Series: Love Inspired Suspense
Genre: Christian, Romance, Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Publication date: January 1, 2018
Brilliant, electronic warfare engineer, Drina Gallagher is riddled by guilt and determined to create a weapon to protect American soldiers. Caleb Norwood is a CIA agent working undercover. For two years he’s been trying to infiltrate a highly organized group selling secret plans on the black market. He’s scheduled to connect with operatives at a wind farm in the middle of the desert where he’ll be taken by helicopter to meet with the leader. He arrives at the meeting place only to discover the men have kidnapped Drina and plan to kill her. Cal must make an instant choice, keep his cover and stop the organization or save Drina. Cal chooses Drina. They race across the Mojave Desert to escape the killers and Drina discovers that Cal is a man of action grounded in unbreakable faith. His personal walk gives Drina the confidence she needs to confront the guilt of her past. Can He possibly forgive her and allow her and Cal to escape their pursuers? Or will all her hopes and dreams die in the desert?
I love smart and capable heroines, and while Drina Gallagher could be absent-minded, she is brilliant—both in brains and in looks. Her life’s goal is to save lives but when someone comes after her project, the man sent to protect her is one whose job is in direct conflict with that goal.
Tanya Stowe paints a picture of the cold and harsh Mojave Desert all while taking them on a wild ride full of action and suspense.
As Drina and Caleb are forced together, they butt heads while also admiring some characteristics in each other. Yet the real question comes down to who Drina is going to put her trust in—the man who has continually saved her life or someone she’s worked with for years. And even more importantly, the God who Caleb puts his own trust in?
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1. What was the hardest character to write in Mojave Rescue?
Believe it or not the hero, Cal Norton was the hardest to write. I knew him very well and he spilled onto the page originally but even though I thought his motivation…stopping the bad guys…was good enough, my editor wanted more. I had to dig even deeper.
The easiest was Drina Gallagher. I think guilt is something we all carry at some time in our lives.
Yes, guilt is definitely something I struggle with from time to time.
2. What inspired the idea for Mojave Rescue?
The rocket site where my husband worked twenty years ago. The platforms were set on a hill and designed to hold rocket engines for testing. At the time the platforms were abandoned and they were desolate and scary…the perfect setting for a mystery.
3. What do you want readers to take away from reading Mojave Rescue?
A sense of God’s grace. Even when we deny Him, He’s watching over us and He has a plan.
4. What is your current WIP?
My next project is tentatively called Fatal Memories. It’s set in the Sonoroan Desert of Southern Arizona. The heroine is a border patrol agent trying to stop drug traffic.
Oh, sounds intriguing! Can’t wait to read it.
5. When you are not writing, what other “hats” do you wear?
Well, I’m a mom and grandma with 21 grandchildren so I stay very busy. I love to travel. I just returned from a trip to China. And I love to play pickleball!
Twenty-one grandchildren? Christmas at your house must be a blast!
Tanya Stowe is an author of Christian Fiction with an unexpected edge. She fills her stories with the unusual…mysteries and exotic adventures, even a murder or two. No matter where Tanya takes you…on a trip to foreign lands or a suspenseful journey filled with danger…be prepared for the extraordinary.
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Thank you so much for the information on Mojave Rescue by Tanya Stowe. Enjoyed the interview and appreciate your review. I’d definitely love to read the book. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
I cannot wait to read this one.
Adding another book to my wish list….
Thank so much for the great review!
Loving each bloggers take on this book, it sounds fantastic! Love Inspired Suspense is one of my favorites of the LI line, it combines heart-racing action with faith-filled characters 🙂 New-to-me author, it’s always great to meet new writers in my favorite genre.
Thanks for the review, interview and giveaway chance!