Nancy Robards Thompson

• Oct-2025
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"It seems we got married last night." When fireworks at a chance meeting with Harris Fortune lead to a surprise Vegas wedding, single mom Sofia Gomez Simon's whole world goes topsy-turvy. While they wait for an annulment, Harris has another pr...

• Jul-2024
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Instead of walking down the aisle, the bride is suspected of murder.... Maddie Bell's life and career have hit peak stride. She's sold her cozy mystery series and is contracted for two more books; she's engaged to Hemlock's chief of police; and her m...

• Jul-2024
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When it comes to the game of love, it's all about strategy. Juliette Kingsbury's recent breakup isn't reflecting well on her film career. Fortunately, bridesmaid duties in Tinsley Cove provide a perfect change of pace from LA. Until, to save face...

• Jun-2024
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Finally he'd stumbled upon good fortune... But would the truth cast it away? Camden Fortune's tantalizingly close to realizing his dream: opening an equestrian school for underprivileged children and finally claiming his rightful place in t...

• Nov-2023
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The boy next door... Now the man of her dreams? This Christmas, Avery Anderson's finally returned to Tinsley Cove to finally bury her memories. Still, Avery didn't bargain on one appearing next door: real estate agent Forest McFadden! Years bef...

• Jan-2023
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Their attraction is the perfect plotline If only it was just for the cameras... Should interior designer Cassie Houston join Sandcastle Real Estate's new reality TV series? Yes, please! But her reinvention plan is complicated by Logan McFadden...

• Apr-2022
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All that's missing is the glass slipper... High school teacher and aspiring artist Ginny Sanders knows she is not Draper Fortune's type. Content to admire her fabulous and flirty new neighbor from a distance, she is stunned when he asks her ou...

• Oct-2021
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely killers...  Everybody's talking about Hemlock's annual fall festival's headliner band, ShakesPierre. Everyone but Tess Harrison, whose breakup with Pierre, the lead singer, ...

• Jul-2020
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When a murder mystery-themed fashion show is struck by a real murder, there are enough suspects to line the runway Bridal boutique owner and cozy mystery writer Maddie Bell and her daughter, Jenna, are hard at work planning Hemlock, North Carolina's,...

• Jun-2020
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What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there... She was a free spirit who wouldn't be tied down Until he convinced her to say "I do!" Kate Clark's Las Vegas wedding trip wasn't for her wedding. But a husband is what she found -- and no me...

• May-2020
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The odds may be against them...but don't count them out! Seven Days to Land Your Man In the beginning, Ashley Fortune is furious Rodrigo Mendoza has been hired to consult on her new restaurant, Provisions. She vows to send him packing, but her ...

• Apr-2020
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Maybe this time they've found a recipe for success. Should she pack her knives Or sharpen them? Celebrity chef Liam Wright has come to Savannah to rebrand a local restaurant. And pastry chef Jane Clark couldn't be more appalled! The man who im...

• Nov-2019
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He chased away her fiance -- And waited for her return -- Like snow falling in Savannah, Georgia, the odds of Ellie Clark falling for Daniel Quindlin are slim to none. First, she isn't home to stay. And second, Daniel caused Ellie's fianc...

• Oct-2019
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It's one thing to write a mystery, but when your daughter is the suspect -- you solve it.Wedding planner Jenna Bell doesn't panic when the groom is a no-show to the ceremony -- even though he is her former high school sweetheart and this wedding is...

• May-2019
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From "office wife" to love for life Landing a job as Austin Fortune's assistant was a dream come true for Felicity Schafer -- until she made the mistake of falling for her boss! But the brooding executive was nursing wounds from a nasty divorce, s...

• May-2018
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THERE'S TROUBLE AFOOT AMONG THE HOUSTON FORTUNES... Maddie Fortunado, heir apparent to her father's real estate business, is stunned to learn that she'll have to fight for the job she'd assumed was hers! Even worse? Her rival is none other than Za...

