Come Tomorrow (Castaway Christmas Book 1) Expected December 1, 2020 One chance meeting. A single act of kindness. Can young soulmates find each other in adulthood, or will hidden truths tear them apart?
Tess Thompson Romance…hometowns and heartstrings.
USA Today Bestselling author Tess Thompson writes small-town romances and historical romance.
She started her writing career in fourth grade when she wrote a story about an orphan who opened a pizza restaurant. Oddly enough, her first novel, “Riversong” is about an adult orphan who opens a restaurant. Clearly, she’s been obsessed with food and words for a long time now.
With a degree from the University of Southern California in theatre, she’s spent her adult life studying story, word craft, and character. Since 2011, she’s published 20 novels and 3 novellas. Most days she spends at her desk chasing her daily word count or rewriting a terrible first draft.
She currently lives in a suburb of Seattle, Washington with her husband, the hero of her own love story, and their Brady Bunch clan of two sons, two daughters and five cats. Yes, that’s four kids and five cats.
Grateful Reader Review by Dorothy Schwab
“Sometimes, when I was feeling sorry for myself, I would think that if I only had a book to read, a story to fall into and escape my problems and worries, then I could bear all this.” Luci Quick
Readers everywhere can relate to Luci’s sentiment during these anxious days of the pandemic and political stress. Come Tomorrow is a “rags to riches” story of a young girl, Luci, left with her new born sister and drunken father, living in poverty at the edge of the forest surrounding the grounds of the enormous manor of the Ford family. Fourteen-year-old Wesley Ford, and his faithful yellow lab, Atlas, are the answer to Luci’s prayers when Luci and Wesley’s paths cross one fateful Christmas Eve. When Wesley is confronted with the desperate, stark living conditions Luci and her baby sister must survive; he makes a promise to Come Tomorrow– with a basket of food. Readers will come to love Molly, the housekeeper, and her husband, Dax, the groundskeeper, as the couple becomes an integral link in the survival of Luci and Wesley. Will Luci learn to fend for herself and baby Sadie and what will happen to Wesley and his sister, Lily, as they are whisked away to boarding schools? Secrets and lies are slowly uncovered as this story of new- found love, soul mates, best friends, and the true meaning of giving unfolds over the years.
The “perfect cottage setting” in the snow globe on the cover will draw readers into Wesley’s world; one that looks so perfect from the outside and is his solace and hope for the future. Readers will want their own snow globe to shake, swirl and stare into-dreaming of a peace-filled, quiet life. The genuine love and devotion of Wesley’s lab, Atlas, is an additional warm hearted, loving gift for readers.
Add Tess Thompson’s Come Tomorrow to your reading stocking on December 1st. Five “stocking stuffer stars!”
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