Avid readers of Christian romantic suspense, you’re in for a treat. From eight bestselling novelists come seven brand new novellas and one bonus reader-favorite filled with intrigue, all packed into one anthology. From Oregon to the Qumran Caves, from North Carolina to Greece, from Africa to Montana, and beyond… Get ready for suspense and romance. Fasten your seat belts, and happy reading!
Meet the eight bestselling authors who have collaborated to bring you these romantic suspense novellas at an exceptional price.
Susan May Warren
Q: Tell us about the main characters in Crossfire? Who are they, what makes them unique.
A: The main characters in Crossfire are Kade Logan and Haddie Brown. Kade is the foreman of the ranch owned by billionaire Ian Shaw, a lead character in my best-selling Montana Rescue series. Kade is a cowboy to the bone, and left his small town of Dawson after a terrible fight with his best friend and a secret in his wake. Seven year later, he’s returned home to help his mother after she gets bucked off a horse and breaks her ankle. But it’s a homecoming that also bring his past to his doorstep, looking for reckoning. More, the woman he loved, and can’t forget is back in town, and Kade has a chance for redemption and second chances. I love Kade because he’s a practical, get ‘er done cowboy who isn’t afraid to stand up to trouble, even if it might cost him everything he wants. He’s honorable to the bone, but also courageous and terribly in love with the girl next door.
Haddie Brown, trauma nurse, has been torn between Kade Logan and his best friend, Nash McRae since they day she moved to her grandfather’s ranch in Dawson, North Dakota. Nash is a bold, charismatic cowboy, but a bootload of trouble. Kade is honorable, her best friend and the guy who always swoops in to rescue her. She gave her body to Nash, but Kade is the one who has her heart and now, with the broken past between all of them, she has a chance to finally choose the man she truly loves. But she fears that too much time has passed, and that Kade is over her. After all, they’ve all moved on with their lives after that fateful day when Kade and Nash fought over her and Kade left town. But with Kade back, suddenly all the reasons he left are revealed and she must make a choice that just might cost her life. I love Haddie because she is not only strong, but she is super relatable—dating the wrong guy, loving the right one. I love that she finally has the chance to get the man she truly wants.
Crossfire is action-packed, a short, poignant story about what happens when best friends finally get a chance to say yes to the love between them.
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With over one million books sold, critically acclaimed novelist Susan May Warren is the Christy, RITA, and Carol award-winning author of over forty-five novels with Tyndale, Barbour, Steeple Hill, and Summerside Press. Known for her compelling plots and unforgettable characters, Susan has written contemporary and historical romances, romantic-suspense, thrillers, rom-com, and Christmas novellas. Read more.
Christy Barritt
Q: Give us one fact about each main character in Taken by Dark that no one else knows.
A: Taken by Dark (Targeted for Danger) Willa Summers is a widowed single mom of a special needs child. The years have taken their toll on her, and she's not sure she ever wants to love again--especially not when the man who broke her heart twelve years ago moves in next door.
Declan Donovan left small town life to pursue a career with the FBI. But when he returns to his roots, he finds nothing has changed. And he considers that an unusual blessing of sorts.
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USA Today has called Christy Barritt's books “scary, funny, passionate, and quirky.”
A Publishers Weekly bestselling author, Christy writes both mystery and romantic suspense novels that are clean with underlying messages of faith. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Suspense and Mystery, have been twice nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and have finaled for both a Carol Award and Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year. Read More.
Ginny Aiken –
Q: In three sentences, what is Treasure about?
A: Treasure is about two strong, self-reliant people who meet at an archaeological dig in Israel's West Bank. They learn that the ancient artifacts found at the site aren't the only valuables to be found there. Romance and renewed trust in God's presence are the lasting treasures they uncover.
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Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Valencia and Caracas, Venezuela, Ginny Aiken discovered books early. She wrote her first novel at age fifteen while she trained with the Academia de Ballet Clasico Venezolano de Nina Novak. She burned that tome when she turned a “mature” sixteen. Stints as reporter, paralegal, choreographer, language teacher, and retail salesperson followed. Read More.
Margaret Daley
Q: Where did you get your inspiration for Deadly Secrets?
A: Honestly, I'm not sure. An idea comes into my mind and slowly it develops. This one began when I wanted to write a story of a woman leaving a man she loved at the altar. The next thought was why. From there I began developing my heroine, Sarah St. John, and then I had to think of what the hero would be like. What parted them? How do they deal with the present threat? Piece by piece my story comes together. I definitely feel God is my muse. He's there helping me—thankfully.
