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Tess Thompson is the USA Today bestselling author of small-town romance and historical fiction, with more than 20 titles across multiple series that focus on heartwarming journeys of triumph and humanity for colorful characters you'd love to be friends with in real life.
Tess holds a degree in theater from the University of Southern California, and can be found most days at her desk in suburban Seattle, where she also makes her home with the hero of her own love story and their blended family of two sons, two daughters, and five cats.
Tess loves music, dancing, books, bubble baths, cooking, wine, movies, snuggling, Seahawks football, and hearing from her readers. Drop her a line at tess@tthompsonwrites.com. Please note: Tess is not affiliated with writing duo Charlene Tess and Judi Thompson.
An adoption agency owner who is obsessed with Cleo suggests an unorthodox arrangement. One date with Cleo and he'll place Sylvia and her husband at the top of the adoption list.After a pregnant high school student is found murdered, the investigation...
Nothing is as it seemed in calm, quaint Legley Bay. Famous novelist, Constance Mansfield lived a seemingly straightforward â€" if private â€" and somewhat predictable life. Friends, beloved daughter Sutton, a beautiful home, and all the success an au...
What if the road not taken was actually the path meant to be?Finn Lanigan kissed a young Blythe Heywood one last time under a star-scattered Idaho sky. "If you change your mind, here's this."It was the last kiss that ever weakened her knees, the last...
Set against the backdrop of the American South between 1928 and 1934, four vibrant voices blend to tell a tale of prejudice, fear, and ultimately...love. The Bellmonts are the epitome of Atlanta society's rich and elite. Yet, behind their picture per...
All Tommy and Lee want for Christmas is another baby, but with his infertility, it would take a miracle. However, in River Valley during Christmastime anything's possible. Join this cast of familiar River Valley heroes in a short story of faith, frie...
War is hell, even after it’s over. Just ask the men who fought and the women they left behind in this suspenseful post-war drama about America’s Greatest Generation from USA Today bestseller Tess Thompson.An injured war hero returns home to an em...
Alert! The author apologizes if this book makes you late to work. This second chance small town romance about two hard-headed attorneys by USA Bestselling author Tess Thompson might keep you up all night. Tissues recommended for this feel good love s...
Neither Ryan nor Rena is thrilled about jury duty. He's a widower with a small daughter who needs him. She's a struggling single woman who can't afford to miss a day's pay. But when they spot each other across the courtroom, suddenly jury duty doesn'...
Bryce Cameron, a struggling author, plans to isolate himself in a Colorado cabin to write his second novel. On the plane to Denver, he meets a beautiful psychologist, Hannah Brody. Their chance encounter turns their lives upside down. They fall deepl...
Brody Mullen is the best quarterback in the AFL, and his Super Bowl win only confirms what he's suspected his entire career: romantic entanglements are bad for his game. No women. No sex. No problems. But after hiring a beautiful nurse to care for hi...
Jackson Waller has loved Maggie Keene since they were six years old, but their dueling dreams ultimately tore them apart. First love--true love--wasn't enough to overcome their individual desires to pursue dreams on opposite coasts. When Jackson lear...
These two jaded souls with an instant connection just might find that true love is a joy best savored in the aftermath of life's hardships and pain.
The third installment of The Cliffside Bay Series by bestselling author Tess Thompson follow...
A playboy with a painful past finds help he never expected to need, in the most unlikely of places, in this standalone, opposites-attract romance from USA Today bestseller Tess Thompson. Real estate developer Kyle Hicks only has time for three things...
In love, there are no mistakes, only detours. Find out for yourself in this standalone, swoon-worthy, small town romance from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Businessman Lance Mullen is no stranger to mistakes, but he’s determined to ge...
Return to the beloved beach town of Cliffside Bay, where USA Today bestseller Tess Thompson spins another emotional, intriguing tale about overcoming adversity and finding strength in love in this standalone story about Lisa and Rafael. After years o...
The presents are wrapped. The stockings are hung. And two precious miracles are preparing to make their debuts. The most wonderful time of the year becomes even more joyous for Zane and Honor when their surrogate, Sophie, gifts them with an extra spe...
It's Cliffside Bay and beyond in this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romantic adventure from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Stone Hickman is the last of a dying breed. The former Marine believes in integrity, service to his country, a ha...
It's supposed to be the wedding of Lisa's dreams: the picturesque ski town of Emerson Pass, Colorado, her closest family and very best friends, and the love of her life waiting for her at the altar. But when the mother of the groom sets out to rid he...
For Autumn Hickman, online dating has been an exercise in nothing more than coffee and failure. There simply isn’t a man on the planet who can compare to her best friend, Trey Wattson. And while Trey is everything Autumn has ever wanted in a partne...
Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-an...
After a decade of searching for 'The One', Pepper Griffin is intent on having the wedding she's always dreamed of. But as the Cliffside Bay crew makes their way to Europe to celebrate Pepper and Stone, fate intervenes and threatens to ruin everything...
An impoverished young woman. A lonely father of five. Will they be able to resist when a cadre of optimistic children start matchmaking?Colorado, 1910. Quinn Cooper can't help feeling uneasy. But securing a job as a schoolmarm in a tiny frontier town...
True love requires commitment, and many times unending sacrifice. . . At the tender age of eighteen, Brandi Vargas watched the love of her life drive out of Emerson Pass, presumably for good. Though she and Trapper Barnes dreamed of attending college...
