Romantic Suspense

By Harry Kraus (Crossway Books)

When pregnant Sarah Hampton dies suddenly at an alternativecancer treatment facility, an enraged community demands to knowwhether her physician-husband assisted her death. Suffering fromtraumatic amnesia, Jake Hampton would like to know too. He stronglyopposes assisted suicide, and yet his wife was suffering suchagony-is it possible he helped her die?After barely avoiding a murder trial, and hoping to regain hismemory and unravel the questions he’s not sure he wants answered,Jake joins a medical practice in his former hometown. Once there,he not only continues to encounter public suspicion, but receivessubtle and threatening clues from an unidentified stalker. Are hiswife’s death and the stalker’s appearance mere coincidence? Or issomeone trying to destroy him completely?In this medical thriller, practicing surgeon and accomplishednovelist Harry Kraus uses complex characters, fascinating medicaldetails, and depictions of spiritual warfare to keep readersriveted.

By Christy Barritt (Love Inspired Suspense)

Hunted by a killer…with a K-9 standing guard. After witnessing several murders, Natalie Pearson narrowly dodges death but knows the killer is still out there—searching for her. And even her sister’s remote cabin in the Smoky Mountains can’t keep her safe. After fleeing into the woods, she runs into former detective Andrew Moore and his K-9. Trusting Andrew is Natalie’s only chance for survival, but together they must outwit a relentless villain…before they become his final victims.

By Ryan Steck (Tyndale House Publishers)

From the Real Book Spy, Ryan Steck, comes another riveting Matthew Redd thriller. On an island off the coast of Spain, Matthew Redd and his FBI fly team surveil a luxury villa in hopes of catching a high-value fugitive. But when Redd leads an unauthorized raid on the villa, he discovers they’ve been set up, and he is sent home to face the consequences of defying orders. Meanwhile, Redd’s wife, Emily, is on a remote stretch of Montana road driving their sick baby to the doctor when she finds her SUV surrounded by a biker gang intent on harassing her. As the bikers pound her fenders and her infant son screams, Emily fights to keep the SUV on the road.

By Laurie Alice Eakes (Love Inspired Suspense)

A kidnapper with deadly intentions…and a US marshal who must come to the rescueThe carjacking that ended with Kristen Lang running for her life—and her federal judge mother kidnapped—was a nightmare. The ransom, however, is worse: Kristen in exchange for her mother. Deputy US Marshal Nick Sandoval will do almost anything to safely recover the judge—except trade Kristen. But can he shield the woman he’s falling for and bring her mother home?

By Dr. Richard Mabry (Abingdon Press)

What happens when the race to stop a lethal bacteria becomes a race to stop a killer? Dr. Sara Miles’s teenage patient is on the brink of death from an overwhelming, highly resistant infection with Staph luciferus, known to doctors as “the killer. ” Only an experimental antibiotic, developed and administered by Sara’s ex-husband can save the girl’s life. But potentially lethal effects from the drug send Sara and her colleague, Dr. Rip Pearson, on a hunt for hidden critical data that will let them reverse the effects before it’s too late.

By Baker, Lacey (Love Inspired Suspense)

Will a class reunion hold the answers to her sister’s cold case murder?

The last thing Halle Jefferson expects is to receive a chilling threat at her high school reunion—or the gunshot that follows. It’s been fifteen years since her sister’s unsolved homicide, and now her twin’s killer is back. They want something from Halle, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it. And the only thing standing between her and certain death is her former high school sweetheart, Sheriff Kyle Briscoe. Can Halle and Kyle outwit a ruthless murderer and uncover the truth…before they’re silenced for good?

By DiAnn Mills (Tyndale House Publishers)

Justice can be elusive. Family secrets can be deadly. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking in a volatile criminal case filled with unanswered questions. And Carrington Reed is running short on time to piece together clues that will solve the puzzle. Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed is called to the scene when reports come in that fifteen hostages are being held by the Kendrix brothers in an abandoned house in south Texas.

By Janice Cantore (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)

Police Chief Tess O’Rourke thought she’d taken care of her small town’s drug problem last year. But now Rogue’s Hollow residents are up in arms over a contentious vote on legalizing the sale of marijuana within city limits. And when an eighteen-year-old is found dead of a possible overdose, Tess wonders if the local pot farms might be involved and begins to fear that a new, deadlier drug supply chain has cropped up. As tempers flare and emotions boil over, Tess faces the possibility of losing the town’s support. With her relationship to Sergeant Steve Logan on shaky ground, Tess could really use a friend, and she feels drawn to Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s quiet presence.

By Furlong, Susan (Love Inspired Suspense)

Trust means everything…when danger hits too close to home. Hunting a never-caught killer, Special Agent Nolan Shea learns of a new victim. But the body on Ava Burke’s land puts her and her young daughter, Rose, in someone’s lethal sights. With a trail of shocking clues pointing to her family’s involvement, Ava starts to question everything she holds dear and is soon desperate to uncover the truth with Nolan. Step after step, they confront their fears.

By Bill Myers (Bethany House Publishers)

The Harbingers team heads to Hollywood for a taping of the new TV pilot Live or Die, the Ultimate Reality. Little do they realize the depths of darkness they are about to enter–a darkness that, unless they stop it, will soon spread across the globe.