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USA Today Bestselling author, Margaret Daley, is multi-published with over 100 titles and 5 million books sold worldwide. She had written for Harlequin, Abingdon, Kensington, Dell, and Simon and Schuster. She has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Carol Award, Holt Medallion and Inspirational Readers' Choice Contest. Read More.
Elizabeth Goddard
Q: How do you believe Double Exposure relates to the lives of readers?
A: Double Exposure is meant to be a fun romantic thriller kind of story. Think Romancing the Stone meets Mission Impossible 2. The story could have been taken from the headlines, but the truth is hidden or remains uncovered. Double Exposure shines the light on the dangers in our world today--the kind of danger that can affect everyone. It shines the light on the horrors that have occurred in the past.
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Elizabeth Goddard is the ECPA bestselling, award-winning author of more than thirty-one romance novels and novellas and counting, including the romantic mystery, The Camera Never Lies—a 2011 Carol Award winner. She's a double finalist in the 2016 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense for her books Buried and Backfire in the Mountain Cove series, and a 2016 Carol Award romantic suspense finalist for Submerged. Read More.
Susan Sleeman -
Q: Would you tell us about Cold Terror?
A: Cold Terror is the first book in my new Cold Harbor series that features Blackwell Tactical. This is a group of former soldiers and law enforcement officers who were injured on the job and could no longer do their jobs. When Gage Blackwell forms Blackwell Tactical, these men and women are given a second chance at doing the jobs that they love. Cold Terror features Gage and each book in the series will feature one of the team members.
Here’s the back cover copy for Cold Terror.
When forensic artist Hannah Perry takes a much needed vacation with her young son, the last thing she expects to be doing is a facial reconstruction. But when Hannah learns a young woman’s skull was recently discovered in a nearby wilderness, Hannah commits to the reconstruction to help the police find the killer. Hannah begins her work and soon recognizes the woman from television news reports. But before she can notify the police, the killer invades her secluded cabin to silence her permanently. She escapes the island with her son, but as they approach Cold Harbor, ocean waves overtake the boat, enveloping them in cold terror.
Former SEAL Gage Blackwell sees the boat go down and plunges into the ocean to rescue the pair. Owner of Blackwell Tactical—a law enforcement training facility and protection services agency—Gage vows to protect Hannah and her son while hunting down the killer. Having lost his son and wife in a car crash, Gage doubts he can ever love again until Hannah and her son break down his barriers. As the killer draws closer, Hannah realizes she’s trusting Gage with far more than her safety. She hopes her trust is well placed so she can not only escape the killer’s clutches but do so with her heart unscathed.
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SUSAN SLEEMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books. In addition to writing, Susan also hosts the popular website TheSuspenseZone.com. Susan currently lives in Oregon, but has had the pleasure of living in nine states. Her husband is a retired church music director and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law, and an adorable grandson. Read More.
Jan Thompson –
Q: How did you choose your setting for Once a Thief?
A: Why Europe?
When Helen Hu decides to open a branch of her Hu Knows, Inc., private investigative firm in Europe, she thinks she will send someone else to run the office and liaise with INTERPOL.
Little does she know that she will have to go to Europe herself. Instead of Brussels or Frankfurt, as she planned in Love You Always (Savannah Sweethearts Book 6) or Vienna, where she went in Share with Me (Seaside Chapel Book 1), Helen Hu ends up in Greece, an old family vacation spot frequented by the Hu family when her father was alive.
There, old memories have never been darker for Helen as she unearths a long-lost secret that her mother has hidden from her for fifteen years—the knowledge of which brings shame to her family and affects the reputation of the family business her parents started so many years ago, back in the days of light and shadow, of chases down cobblestone lanes and relics from the seventeenth century…
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USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson writes clean and wholesome multiethnic contemporary Christian romance, Christian romantic suspense, and inspirational international romantic thrillers. Her books are for readers who enjoy stories of faith, hope, love, and happy endings. Always.Read More.
Lynette Eason –
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Lynette Eason is the best selling, award winning author of almost forty books including the Women of Justice series, the Deadly Reunions series, the Hidden Identity Series and the currently releasing Elite Guardians series. She writes for Revell and Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line. Read More.