Jan Thompson

USA Today Bestselling Author

Vacation Sweethearts

Too much going on in October!

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Do you have one of those months where everything is going on at the same time and nothing is letting up? September is one of those months. When I saw that October was going to be one of those months as well, I have to take action and spread out the load. You see, my novel, Never a Traitor, will be released in the Dangerous Deceptions boxed set on October 13. We’ll be busy promoting the box set for the rest of month. Thus, any other book out then will miss the spotlight. So I decided to move Pray for Me to its own month in November. That way, it can be in the spotlight.

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I have decided to keep the preorder at $0.99 through launch date due to the delayed released. Don’t worry, we are almost done with Vacation Sweethearts and I have two more novels to write before the series is completed.

  • Book 5: Pray for Me
  • Book 6: Cheer for Me
  • Book 7: Care for Me (Bonus Book)

 

Have you read all FIVE series?

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I have more series planned, and I pray that the Lord will help me get to all the books I want to write, but for now, here are the five series I have currently.

Seaside Chapel is complete with the 3rd and final novel on preorder:

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No, I’m not done with Seaside Chapel stories yet, so be on the lookout of two new sister series coming soon. The reason I’m splitting up the series is to group the stories in a more meaningful way. Six couples hang out in town, and the other six are somehow connected to an old family in town. Guess which family?

Savannah Sweethearts is complete with eleven books:

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Vacation Sweethearts is at the 5th novel, and will be completed at the 6th, with a bonus novella:

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Protector Sweethearts is all over the place LOL. The 3rd book is coming in 2021, but the 7th book will be in a boxed set that releases next month (October 2020). Yes, I jumped four books to write the 7th. Look for the 4th and 5th books coming soon next year as well. Don’t worry, it’ll all work out. Sorry I’m putting you all in suspense. After all this, is a Christian Romantic Suspense series.

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One step further than Protector Sweethearts, my Binary Hackers series is a romantic technothriller that ends at the 3rd book because it leads to the prequel of an upcoming series. Meanwhile, we’re at the 2nd book in this series. The third book is coming soon in 2021, competing for writing time with my Protector Sweethearts books.

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Happy reading!

Seasons Come, Seasons Go (September InspyRomance Blog Post)

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Today, I’m blogging at InspyRomance about seasons. I mentioned the seasons in my Vacation Sweethearts series. Check it out.

Blog Post: https://wp.me/p47ZZG-dE1

Content Archive:

In the order of most favorite to least, what are your preferred seasons in real life? What about in the novels you read?

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall (Autumn)
  • Winter

Growing up only ten minutes away from the beach, I’ve always preferred the summer myself, but I do like the changing seasons. Here are my favorites in order:

  1. Summer for the sunlight
  2. Fall (Autumn) for the leaves
  3. Spring for the flowers
  4. Winter for Christmas!

Brrr! Winter is cold. Even in my novels, I’ve avoided cold weather stories as much as I could to the point that among 27 books (including the one I’m writing now), I have very few “winter books.” And on top of that, I have only one Christmas romance that begins in…July! I know, I know. However, I am warming up to the idea of writing another Christmas romance. Someday!

On the other hand, summer is my favorite setting for almost all of my Christian coastal city and beach town romances. Tybee Island, St. Simon’s Island, Jekyll Island, Key Largo, and the Bahamas are all bright and sunny in the summer time. I can see these beach towns vividly in my mind from my time spent there, and I can hear the ocean waves when I write stories set in these places. They remind me of growing up so close to the ocean. Coming up soon is Pray for Me, the next novel in my Vacation Sweethearts series, and we go back to the Bahamas to visit with a cousin of my hero from Smile for Me, book 1 in the same series.

Do you like the leaves in the fall? In between summer and winter, I have two books set in the colorful season of autumn. I could hear October leaves crunching under hiking boots when I wrote Reach for Me (Vacation Sweethearts Book 2), which I set on top of the Great Smoky Mountains, another place I hope to return to soon. I do enjoy an autumn walk in the woods and park. What about you?

Yes, seasons come and seasons go. When I see the weather and temperature change, I remember what God said about life and the brevity of it. All around us, the leaves may fall (or forests sadly burn in fires), but at the end of the day, God remains. Praise the Lord that He never changes.

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand for ever” (Isaiah 40:8).

God’s Word is always encouraging to me as we head into a new season of pandemic-influenced school year, work life, and major holidays coming up. I wish you and your family well and pray that everyone stays safe.

In Christ,
Jan Thompson