Bøker av Jessie Gussman

Chi came to Strawberry Sands to escape her past. There were a lot of things to be ashamed of there. Maybe that's why she's so eager to catch the eye of the big-name lawyer who hangs out at her diner. It will prove she's not as worthless as she feels.At a big gala she wasn't supposed to attend, she discovers the lawyer is not only cheating on her, but married as well. She might have done more to embarrass herself, but Griff, her co-worker showed up on his bike and whisked her away. Almost like a heroine in a fairy tale, except her life is anything but a fairy tale. And Chi is far from a heroine.Griff has done his share of things he regrets, and he can see the signs of self-destruction loud and clear in Chi. Maybe that's why he followed her to Blueberry Beach when she chased the fancy lawyer. Regardless, he was there to save her from herself, and to his surprise, she held on tight as he rode away. So far so good. Now all he has to do is convince her that appearances aren't everything, the past is under the blood, and it's what in her heart that matters.Simple. And he has to do all that without allowing her to see how much he loves her. Because, despite his tough persona, his heart can't handle another rejection

Dakota Esenwein's life took a turn she never expected after a heartbreak and a whirlwind of bad decisions led her away from her one true love. Now divorced, she's back in the picturesque town of Strawberry Sands, seeking a fresh start as she reopens the souvenir shop she inherited from her grandmother and struggles with the challenges of single motherhood.Ryan Landry, with the echoes of the rodeo still haunting him, is drawn back to the town he grew up in and where his family still lives. He's restless and unsettled, even as he takes a job fixing up the old souvenir shop which he does around his true love of training horses.As the waves gently lap the shores, the two are thrown together, their past mistakes hanging in the balance. Can Strawberry Sands, with its tranquil beaches and faith-filled community, offer them a second chance at love? Dive into a poignant tale of forgiveness, redemption, and rediscovered love set against the backdrop of golden sands and sunlit horizons.

Luke Landry will avoid the matchmaking Miss Heather at all costs. Miss Heather will do anything to get her granddaughter hitched, and Luke seems to be her favorite target. If Kristen were such a catch, she wouldn't need her gram to find a husband for her. Every time Luke runs into her, sparks fly, and one or both of them leave angry. Why can't Miss Heather see Kristen and he would never be any good together?Kristen Shower knows people avoid her because of her gram. But family is family and blood is blood and despite her flaws, Kristen loves her gram. And she doesn't appreciate Luke Landry's negative attitude toward the one person in the world who loves her and wants the best for her. So she avoids Luke at all costs, until they are tapped to plan the annual Strawberry Sands Christmas parade together. That put a huge damper on the joy of the Season for Kristen.But after working with Luke for a few weeks, Kristen realizes that maybe joy could be found where one leasts expects it - right in front of her.

Luke Landry will avoid the matchmaking Miss Heather at all costs. Miss Heather will do anything to get her granddaughter hitched, and Luke seems to be her favorite target. If Kristen were such a catch, she wouldn't need her gram to find a husband for her. Every time Luke runs into her, sparks fly, and one or both of them leave angry. Why can't Miss Heather see Kristen and he would never be any good together?Kristen Shower knows people avoid her because of her gram. But family is family and blood is blood and despite her flaws, Kristen loves her gram. And she doesn't appreciate Luke Landry's negative attitude toward the one person in the world who loves her and wants the best for her. So she avoids Luke at all costs, until they are tapped to plan the annual Strawberry Sands Christmas parade together. That put a huge damper on the joy of the Season for Kristen.But after working with Luke for a few weeks, Kristen realizes that maybe joy could be found where one leasts expects it - right in front of her.

On the shore of Lake Michigan, just up the road from Blueberry Beach is another small town. Strawberry Sands.A place of comfort.A place of rest and peace.A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby, while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she'd ever taught her.She's not looking for romance. Only a safe place to heal and protect her children. To raise horses and rent them out to people like her - looking for an idyllic time along the shores of Lake Michigan.But she hadn't expected the house she inherited to already have a renter.A man of character and conviction.A man she's ashamed to admit her miserable past and failures to.But, as they work together to build a close-knit community in their idyllic lake-side beach town, she finds herself wondering if God had opened a door that she had thought was closed forever.Maybe love really is more than buff bodies and passionate encounters, betrayal and heartbreak. And maybe Kim will find it where she least expects it - in Strawberry Sands.

