivalent about what justice means. Wouldn't it be better to take her mother's murderer to court?Her father's designated protector...A US Army veteran with no job prospects, Briscoe Hall wanders aimlessly in life, and finds himself returning home to the survivalist community in North Georgia that took him off the streets when he was an orphaned kid and raised him all the way through college.His adopted older brother and leader of the community knows that transient Briscoe will soon disappear from their lives yet again, being the wayfaring stranger that he is. He offers Briscoe an assignment that he cannot refuse. Ten million dollars in cash to keep Mira alive and ten million in gold to help her meet her goals. With that sort of funding, he can go wherever he wants for years to come without having to do any work.Besides, Briscoe knows Mira, and feels a tug to keep her safe from this crazy idea of hers.Her mother's killer is still at large...An easy payday for Briscoe turns into a nightmare when the killer discovers their whereabouts in the wintry North Georgia Mountains. Confusion sets in when people are not who they seem to be. Are their enemies now their friends? And friends, enemies?While he prefers to hide off the grid, Briscoe knows that digital native Mira cannot be completely disconnected. Perhaps that is an advantage. Or not.With the enemy operating incognito, how can Briscoe keep the right people alive? If you enjoy this story, check out the rest of the Binary Hackers series.

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?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 older brother, who will be in town for the summer, Skye is wary. Although they move in different social circles, she has heard a lot about Diehl Brooks, once the most eligible bachelor on the island. Now their worlds intersect in his sister's beach house. Seeing him almost every day changes Skye's opinion of him, but she tells herself that she is only being kind to the widower, as the Bible asks Christians to be kind to others.A single-again billionaire...Having drifted away from God, almost-forty-year-old Diehl doesn't know how to come home. After being tragically widowed, he works himself aground, leaving his two school-aged children with their nanny and grandparents. Diehl burns out at work, and is forced to take a sabbatical before he destroys the multi-billion-dollar family business. On St. Simon's Island and the neighboring Seaside Island, his casual friendship with his sister's personal chef quickly turns into something romantic, but his past shows up to collect yet another pound of flesh.A splintered family...Diehl might be newly single again, but his first marriage has long tentacles. When secrets from his marriage-of-convenience threaten his present-day happiness, Diehl is convinced he is not good enough for Skye. Why would God bless him with love a second time around when he failed the first time? In the middle of his emotional angst, Diehl's children throw his life into a tailspin. Even as Skye's presence soothes his soul, Diehl has a hard time believing in happy endings. How can God give him sweet promises of a better tomorrow when his life is so bitter right now? His Morning Kiss is the third novel in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Seaside Chapel Christian small-town beach romance series. This book was previously published as Sing with Me.Read the rest of the Seaside Chapel novels: Book 1: His Longing Heart (second edition of Share with Me) Book 2: His Wake-Up Call (second edition of Step with Me)Book 3: His Morning Kiss (previously published as Sing with Me)Book 4: His Quiet SerenadeBooks 5-12: Coming Soon

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-fianc e whom he lost to a billionaire.The desperate jilted man...Restaurateur Sebastian Langston cannot believe that his ex-fianc e, 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 girl who can make Talia jealous. Poor starving harpist Emmeline O'Hanlon needs money and seems willing to help him reach his objectives.The dreamy rent-a-girlfriend...When her best friend's older brother offers her an unusual proposition, Emmeline has no idea what she is getting into. However, her van is dead, her rent is due, and she is forced to take the job. The short-term business agreement would only last one summer, or so Emmeline thinks. More than money for graduate school, she needs Sebastian's funding to resume the search for her long-lost brother. Sebastian promises to enlist one of the top private investigators in the region to find Claude. In return, all she has to do is smile and make Talia jealous. How hard can it be?The duet that can't go wrong...So begins this ill-advised scheme to drive Sebastian's ex-fianc e back to him. He thinks his plan-on-a-whim will succeed because it has to. He will turn thirty-four next September, and he wants to be a father by the following summer, preferably to the first of a passel of Talia's future children. As they keep up the ruse, Emmeline's ethereal harp starts to sound like a siren song that distracts Sebastian from his goals. Soon, he rows away from his lane and begins to forget his original purpose for hiring her...His Wake-Up Call is the second novel in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Seaside Chapel Christian small-town beach romance series. This book is the updated and expanded second edition of the previously published Step with Me.Read the rest of the Seaside Chapel novels: Book 1: His Longing Heart (second edition of Share with Me) Book 2: His Wake-Up Call (second edition of Step with Me)Book 3: His Morning Kiss (previously published as Sing with Me)Book 4: His Quiet SerenadeBooks 5-12: Coming Soon

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 their family home from foreclosure, he finds himself falling in love with his billionairess friend, whose lifestyle he cannot afford.The muse...After Brinley Brooks's ex-boyfriend abandons her due to her vow of purity, the twenty-something heiress goes home to St. Simon's Island to spend time with her family and to accept her life as a single woman. At her sister's birthday party, Brinley is mesmerized by a violinist friend, Ivan, when he plays one of Bach's orchestral suites. Music therapy or not, her heart starts to seek its own second movement in her love life. Or is she just lonely? One thing leads to another, and Brinley enters Ivan's world of material poverty and spiritual wealth.The minuet of their lives...When one of Ivan's worst fears comes to pass, he feels obligated to show Brinley what it means to be a Christian living through adversity. However, trusting God is the last thing on his mind as the crisis affects his career, his life, his family, and his relationship with Brinley. Ivan cannot let her see how far he has sunk. What is a Christian man to do?His Longing Heart is the first novel in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Seaside Chapel Christian small town beach romance series. This book is the updated second edition of the previously published Share with Me.Read the rest of the Seaside Chapel novels: Book 1: His Longing Heart (second edition of Share with Me) Book 2: His Wake-Up Call (second edition of Step with Me)Book 3: His Morning Kiss (previously published as Sing with Me)Book 4: His Quiet SerenadeBooks 5-12: Coming Soon

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 overtime pay...The last thing Private Investigator Earl Young expects to do on his week off is to pose as a fake boyfriend to one of two whistleblowers at a business convention, although the former Special Ops soldier is confident he can handle any task his employer assigns to him. Besides, he gets to stay at a five-star hotel and eat for free.Crossing the line...Earl's driving need to solve problems forces him to work alongside Sienna as she draws him deeper into her corporate world of secrets and subterfuge. The more time they spend time together, the more Earl feels attracted to Sienna, and forgets that he is only her bodyguard. When Sienna's life is endangered, how far will Earl go to protect her?Never a Traitor is book 1 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Defender Sweethearts Christian romantic suspense collection, a sister series to Protector Sweethearts. While the heroes in Protector Sweethearts search for lost treasures and lost people, the Defender Sweethearts novels focus on protecting the helpless and hopeless. The main characters in Defender Sweethearts come from the supporting cast in Protector Sweethearts.Protectors Sweethearts: Book 1: Once a ThiefBook 2: Once a HeroBook 3: Once a SpyBook 4: Twice a FighterBook 5: Twice a ConvictBook 6: Twice a SoldierDefender Sweethearts: Book 1: Never a TraitorBook 2: Never a HostageBook 3: Never a FugitiveBooks 4-6: Coming Soon

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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