Welcome!

Hi there! Since someday I hope to meet you in person, my name’s pronounced Jan-ear. Whether you follow me on the blog or read my books, thanks for coming along as I explore some of life’s most difficult questions in the “safe” space of story. 

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Darkness Calls the Tiger

“Evocative and transportive.”
~Tosca Lee, New York Times bestseller

“A chilling, heart-aching tale, readers will be well rewarded pushing this to the top of their 2024 TBR pile.”
~Jaime Jo Wright, Author of Christy Award-Winning novel, The House on Foster Hill and best-selling novel, The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater

A handful of months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kailyn and Ryan scramble to protect their mountain village from a brutal enemy.

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Shadows in the Mind’s Eye

“Tromp weaves a complex historical tale incorporating love, suspense, hurt, and healing–all the elements that keep the pages turning.”
–Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials

In 1946, a soldier returns to his young family and no one knows if he’s actually seeing criminals in the hills or if, in a Hitchcockian twist, his battle scarred mind has made him the true danger. 

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Lovely Life

“I savored every page and can’t wait to unwrap this gift of a book year after year!”
—Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of Christmas in Peachtree Bluff

White Christmas meets Daisy Jones and the Six

Beatriz Harris may be the conqueror of the 1960s Billboard charts, but she’s a hometown girl at heart, and willing to sacrifice anything to help her best friend, Robby Willingham.

While Robby’s restaraunt is beyond amazing, the rest of Waverly Castle is in trouble. Who wants to travel to Northern Michigan when there isn’t any snow? Worse, it seems someone has it out for the castle. Bea has a plan, but Robby’s time in Vietnam has left him more dragon than Arthur Pendragon to Bea’s Guinevere.

Will the two be able to rediscover their dynamic vibe before it’s too late?
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O Little Town

Stories of small-town Christmas and the enduring love of God from three critically acclaimed authors

In the sleepy small town of Mapleview, Michigan, Christmas is always something special. In this charming collection of romance novellas, join three generations of Mapleview residents longing for love–and finding it–on the most wonderful night of the year.

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