• Nov-2017
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Elijah Lane left Whiskey River under a cloud of suspicion about a car theft he didn't commit.  After a stint in the army and years learning the wine industry, he's back, ready to develop an elite boutique winery. With backing from a Hollywood A-...

• Oct-2017
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From homecoming crowns to wedding rings Hunky bull rider Jude Campbell seems to have the world by the proverbial horns. But when the world champion returns to Celebration for his high school reunion, he's confronted by the ghosts he'd worked so h...

• Jul-2017
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And the prince wore spurs A bourbon-tinged evening turns into a night of spur-jangling passion. And wrapped in the arms of hunky cowboy Zane Phillips, Lucy Campbell feels like her dreams have come true all at once! But she knows Zane needs a chan...

• May-2017
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MY BIG FAKE BOYFRIEND Olivia Fortune Robinson has done some crazy things in her life, but this has to be one of the craziest. She has just propositioned sexy Alejandro Mendoza to be her pretend boyfriend for a week. What's even crazier? He said y...

• Jan-2017
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And the bride wore...running shoes? Publicly shamed by her former fiancé, Lady Chelsea Ashford Alden has fallen from grace and her intimate life has become fodder for the British tabloids. On the run from the paparazzi, there's only one place fo...

• May-2016
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CINDERELLA 2.0 Zoe Robinson had never known true love -- until Joaquin Mendoza rode into Austin and stole her innocent heart. The new guy at work is brilliant and aloof, but Zoe's nursing a secret of her own: her dad might be connected to the fam...

• Nov-2015
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TWINS UNDER HIS TREE Join Becca Flannigan and Nick Ciotti as they promise to love, honor and cherish each other in front of their family and friends...and her baby bump! The blushing bride-to-be is carrying double duty -- twins -- from one passio...

• Sep-2015
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As heir of Dei Fiori Enterprises, Matteo De Luca's single focus after his father's untimely death is rebuilding his family legacy and hotel empire. After two years, he's close to achieving his goal, but there's one person standing in his way... A sex...

• Jul-2015
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"I can find you your soul mate in five dates." Dr. Jake Lennox took that bet from his best friend, nurse Anna Adams. And then he insisted on returning the favor. After all, he's a commitment-phobic bachelor, while Anna wants the wedding ring and ...

• May-2015
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UNBUTTONING THE BRIT... In the business world, Brodie Fortune Hayes is known as a man of no mercy. The all-work, no-play PR consultant is sure he'll have no trouble correcting the image problems plaguing the Cowboy Country theme park. There's jus...

• Nov-2014
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THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL Lily Palmer is in for the Christmas of a lifetime! When the nanny signs up to watch Dr. Cullen Dunlevy's four foster kids, she's got her hands full. The Thomas clan is the most mischievous group of youngsters she's ever h...

• Jul-2014
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It started with a ring that pinched and Charlotte Morgan didn't like, but her long-term boyfriend ignored her preference for another ring before he left on another business trip, vaguely promising that they would look at other rings sometime. So was ...

• May-2014
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Christopher who? As far as Christopher Fortune Jones is concerned, when he left Horseback Hollow, he left his past behind. No one needs to know that he grew up on a ranch, or that he never had any money, or that his father considers him a disappo...

• Apr-2014
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First comes baby, then comes...marriage? Two best friends discover the secret to true love in the latest installment of Nancy Robards Thompson's miniseries, Celebrations, Inc.! How? Well, she knew how... But Bia Anderson couldn't believe her unch...

• Feb-2014
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Bachelor dad for sale? Nancy Robards Thompson continues the party in her Celebrations, Inc., miniseries. Join in the fun! Liam Thayer would do anything for his twin daughters and for his beloved Celebration, Texas, hospital. But a bachelor auctio...

• Jul-2013
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Home at last Sydney James knew she seemed like the consummate single girl, what with the enviable job in the public eye, and a reality TV show to boot. But the former foster child had never had a place to call home, or anyone to call family. Her s...