Sally Curtis is all about numbers, details, and the crisp pages of accounting ledgers at the inn. She isn't interested in messy human interactions or anything that doesn't compute in a spreadsheet.But when Peter Slessing, the farmer with a contagious laugh, requires her skills, she's thrust into a world where calculations meet chaos.Peter, always ready with a joke, suddenly finds himself laid up and struggles to remember that everything happens for a reason and that happiness is a choice.As Sally and Peter are unexpectedly stuck together, will their differences bring out the best in each other and can they help each other choose happiness?

With her family and life spiraling out of control, Pam Corrigan needs an escape from the stress of her day job and decides to purchase the old inn just south of Strawberry Sands.Her mother will give her half of her inheritance when she remarries, but Pam isn't the slightest bit interested in another failed relationship. So she asks her best friend and neighbor, Mark Shields, to fake a relationship with her in the hopes that she can convince her mother to help fund the repairs of the inn she just purchased.Mark wants to help his friend, but a fake relationship is a bit much, until his sister insists that he needs to "host" her best friend for the summer. Suddenly a fake relationship is looking much better than spending another minute with the woman who killed all of his plants and took his dog to the pound.But as Mark and Pam juggle their respective families and their issues, they just might discover an attraction they hadn't anticipated. Will their friendship survive the chaos?

Sunday Landry suffers the most painful loss possible - the loss of her son. She closes her candy shop and moves back in with her mother, barely able to get out of bed. What's the point in living?Noah Emery had a crush on Sunday in high school, but she didn't notice him, choosing someone else and eventually having his baby. Now that Noah is back in Strawberry Sands, Sunday again has too much on her mind to notice him, and he can't blame her. He can't imagine losing a child. He wants to help her overcome her grief, so he starts to write to her.Sunday needs a purpose, and the letters she's been getting give her a reason to get up each day. She's able to pour out her grief, and her anonymous pen pal has some wisdom that helps her pull out of her depression. If only she knew who he was, because she thinks she's falling in love...

When Lavender met billionaire hunk Thaddaeus Hart five years ago, she thought he was a jerk who needed a major attitude adjustment. She would be absolutely fine to never see him again. She's perfectly happy working in Sweet Water at her family's auction barn and taking care of an elderly lady who's keeping her daughter's two small children. She never even thinks of Thad anymore. Hardly ever. Thad doesn't believe in love at first sight, but he does believe that sometimes a man's attention gets caught by a good woman and it's hard to focus on anything else for the next five years. Or something like that. Finally, because he's the boss and the boss can take a vacation, he decides to go ahead and take a vacation by getting a ranching job at the same place where Lavender just so happens to be babysitting and helping the elderly woman hold on to her ranch. If he spends a few weeks with Lavender, he'll realize she's just like every other woman he knows. Except she's not. And a few weeks isn't nearly long enough to spend with her. But she is going to hate him when she finds out he's been deceiving her all this time. Unless he really becomes what he's claimed to be - penniless. Is one woman worth risking everything for?Books in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All NightCowboy Falling HardCowboy Looking at MeCowboy Wanting EverythingCowboy Whispering My NameCowboy Marrying the Lady

A former major league baseball player, bitter and angry, and a quiet single mom, tired and poor. Single mom Peyton Sinclair came to the town of Sweet Water to raise her son away from the influence of her ex-husband's mother. She's happy with her bookstore and bake shop and is not interested in doing anything but making a living and raising her son. Bryce Shaker had been baseball's highest paid athlete at one point in his career. But his career had gone downhill after a brutal accident left him scarred and bitter. He retired to the old, run-down mansion north of Sweet Water and just wants to be left along - after he gets the six thousand books in the old, crumbling library catalogued. Sweet Water's matchmakers soon have Peyton at Bryce's mansion, working on his books, but she barely sees Bryce - until a ghost from his past forces him to ask for her help. On the surface they have nothing in common, but could a friendship forged between this unlikely pair grow into something more?Reviewers Say: ★★★★★ "It's so much fun watching the Piece Makers come up with ways to get the couples they plan to match together." - Nancy★★★★★ "Jessie has written another winner. I highly recommend this book." - Christie★★★★★ "I love this series by Jessie and I know you will too. She has woven in scripture and godly principles that we all can identify with and need to be reminded about." - Desiree★★★★★ "I was thrilled that it was a beauty and the beast retelling - complete with library! But it really was convicting also with the heavy emphasis on pride. It's definitely something I need to do better at. And, I feel like that's a constant work and it's nice to read a book like this and have so much encouragement for it. I'm definitely excited for more in this series." - Michaela★★★★★ "The characters are wonderfully flawed Christians tying hard to do right... The story played out beautifully!" - MaryEllen Books in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All Night

