Episode

During this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense” podcast, you’ll hear from five authors about their romantic suspense books available this month. Here’s the list of authors and books for December 2024, with the book’s release date if not available now.

• Cate Nolan/Colorado Christmas Survival
• Penny Zeller/Unexpected Witness
• Jodie Bailey/Taken at Christmas
• Rebecca Davis/His Last Text
• Tina Wheeler/Ambush on the Ranch (12/24)

On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m chatting with Jessica West, who lives in east Tennessee with her husband and eight children. She is a stay-at-home mom who homeschools her kids. She loves the Lord and believes her life wouldn’t be possible without God. Jessica is also an indie author with five books published. Currently, she is working on the third book in her East Tennessee Mystery Series.

“I have a one-year-old in one hand and type with [the other] hand, and then I have a three-year-old next to me on the couch,” Jessica said. “They can be kind of tricky but it works for me. … I try to [write for] two, two-and-a-half hours but sometimes the baby tries to delete with his feet what I’m writing because he wiggles in his sleep.”

Connect w/Jessica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaspiringwriter/

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Fleeing From Danger by Jessica West. Excerpt and back cover copy read by Janda Sample of Janda Sample Storytelling.

On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” my guest is Angela Carlisle, who is a writer and editor by day. She prefers to spend her free time reading, baking, and drinking ridiculous quantities of properly steeped hot tea. Whether reading or writing, she loves stories with heart-pounding suspense, permeated with the hope found in Christ. She resides in the hills of northern Kentucky with her family and preschool-age sourdough starter.

“I hardly will ever order hot tea when I’m out because I know it won’t be good enough. … I worked in a tea room and that kind of spoiled me for properly brewed tea,” she said. As for writing romantic suspense, “ultimately it’s because that’s what I most love to read. So I already loved the genre, and when I had an idea for my first book, that’s what I naturally gravitated to.”

Connect w/Angela
Website: https://angelacarlisle.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelacarlislewriter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaCarlisle.Writer
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/475268326

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Secondary Target by Angela Carlisle. Excerpt and back cover copy read by Janda Sample of Janda Sample Storytelling.

On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m talking with Shelley Shephard Gray, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 books, including Her Heart’s Desire, Her Only Wish, and Her Secret Hope. Two-time winner of the HOLT Medallion and a Carol Award finalist, Gray lives in Ohio, where she writes full time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town’s bike trail.

“I’m a huge reader,” Shelley said. “I’m always drawn to mysteries, romantic suspense, thrillers—I find those books fun to read. Even though I do write a lot of straight romances, I love to have a romance suspense book in my back pocket. … It was fun as a writer to keep the pace going.”

Connect w/Shelley
Website: ShelleyShepardGray.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelley.s.gray
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shelley.s.gray/
X/Twitter: @ShelleySGray

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Unforgiven by Shelley Shephard Gray.