• Nov-2012
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ALL SHE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS... Busted! When Pepper Merriweather's superwealthy daddy is arrested for fraud -- and the family fortune is kaput -- just before the holidays, Pepper suddenly finds herself in need of a job. Despite her high-society con...

• Oct-2012
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EVEN BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE If Caroline Coopersmith had her way, she would refuse to run the family firm. She wouldn't put up with her sister's bridezilla antics. She would sign on as Celebrations, Inc.'s full-time pastry chef. And just this once,...

• Sep-2012
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"I can find you your soul mate in five dates." Dr. Jake Lennox took that bet from his best friend, nurse Anna Adams. And then he insisted on returning the favor. After all, he's a commitment-phobic bachelor, while Anna wants the wedding ring and...

• May-2012
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS Jordana Fortune never expected to be single at twenty-nine. She never expected to lose her virginity in the midst of a tornado. And she most certainly never expected to be expecting. But her impulsive encounter with gorgeous pilot...

• Nov-2010
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TO THOSE WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN...MUCH IS EXPECTED As the daughter of a prominent St. Michel head of state, Margeaux Broussard was indeed the girl who'd had everything -- except the love of her father. Schoolmate Henri Lejardin was the only one she coul...

• Jul-2010
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A PRINCE OF A GUY? All Julianne Waterford knew about Alex Lejardin was that he'd rejected her sister and never claimed their baby, Liam, as his own. But she didn't know that he was a royal -- or that he'd never known the child existed. And from the ...

• Feb-2010
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LOVE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER. CAN IT KEEP THEM TOGETHER? All Olivia Armstrong ever wanted was to be a wife and mother. Her storybook marriage to Jamison Mallory gave her the love and happiness she craved...everything except the one thing that could ma...

• Oct-2009
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She's landed a dream project: transforming an eighteenth-century rectory in Avignon into a summer home. But the client insists on hiring local furniture artisan Philippe Beaulieu -- young, eccentric, irritatingly...French. Their styles couldn't be mo...

• Oct-2009
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A Fairy Tale Recipe for Romance Ingredients 1 beautiful woman 1 scandalous celebrity chef 1 heaping tablespoon of undeniable attraction 3 cups of pure chemistry Unlimited measure of sizzling passion Method 1. Take one drop-dea...

• Oct-2008
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ONCE UPON A TIME... ...a struggling single mother found out she was really a princess in disguise. Except Sophie Baldwin outgrew that fantasy a long time ago. She wasn't sure she even believe in "happily ever after" anymore. Until the handsome ...

• Sep-2007
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COULD YOU GO HOME AGAIN? Avril Carson had to try. Because the hairdresser-turned-actress (turned hairdresser) had left little Sago Beach, Florida, with her whole life in front of her and the man she'd loved by her side. Now she'd come back, with his...

• May-2007
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A mother's surprise birthday visit teaches her daughter about living and loving in Paris....

• Oct-2006
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Join the PTA? Yes, according to Maggie, Barbara and Elizabeth. Because despite their differences--one is a recent widow; one is a late-in-life mother; and one is a supermom whose surprise pregnancy, she fears, will result in complications--all three ...

• Jun-2006
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Two halves of a whole Once, long ago, Skye and Summer had looked so much alike that no one could tell the twin sisters apart. Now there was barely a trace of a resemblance. Once, the two of them had been huddled together against a world that neith...

• Jan-2006
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and the #1 sign that your husband is gay... There's an article in the newspaper telling you so. With a photo, no less. Okay, so in retrospect, maybe there were other signs that all was not well in Annabelle Essex's eighteen-year-old marriage. N...

• Sep-2005
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"Ask your husband what he's been doing all those nights he claimed to be at the hospital...." The aforementioned suggestion would never be welcomed by any woman who'd been married for the better (well, mostly) part of twenty years. But for Kate He...

• Aug-2003
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Golden Heart Award-winning author

Nancy Robards Thompson makes her Five Star debut with a humorous, wry, and sometimes poignant journey of self-discovery. Olivia has always played it safe and quiet, but when her fiance calls from France to tell...