Lars and Abilene are drawn to each other, but will their relationship end up like an unfinished painting? Savannah artist Abilene Dupree keeps her personal life out of her commercial paintings except one. That one painting has now brought Londoner Lars Cargill back to the coastal town and into her art world. Can she hold the handsome Englishman at bay before he invades her personal space and paints his way into her heart?

A multiethnic contemporary Christian romance, Draw You Near is Book 3 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Savannah Sweethearts series of sweet, clean, wholesome, and inspirational contemporary Christian romances set in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the small beach town of Tybee Island by the Atlantic Ocean.

Lars’s Labor…While on vacation in Savannah last year, Lars Cargill bought a small watercolor painting for his estate in England. The more he stared at the artwork, the more he wanted to meet the woman in the painting.

This summer, Lars returns to Savannah to find the elusive real-life Lady and the Sea. Problem is, the artist says she doesn’t exist.

Of course, he doesn’t believe her. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be showing up in her art classes and following her around. He doubts she has the heart to turn him away, not when he shows her that he has artistic potential.

Abilene’s Art…Abilene Dupree is busy trying to make a living as an artist and art teacher in Savannah. She sells commercial art, not personal stories. Although much of her heart goes into her paintings, she doesn’t reveal her soul, not even to the clean-cut guy with cute dimples who is searching for the woman in her Lady and the Sea painting.

She keeps telling Lars that the illusive woman in the painting doesn’t exist. Well, the more she tells him that, the more she begins to believe her own words. Before she could give him the real answers he seeks, Lars’s own past shows up and he has to leave Savannah. Will their relationship be like an unfinished painting?

SAVANNAH SWEETHEARTSIf you enjoy Draw You Near, you might also enjoy the rest of the Savannah Sweethearts series and the other related sister series or spin-offs. Have some tea, settle on a comfortable reading chair, and enjoy these sweet celebrations of faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.

Book 0: Ask You Later (Prequel) Book 1: Know You More Book 2: Tell You Soon (Romance with Suspense) Book 3: Draw You Near Book 4: Cherish You So Book 5: Walk You There Book 6: Love You Always (Romance with Suspense) Book 7: Kiss You Now Book 8: Find You Again Book 9: Wish You Joy (Christmas Romance) Book 10: Call You Home

VACATION SWEETHEARTSThe Vacation Sweethearts novels are a spin-off of the Savannah Sweethearts series. Fans will recognize familiar faces from Riverside Chapel. In fact, we might visit old friends and beloved families there from time to time.

Book 1: Smile for Me Book 2: Reach for Me (Romance with Suspense) Book 3: Wait for Me Book 4: Look for Me Book 5: Cheer for Me

SEASIDE CHAPELSeaside Chapel is a sister series to Savannah Sweethearts. Set on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, the novels in this series chronicle the lives and times of a group of struggling Christians attending Seaside Chapel, a sister church to Riverside Chapel.

Book 1: Share with Me Book 2: Step with Me Book 3: Sing with Me More books to come…