The Wordsmith

Written by Tess Thompson

Narrated by Shaina Summerville and Hannibal Hills

She’s loved him from afar. He thinks of her as his best friend’s little sister. Will these forbidden lovers find their way before they lose each other forever? 

As a child Adelaide Barnes felt sure she wouldn’t live to be an adult. However, she was wrong. She’s grown into a beautiful and ambitious young woman. What began as journal writing became a fictionalized manuscript about her family. Will she have the courage to pursue publication?

And that’s not her only secret.

She didn’t want to fall in love with him. He was too old, too English, and too much her sibling’s best friend. 

It was supposed to be a short visit to his best friend’s mountain town. He didn’t expect to find a family.

Englishman James West came to Colorado with his best friend before following his dreams to New York City as a book editor. Quickly brought into the Barnes family fold, his dreams changed when he fell in love with Emerson Pass. Five years later, he’s the headmaster at their small-town school, teaching English literature and history to his beloved students. Life is more fulfilling than he could ever have imagined. Except for his feelings for the much younger Adelaide Barnes. Those keep him awake at night. How can he betray the trust of the family who has loved him as their own?

When he discovers a secret manuscript, he’s taken by the story, only to find out that little Addie Barnes is the author. Can he help her become a published novelist or will their feelings ruin everything? 

In the seventh installment of Tess Thompson’s bestselling Emerson Pass Historicals, baby sister Addie Barnes finally gets her story in this heartwarming, clean and wholesome love story, and family saga. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tess Thompson
• Release date: Mar 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9798368980027

Tess Thompson

Tess Thompson Romance...hometowns and heartstrings. Warning. Tess Thompson books will make you laugh, cry and remind you what it’s like to fall in love. Don’t purchase unless you like books about good people with ridiculously happy endings. Tess writes epic love stories with relatable characters set in small towns. Some of her books have suspense, others a mystery, and a few are set in the past. Like a reader said recently, "Tess Thompson books give you more than just a 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 obsessed with food and words.  Like the characters in her USA Bestseller River Valley Series, she hails from a little town in southern Oregon. Despite the fact she's lived in Seattle for almost thirty years, she will always feel like a small town girl. She's risen up the charts on all the major ebook retailers starting in 2012 when her debut novel Riversong became a bestseller. Since then, she's released almost 20 novels and novellas. She loves music and dancing, books and bubble baths, cooking and wine, movies and snuggling. She cries at sappy commercials and thinks kissing in the rain should be done whenever possible. Although she tries to act like a lady, there may or may not have been a few times in the last several years when she’s gotten slightly carried away watching the Seattle Seahawks play, but that could also just be a nasty rumor. 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. Pray for her. Tess loves to hear from you. Drop her a line at [e-mail].