Jessica Payne
Jessica grew up in Kansas City, later moving to the Pacific Northwest where the mountains and Puget Sound became home. Beyond writing, she loves to run, rock climb, and explore the great outdoors with her daughter and husband. She is an RN and nurse practitioner. When holding still, which isn’t often, you’ll find a book in her hand and a cat or dog (or both!) in her lap. Jessica writes suspense and thriller and is the host of #MomsWritersClub on Twitter and YouTube.
All Books By Jessica Payne
The Good Doctor
- By: Jessica Payne
- Narrator: Lisa Rost-Welling
- Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette UK - Bookouture
- Publish date: June 14, 2023
- Language: English
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4.14(289 ratings)
I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted: a career saving lives, my dream home among the pines, and my caring fiancé, Elton. He doesn’t know about my past. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way…
I’m so excited for my life with Elton—we’ve even discussed which room would make the perfect nursery. And we’re working together in our new jobs in the ICU at Portland General hospital.
But when I walk in on my first day, I see my ex-husband Jameson. His familiar broad shoulders are unmistakable in his white doctor’s coat. The shock knocks the air from my lungs.
I’m thrown back to the moment Jameson and I gathered around that hospital bed as the steady beeping on the monitor slowed.
We did something unforgivable that day.
And for the first time, I saw who Jameson truly was.
The truth scared me more than I can explain.
So I ran.
If Jameson tells Elton what I did, I’ll lose everything. Will he destroy my new, perfect life? Is he still a danger to the innocent patients all around us? And how far will I have to go to stop him?
The Good Doctor is a totally twisty, rollercoaster ride of a psychological thriller that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Fans of Freida McFadden, My Lovely Wife and The Couple Next Door will love it!
Readers love Jessica Payne:
“OMG!!! What an absolutely EXPLOSIVE, non-stop, action-packed, suspense-rammed thriller!!! I just could not put it down!!!… One of the best books I have ever read… Do not even think about picking this up until you have cleared your schedules as you will NOT be able to put it down!!! Absolutely amazing.” Bookworm86, ?????
“WOW I am absolutely blown away… Fantastically twisty!… had my jaw on the floor… an extremely tense ride. Jessica Payne is a force to be reckoned with!” @the.grim.readers, ?????
“5 WELL DESERVED STARS! I was mad at life getting in the way preventing me from finishing this in one day!… Perfect, thrilling, heart-stopping… Once you start the first chapter you will not be able to stop!” @cabingirlreads, ?????
“What a blast this book is!… I couldn’t put it down. I read way into the night because I could. not. stop. I am exhausted today and don’t care. Totes worth it!!” NetGalley reviewer, ?????
“What. Just. Happened?!??… Shockers along the way that make you yell ‘WHAT?’… My jaw did not stop dropping… A new fave author for me!” @caffeinereadrepeat, ?????
“THIS is the thriller we’ve all been waiting for… I honestly could not put this book down and read it well into the night. I had to know what happened next!… A pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller.” A Couple of B’s, ?????
“Woah!… A total bombshell! This is a binge-worthy, unputdownable, grab you by the throat and hold on tight kinda story. Just outstanding. I was sucked in from that very first page.” @rubie_reads, ?????
“Stayed up WAY TOO LATE reading last night… The amount of twists and turns this book held was unreal. Every time I thought I had it figured out another twist came flying at me!” @thrillbythepage, ?????
... Read moreThe Science of Sleep and Stress
- By: Jessica Payne
- Narrator: Jessica Payne
- Length: 54 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 27, 2021
- Language: English
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3.75(8 ratings)
One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. The research of Notre Dame Professor Jessica Payne shows that the non-waking hours are incredibly valuable for your day-to-day life, especially for helping to commit information to memory and for problem-solving. If you ever thought sleep was just downtime between one task and the next, think again. The fact is, your brain pulls an all-nighter when you hit the hay. Many regions of the brain–especially those involved in learning, processing information, and emotion–are actually more active during sleep than when you’re awake. These regions are working together while you sleep, helping you process and sort information you’ve taken in during the course of the day. Professor Payne’s research has focused on what types of information are submitted to memory and has been instrumental in better understanding how the brain stores the information. Sound interesting? It is. And useful too, as Professor Payne will outline all sorts of practical information on how to control your sleep habits to ensure maximum productivity. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.
... Read moreWhat We Know About the Brain (and What We Don’t)
- By: Jessica Payne
- Narrator: Jessica Payne
- Length: 56 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: May 11, 2021
- Language: English
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3.5(2 ratings)
One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. You are your brain, according to modern neuroscience, but how exactly do your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and sense of self derive from this three-pound organ locked inside the black box of your skull? Scientists have been seeking answers to those questions for decades and finding surprising answers in the brains of people with psychiatric and neurological disorders. Join us on a journey deep into the brain, the mind, and the self, as Professor Jessica Payne reveals the startling and exciting recent findings of cutting-edge neuroscience. How does your brain accomplish spontaneous creativity? How much self-control or “free will” do we really have? And what does the future hold, once brains begin to integrate with “neural prosthetics”? Get to know your dynamic unconscious mind, a bigger part of who you are than you could ever guess. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.
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