Janyre Tromp – författare

"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 PerennialsCharlotte Anne Mattas longs to turn back the clock. Before her husband, Sam, went to serve his country in the war, he was the man everyone could rely on--responsible, intelligent, and loving. But the person who''s come back to their family farm is very different from the protector Annie remembers. Sam''s experience in the Pacific theater has left him broken in ways no one can understand--but that everyone is learning to fear.Tongues start wagging after Sam nearly kills his own brother. Now when he claims to have seen men on the mountain when no one else has seen them, Annie isn''t the only one questioning his sanity and her safety. If there were criminals haunting the hills, there should be evidence beyond his claims. Is he really seeing what he says, or is his war-tortured mind conjuring ghosts?Annie desperately wants to believe her husband. But between his irrational choices and his nightmares leaking into the daytime, she''s terrified he''s going mad. Can she trust God to heal Sam''s mental wounds--or will sticking by him mean keeping her marriage at the cost of her own life?Debut novelist Janyre Tromp delivers a deliciously eerie, Hitchcockian story filled with love and suspense. Readers of psychological thrillers and historical fiction by Jaime Jo Wright and Sarah Sundin will add Tromp to their favorite authors list.

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.

"Hopes and Fears" by Amanda Wen

Emma Trowbridge is determined to give her students the Christmas pageant of a lifetime. The last person she expected, or wanted, to encounter in her two-room classroom is her childhood rival, Frederick Oberstein. He would rather be far away himself. He wants no part of cheer, Christmas or otherwise. Can they learn to see each other in a new light--and embrace a new season of hope and faith together?

"While Mortals Sleep" by Janyre Tromp

While World War II rages overseas, news reporter Eleanor Sweers returns home to Mapleview to face the repercussions of the death of her sister and her nightmare of Christmases past. But the homefront isn''t as far from the war as she thought: a bomb has landed in the middle of the U.S. Now Eleanor and family friend Gideon Braum may have to choose between the scoop of a lifetime and the love of a lifetime.

"The Wondrous Gift" by Deborah Raney

High school football coach Caleb Janssen and music teacher Rachel Hamblin bond when they both lose their jobs at a Christian school. But when they discover their plans for the future are mutually exclusive, the fallout threatens to tear them apart.

"e;Janyre Tromp pens pure poetry wrapped in small-town gothic drama, and it's a delight!"e;—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Briar Club A survivor accused of a decade-old grisly murder.A disgraced lawyer with everything to prove. And the only witness has stood watch for more than a millennium. Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs hung with shoes like eerie gravestones.The town whispers about Colwyn Cueny—the child murderer, the woman who sees specters in the woods, and locked her own sister away. The curse of the ancient forest witch carved into flesh and bone.But when embattled Chicago attorney Marcus Lenarsic arrives to board with her, he doesn't find a monster. He finds a haunted woman, bound by secrets and buried beneath a decade of fear.Marcus knows justice doesn't live in shadows, and the stories people tell often hide the dark reality they can't bear to face. In a world shifting under the weight of 1960s justice reform, Marcus must untangle truth from legend before the woman he's come to love becomes the next ghost in the trees.Burning the Raven Tree is a gothic historical thriller of myths come to life, justice, and memory—perfect for fans of Kate Morton, William Kent Krueger, and the classic film Rebecca. "e;I was riveted from page one. When you combine myth, magical realism, and real history, I become readerly putty in your hands. Therefore, one must conclude, I have molded my fiction-loving heart to the pages of Burning the Raven Tree."e;—Jaime Jo Wright, Author of The Bookshop of 99 Doors and the multi-award-winning, The House on Foster Hill "e;Packed with riveting moments of discovery and intersections of belief and choice, Burning the Raven Tree is thoroughly engrossing, darkly atmospheric, and hard to put down or predict."e; —D. Donovan, Senior Book Reviewer, Midwest Book Review