Jim Sano
Jim Sano grew up in an Irish/Italian family in Massachusetts. Jim is a husband, father, and lifelong Catholic and has worked as a teacher, consultant, and businessman. He has degrees from Boston College and Bentley University and is currently attending Franciscan University for a Master’s degree in Catechetics and Evangelization. He has also attended certificate programs at The Theological Institute for the New Evangelization at St. John’s Seminary and the Apologetics Academy. Jim is a Catholic Writer’s Guild member and has enjoyed growing in his faith and now sharing it through writing novels. The Father’s Son (2019) is Jim’s first novel, followed by Gus Busbi (2020) and Stolen Blessing and Van Horn (both in 2021.) All four novels are the recipients of the Catholic Writers Guild’s Seal of Approval Award for editorial integrity and faithfulness to Catholic teaching.
Jim resides in Medfield, Massachusetts, with his wife, Joanne, and has two daughters, Emily and Megan. Awards: Gus Busbi -Finalist for 2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards for “Outstanding Christian/Religious Fiction.” Stolen Blessing – Winner 2022 IAN Book of the Year Awards for “Outstanding General Fiction,” Finalist for 2022 IAN Book of the Year Award for “Outstanding Mystery” and “Outstanding Christian/Religious Fiction.” Also, Bronze Award – 2022 Readers’ Favorite Book Award for “Best Fiction-Religious Theme.” Van Horn - Finalist - 2022 American Fiction Awards for “Religious Fiction” and “Religious Thriller.” |
The Father's Son
Christian Fiction
Despite a traumatic and difficult childhood, 39-year-old Boston sales executive, David Kelly, seems to have it all. While building a life of achievement, material success, and professional respect, an unexpected friendship with Tom Fitzpatrick starts him on an emotional and courageous journey that allows him to confront the truth of his past and the impact it has had on the relationships in his life. The Father’s Son is a highly engaging story that will make you think about faith, family, friendship, forgiveness, redemption, love, and truth, and may prove to profoundly impact how you look at life itself. |
Gus Busbi
Christian Fiction
What can a black teen from the gang-controlled South End projects of Boston and a seventy-year-old curmudgeonly Italian man, who has given up on life, have in common? Jamiel Russell and Gus Busbi live in the same house but they’ve never met. They both would have just as soon it stayed that way, but life often has more in store for us than we plan for. This timely novel is the second story in the neighborhood of St. Francis Parish and shows the power of relationships, love, and forgiveness. |
Stolen Blessing
Christian Fiction and Mystery
Erick and Addie Comghan have a good life in Boston. When the baby they have longed for is born, the unimaginable happens—Elizabeth goes missing the day after her baptism at St. Francis Parish. Father Tom and Angelo are pulled in to help solve the mystery of her disappearance in a race against time and the complicated dynamics of the relationships involved. Stolen Blessing is the third book in the Father Tom Series and is a story that offers suspense, intrigue, and a journey of love, redemption, and forgiveness. |
Van Horn
Christian Fiction and Mystery
Four masked men stormed into Jack Russo's Boston apartment, killed his wife, kidnapped his infant daughter, and left him for dead. Twenty years later, he is still on a relentless search for his daughter. Revenge has led him to the border towns of Texas and Mexico, where he meets Siena, a spirited young woman who joins him on a riveting journey into the world of the dangerous Mexican drug cartels and the deeper struggle with justice, peace, truth, and forgiveness. |