Famous pro-baseball player, Dwight Eckenrode, never thought he'd need the services of a group of small-town matchmakers. But nothing he does seems to catch the eye of Orchid Baldwin, and he's just desperate enough to go along with his best friend's suggestion - hire the Piece Makers. Except the Piece Makers don't want him. So now what? Orchid Baldwin has heard the rumors - the big shot ball player has a thing for her. But she's not interested in a man who can't stop talking about himself. Not until she realizes that everything he's saying is an effort to let her know that he's hoping to be good enough for her, since he'd never been accepted anywhere just for himself - it was always his accomplishments that people admired. Can Orchid see past the bluster to the man of character who wants to make a life with her?

Could the matchmakers be wrong? Sadie Powers has crushed on her brother's best friend for years, but when the Piece Makers, Sweet Water's own quilting and matchmaking group, ask her to help them match him up with the new single mom in town, she just wants the man she's loved for years to be happy, even if that's with someone else. When rancher and livestock auction owner, Colman Baldwin is asked to giving riding lessons to the son of the new single mom in town, he doesn't hesitate to make time in his schedule to help out. That's what small towns are for. He doesn't realize he's being set up. Maybe that's why he's falling for the wrong woman. Soon, everyone in Sweet Water has a finger in the pie and everyone is holding their breath to see if the Piece Makers will have another successful match, of if a dark horse will ride in and steal the potential groom away. Visit Sweet Water, North Dakota where faith, fun and loads of laughter and sweet romance brim over in every story.Reviewers Say: ★★★★★ "Jessie Gussman does not disappoint with her newest book. The characters were fantastic as ever and I loved how the Piece Makers went about their matchmaking this time." - Kathy★★★★★ "Another heartwarming visit to Sweet Water, North Dakota! I've been waiting for Sadie's HEA-though not as long as she has.: ) The struggle is real, but it was a joy to see how the Lord honored her for surrendering her heart to His timing and His plan." - BG Armstrong★★★★★ "This is another great read by Jessie Gussman. The Piece Makers have two new people in their sights to be their next match, but which two? Things get a little mixed up in this story of Coleman and Peyton, or is it Coleman and Sadie?" - Desiree★★★★★ "This may be a sweet/clean romance novel but it certainly does not lack in the chemistry department." - Lee★★★★★ "A new amazing story from Jessie Gussman filled with humor, laughter, faith, love and meaning. She always teach a lesson in everything she writes and keep you thinking about her meaningful words." - NatiBooks in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All Night

A good deed. A tragic accident. Two people who come together to help each other. Could this be the end of their dreaming alone? When she develops pneumonia, Shasta Bingley can't believe how the town of Sweet Water comes together to take care of her. Especially Nolt Powers, who not only pays her rent, but sits up with her through the worst of her sickness so she's not alone. Although she loves the town of Sweet Water, Shasta has to leave, since her job as a painter can't support her in such a small town. Then an unthinkable accident happens and Nolt needs help. Shasta owes him, and stays to care for him, knowing she has a job waiting for her in New York. When it's time to leave, can she say good-bye to the man she's come to love? Reviewers Say: ★★★★★ "I'm so enjoying this series, the stories and the characters. I love the church ladies and all their matchmaking." - MJ★★★★★ "Hmmm - new way to get a couple together, check! A unique plot intrigues and entertains as it works out the story." - Meri★★★★★ "I love this series and this small town that goes out of it's way to care for each other. Add in a bunch of seniors who meet together to make quilts to give away but also spend a lot of their town planning perfect matches between the single people in Sweet Water." - nanc★★★★★ "I think the books in this series are getting better & better. I have loved the first Sweet Water series enough to reread most of them, and that's kind of a big deal for me. So, there's a high bar when it comes to a new series set in Sweet Water, ND." - WestTexasReader★★★★★ "I can't get enough of Jessie Gussman's books. I love them all." - KarenBooks in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All Night

Take a minute to deepen your faith by strolling down a country road with farmer and author Jessie Gussman as she shares her heart and takes a fresh look at beloved scripture passages. Be encouraged in your spirit, challenged in your walk and strengthened in your faith as you look at God's precious Word, read His promises and remember His commands. Each of the thirty-two devotions gives you a thought to ponder as you go about your day. Allow God's Word to change your life, one passage at a time.

