Hi! Thanks for perusing my online home. I’m Jess Patch, a wife of over thirty years to my real-life hero, a mom of two grown adults with my first grand on the way! I’m a dog-lover and have a super spoiled Shetland Sheepdog (sheltie). Now that my kids are grown, when I’m not writing inspirational romantic suspense and dark twisty thrillers that explore the darker parts of human hearts yet offer a hope-filled ending, you can find me binging audiobooks at my pool during the summer or on my daily walks. If I’m not doing that I’m avoiding household chores with lunch dates over tacos and copious amounts of cheese dip and tortilla chips and the discussion usually surrounds true crime and how we could solve cold cases so easily if given the chance (we do love our delusional state)!
A few fun facts you may not know about me:
- It’s true, I’ve had nearly every color of hair imaginable but now that I’m middle-aged and lazy, I’m just removing the gray and keeping it my original color.
- I’ve never received a speeding ticket (everyone who knows me is shocked), but I have crashed into a cop car. Yep, I totally did. And I laughed. Right in his face, but he couldn’t do much about it, since I hit him so hard, his window smashed and fell into his lap (he wasn’t hurt, just his ego–according to his officer friend who pulled up to help).
- I rode an elephant in Thailand and held a monster-sized python. Technically, it took about thirty people to hold it up (the python not the elephant *wink*), but I helped. I have pictures holding the snake somewhere but they’re packed away.
- I habitually leave the oven on after cooking. It never fails, my daughter texts me every night to let me know. Now that she’s gone, I’ll likely burn down the house. I hope we have insurance.
- My favorite drink is Perrier (I liked it before it was trendy) which no one else likes and that’s okay; it’s always stocked in the fridge with no worries of family theft!
- I’m a tea snob and love Barry’s Irish breakfast tea with a dollop of honey and a splash of heavy cream every morning.
