About the Book

Book: Terminal Danger (Guardians Unleashed Series Book 5) Author: Jerusha Agen Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense Release Date: October 24, 2024 This woman and her K-9 are being hunted. Exactly as she planned. When a busload of schoolchildren disappears, Phoenix Gray knows the kidnapper is the unidentified serial killer she’s spent her life trying to catch. This time, she’ll find the killer and bring him to justice no matter what it takes. She and her Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency join the search for the hostages, but they aren’t the only ones who want the criminal captured. Callum Ross, an FBI agent who specializes in catching serial criminals, is about to resign. But not until he finds one last culprit, the killer behind a famous twenty-year-old crime Callum vowed to solve. Despite the FBI agent’s uncanny understanding of her psyche, Phoenix refuses to be distracted from her goal. When the serial killer turns into the cat instead of the mouse, Phoenix thinks she’s ready. But will she need the God she rejected to achieve the justice she’s given her life to obtain?  

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About the Author

Jerusha Agen imagines danger around every corner but knows God is there, too. So naturally, she writes romantic suspense infused with the hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. Jerusha loves to hang out with her big furry dogs and little furry cats, often while reading or watching movies.  

More from Jerusha

Ever since I read Dee Henderson’s O’Malley Series, I’ve been hooked on a special kind of series. You probably can guess what that is. The team series premise! In Henderson’s masterful Christian romantic suspense series, the “team” is a group of found-family siblings. I love sibling series in which each book features a member of the same family. But another kind of team series that I enjoy reading is where the characters aren’t related but are bound together by a common job or cause. Since I love reading team series, I couldn’t wait to write one of my own! Thus, the Guardians Unleashed Series was born. Guardians Unleashed follows the five women operatives of the Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency. Named after the founder and CEO, Phoenix Gray, this agency pairs each woman with talented K-9s who help them rescue and protect people in need. From search and rescue to bomb detection and protection from assassination attempts, the operatives and K-9s of the PK-9 Agency can do it all. When big or unusually challenging jobs come along, the women and their dogs tackle the assignment together. I love how the Guardians Unleashed series has one of my favorite elements of team series—the team members bond so closely with each other, that they become a family of their own! As the final book in the Guardians Unleashed series, readers had high expectations for Terminal Danger. After all, it’s the story of Phoenix Gray, the secretive and mysterious woman who fearlessly leads her operatives into—and out of—danger. Phoenix Gray was the most challenging character I’ve ever had to write, thanks to her high intelligence, psychological complexity, and emotional unavailability. But with much help from the Lord, this book came together as well as I had hoped. One aspect of Terminal Danger that I and readers have enjoyed most is getting to see every team member of the PK-9 Agency again. They come together as a family for their hardest mission ever, and each character plays an important role while readers get the fun of seeing them with their heroes and dogs. Ultimately, the people and dogs Phoenix brought together for their benefit and the benefit of others may also play an important role in her own life. Your turn! What do you love about team series?

Interview with the Author

1. Do you read books in this genre? If so, who do you like to read?

Yes, I do! There are so many great authors in the Christian romantic suspense genre: Patricia Bradley, DiAnn Mills, Lynette Eason, Elizabeth Goddard, Sarah Hamaker, Lisa Phillips, Dana Mentink. I’d better make myself stop there or we’ll be here all day! 😊

2. If a reader were to ask you what author you are like, what would you answer?

That’s a difficult question to answer! I think my Christian romantic suspense novels are probably closest to Dee Henderson’s or Dani Pettrey’s overall, especially as I tend to write series focused on a family or team of some kind. I only feature one couple’s romance per book, though, and I dive very deeply into spiritual character growth and complex themes.

3. What is your favorite book and why?

I know most Christians would say the Bible, and that’s true for me, as well. But I’m guessing you’re asking about fiction. In that case, I used to always say To Kill a Mockingbird. As far as magnificent classical literature goes, that work is still at the top of my list. But it’s not truly my favorite book in the sense of one that I would frequently enjoy re-reading. So, I’d have to say the status of my “favorite fiction book” is fairly fluid right now. Currently, I most enjoy revisiting Karen Witemeyer’s A Worthy Pursuit.

4. What is one thing readers would be surprised to learn about you?

Perhaps that I enjoy having written a book MUCH more than the process of writing a book!

5. What inspired you to write this book?

The shocking backstory of Phoenix Gray, the mysterious woman who founded the Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency, was originally inspired by a horrific crime that actually happened. At the time, I was deeply impacted by the appalling evil of the crime and kept wondering how God could use that for good, how He could possibly redeem something so awful. And as a creative writer, I couldn’t help but wonder what would become of a young survivor of such a crime.

Thus was born the complex character of Phoenix Gray, the most difficult character I’ve ever written. God blessed the effort of telling her story and has used Terminal Danger to impact me and readers with the challenging but glorious truth of His sovereignty, justice, and mercy.

Blog Stops

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Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, January 18

Guild Master, January 19 (Author Interview)

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, January 19

For Him and My Family, January 20

Blogging With Carol, January 21

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, January 22

DevotedToHope, January 23

Simple Harvest Reads, January 24 (Guest Review from Donna)

Holly’s Book Corner, January 25

An Author’s Take, January 26

Fiction Book Lover, January 27 (Author Interview)

Mary Hake, January 27

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Jerusha is giving away the grand prize of a signed paperback copy of Terminal Danger, $25 Barnes and Noble gift card, Terminal Danger tote bag, magnet, and notebook!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

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