Bøker av Jan Thompson

She wants to get out of his friend zone and into his heart.After breaking up with his girlfriend, Levi meets the woman of his dreams, but she rejects him in his tale of unrequited love. His friend, Maggie, tries to help him to pursue his dream date without revealing to his best buddy that she's in love with him. Will these two friends find a breakthrough and their own happily ever after at the Christmas Village where they work?Lonesome LeviAfter breaking up with his girlfriend who returned to her first love, church warehouse manager Levi Theroux finds comfort in his best friend, Maggie. However, his heart can't imagine her as more than his best friend, and he looks elsewhere for a new girlfriend, someone who can fill in the space left behind by his ex.While working at the Midtown Village ministry arm of Midtown Chapel, Levi falls for someone-but she rejects him, unfortunately. As she happens to be a friend of Maggie's, Levi wants her to be his matchmaker and get him that dream girl. Will Maggie take the job? She has to. She's the only one among his friends whom he trusts fully.Matchmaker MaggieWomen's Ministry administrative assistant Maggie Jacobs has fallen in love with Levi after his breakup, and looks forward to seeing him every day as they minister at the Midtown Village of tiny homes for needy single parents and emancipated homeless teens. From November to January, this place turns into a Christmas Village depicting small-town America. However, she won't tell him about her feelings because he has not shown any romantic interest in her. Maybe she isn't his type or something. Now he wants her to help him pursue the chef in the church kitchen. How many ways can he break her heart without even realizing it? Still, she can't say no to him. Perhaps she has to accept the fact that they would only ever be friends. Or does she? Either way, Maggie sees a dead-end to any romantic relationship. To protect her heart, Maggie leaves town... A big-city romance with a small-town feel set in midtown Atlanta, Georgia, Let Me Hold You is Book 1 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson's Midtown Christmas holiday series. Maggie and Levi's romance is a spin-off of Pray for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 5). Levi is cousin to Cyrus Theroux, the co-owner of the Christmastown holiday decorating company in Wish You Joy (Savannah Sweethearts Book 10).

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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. The dutiful daughter 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 a 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? 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 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