The final installment of the wildly popular Cliffside Bay Series weaves a heartwarming enemies-to-lovers meets marriage-of-convenience tale in the style readers have grown to expect from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson....
Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family.When a terrible accident takes Madeline Kirby's husband and only child, the school guidance counselor is sure she can't go on. Left behind with nothing but her work and an empty heart,...
Costume designer Teagan Lanigan only has time to love her work and the young son she's raising by herself. But when she decides to give up the glitz and glam of the film industry for a quiet life near her family, she'll face two unique challenges: r...
Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Kind, funny, successful, and adoring, Jed Marsh is the man of Alissa Mann's dreams. But Jed's parents don't think Alissa, who supplements her kindergarten teacher's salary as a cockta...
One chance meeting. A single act of kindness. Can young soulmates find each other in adulthood, or will hidden truths tear them apart?Twelve-year-old Luci Quick never forgot the boy who saved her life that fateful Christmas Eve. But when he disappear...
Her love died on a battlefield. He carries a torch for a woman he's never met. Can the tragic death of a soldier entwine the souls of two strangers? Colorado, 1920. Josephine Barnes wrote every day to her beloved fiancé battling in the trenches ...
The prologue for Blue Twilight begins on a warm summer evening in 1989. Sixteen-year-old Carlie Webster is flying high when Cole Paisley confesses his love and seals it with a kiss. Later that night, their young worlds come crashing to the ground whe...
A murder left her broken. A rumor sent his family packing. When they reunite years later, will their spark lead them to finding the killer?Carlie Webster remains haunted by the past. After a messy failed marriage sends her packing for her small homet...
She's afraid to take risks. He's an incurable daredevil. When tragedy throws them together, will it spark a lasting devotion?Crystal Whalen isn't sure why she should go on. Two years after her husband's death on a ski trip, she's devastated when a fi...
She's marrying him out of necessity. He's secretly hoping to sway her heart. Will their friendship deepen into happily ever after?Colorado, 1924. Louisa Lind is a dutiful daughter to her adoptive parents. After the boy she loves marries someone else,...
Famous actress Holly Turner arrives in Garland Grove with a bang when she crashes her sports car in the middle of the town square. Facing humiliation after getting very publicly dumped by her fiance for another actress, she's looking for a place to e...
He's wanted Cymbeline Barnes more than anything, but can his one-time nemesis put aside their differences for a chance at love?Cymbeline Barnes has been waiting for a grand adventure. When the town competition is announced she sees it as her chance t...
Two years into their marriage, Alissa and Jed are busy with babies and dogs. Jed's craft distillery is growing in popularity. But will his efforts be thwarted when his father's company tries to do a hostile takeover? When Jed surprises Alyssa with a ...
He's the humble son of a chauffeur. She's a prisoner in her father's mansion. Can he break her free from her ivory tower to teach her about love and kindness or will darkness prevail?Millicent Cashmere appears to have the life of luxury. But inside t...
Merry Christmas from Emerson Pass in this surprise bonus novella full of holiday cheer, romance, and family. Flynn Barnes and his wife Shannon have had an idyllic marriage. Until she discovers the dangerous secret he kept from her. One that threatens...
He betrayed her when she needed him most. She kept a secret from him for decades. Will they be able to forgive each other for the sake of their child? Jennifer Whalen left Emerson Pass when she was just out high school. Pregnant and alone, she forged...
He's a small-town veterinarian who loves animals and naps. She escaped from a cult as a teen and started a new life under a new identity. Love is not an option, now or ever.TiffanyI barely escaped a cult when I was a teenager. The years that followed...
Fiona Barnes has a secret. One so big she's afraid it will destroy everything she holds dear. Not even her music can save her.Li Wu has faced prejudice his entire life. Despite the love and acceptance he's always received from the Barnes family, he y...
She can't stand him. He loathes her. Fate has other plans. When a snowstorm strands these enemies in an abandoned cabin, will they begin to see each other in a whole new way? StormiAfter being broke for way too long, I'm finally getting somewhere in ...
She's loved him from afar. He thinks of her as his best friend's little sister. Will these forbidden lovers find their way before they lose each other forever? As a child Adelaide Barnes felt sure she wouldn't live to be an adult. However, she was w...
It was supposed to be a night to forget. Fate disagreed.JamieI have no tolerance for men who leave and as far as I can tell, they all do. My dad destroyed our family in exchange for a new wife, a woman the same age as me. Even sizzling hot Darby, wit...
In the fall of 1910, a violent patriarch with many enemies is murdered, freeing his long-suffering wife and four misfit children. Can a secret matchmaking plan find love for the eccentric members of the Tutheridge family?The four Tutheridge siblings ...
As children, they'd made a pact to marry until a mutual family tragedy ripped them apart. Can a Christmas miracle bring them back together in this clean and wholesome, small-town romance or will the cruel demons of the past ruin their second chance?A...
1921EstelleCast out and alone, I lost everything weeks before my wedding—my betrothed, my family, my future. With nowhere to turn, I accept the help of a compassionate stranger, not knowing it may lead me towards a path I swore never to tread....
Falling in love was the last thing they wanted. Can they resist their feelings to protect the ones they care about?EstelleAfter the trauma of my family's abandonment and the forced adoption of my baby, I find solace in New York City, living in a fine...