Jessie Mattis

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Jessie Mattis is a Jesus-loving wife, homeschooling mom, and award-winning author. Her debut middle grade novel, Power Up, won the 2020 Christian Indie Award and was a 2020 Selah Award finalist. She is one of six authors who contributed a novella for the 2021 release, Christmas from the Heart: A Collection of Christmas Romances.

Jessie is driven to inspire others to embrace the adventure of holding tight to Jesus through the ups and downs of life, and she loves using fiction to do so.

Jessie resides in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband, Chip, and their three amazing kids. Road trips, reading, and laughing with family and friends are some of her favorite things. A mug of black coffee is never far from reach, and any day she doesn’t have to put on shoes is a good day.

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Sneak Peek

Christmas from the Heart: A Collection of Christmas Romances

Experience the joy of Christmas through the eyes of women surprised by love. Can sparks fly on an ice rink? Can a woman jaded by love find it in the Rocky Mountains? Despite age, place, or past, each of these six novellas assures that love, hope, and redemption are possible because God first loved us.

  • Power Up

    If God spoke directly to you, would you listen? Would you still say God is good if tragedy came knocking on your door? Join Lexi on her journey of empowerment and Holy-Spirit-discovery. Sometimes the most important things unfold in unexpected ways.

  • Love on a Whim

    A chance encounter with a soldier as his train passes through leads to a pen-pal relationship in the midst of never-ending WWII. But when silence hits the mailbox and Yvonne’s first love returns to her doorstep, can she trust the path God has for her?