Brawley Powers made a mistake he's regretted for almost eleven years. But he didn't realize he had a daughter from that night until a stranger comes to town and puts the pieces together. Brawley sees the truth, but he's not sure if the mother of his daughter even knows who the father is, and whether she does or not, if she'll let him be a part of her life. He starts an anonymous letter writing campaign to soften her heart, just to pave a path to his little girl, but he finds himself falling for the funny and sweet woman behind her emails she sends back. Can they overcome the mistakes of their past and make a beautiful future together?Books in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All NightCowboy Falling HardCowboy Looking at MeCowboy Wanting EverythingCowboy Whispering My NameCowboy Marrying the Lady

A man with six small children and a wife who walked out. A woman who lost everything and has no place left to go. With the ink barely dry on his divorce papers, Chris Tooley isn't sure what God has in store for him, but he knows he needs help with his kids. So, on the recommendation of a friend, he hires a nanny. Gretchen Mavis invested everything in her day care business and lost it all when the building burned down and the landlord had no insurance. She's willing to take any job she can get. Even one out in the middle of nowhere that includes six energetic kids, two even more energetic dogs and a herd of milk goats - wait. Maybe she's not that desperate. She's about to walk out of the interview, but there's something in this man's eyes that tells her he's just looking for someone to believe in him. Gretchen knows a good man when she sees one - one just like her dad - but will her faith be enough to convince Chris she's more than a temporary addition to his family? Six kids yearning to be loved, an auction barn, a small herd of dairy goats and a cozy town full of kind-hearted family and friends who have faith that, with enough cake, kisses and Christmas, there's a happily ever after in the chaos. Return to Freedom, Colorado and enjoy the faith, friendships, and forever-afters of the Heroes of Freedom Ridge in this Christian Christmas romance. Faith in the Hero is #13 in the Freedom Ridge series, but each book can be read as a standalone.

Five divorces, three boys, one snowstorm and two people who want to be anywhere other than where they are. Only God could use it all to make a beautiful love story. Bellamy Levine is the highest paid actress in Hollywood, but she just inked her name on her fifth divorce settlement and her personal life is in shambles. Again. She vows it's for the last time. That's why she's rented the entire vacation spot in rural North Dakota and intends to spend the holidays alone, figuring out what she's going to do with her life. Calhaun Powers was blindsided when an old classmate rolls into Sweet Water claiming the oldest of her three boys is his. He knows for a fact the kid isn't his son, but he finds himself watching all three kids while he renovates vacation houses for his neighbor. God seems to be testing him in a strange way when he ends up snowed in with Hollywood's biggest movie star - five times divorced - and three boys who aren't his, but who need a dad...and a mom. Can two people who come from completely different worlds find common ground and build a family together? Listen to the talented voice actor, Jay Dyess, perform this book, and many of Jessie's other books, for FREE on the SaywithJay YouTube channel here: https: //youtu.be/ybEIo1LPHJE Reviewers Say: ★★★★★ "Jessie Gussman knows how to spin a story." - Avid Reader★★★★★ "I absolutely love Jessie Gussman 's books. She always writes heartwarming stories that make me think." - MJ★★★★★ "Jessie has written another remarkable story about being a movie star, being married and divorced 5 times. waiting for God to bring the right person into your life to love, caring for 3 children who are not your own, but whom you love unconditionally, and of course, falling in love." - Carol★★★★★ "What an unlikely pair they were! I loved the way the author brought them together through the shenanigans of the quilters club, the needs of the boys, the goodness of the man, and the heartfelt need for connection and family that Calhoun, Bellamy, and the boys all found were met in one another. Such a pleasure to read!" - VVV★★★★★ "OMG! This book turned my heart to mush." - SheilaBooks in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series: Cowboy Walking AwayCowboy Coming HomeCowboy Stealing My HeartCowboy Finding LoveCowboy Dreaming AloneCowboy Rescuing MeCowboy Dancing All Night