Love and danger spar in this thrilling romantic suspense.
Hands push Marie Jessica (“MJ”) Goodrich from a rural roadway into an icy creek. The clock is ticking for her pleading friend on the other side of the ravine.
Running from flashbacks of a life-altering attack in Afghanistan, MJ takes refuge with her mother, managing Peach Blossom Orchard. But peace is illusive in a rural Oklahoma town full of secrets.
After losing his wife and children in a fatal car crash, Josh Rivers doubts he deserves a second chance at love. He can’t believe his bad luck when MJ, the woman who plagues the nightmares of his military service in Afghanistan, shows up in his hometown. She claims a driver ran down and abducted her friend Kelsey. Frustrated with the county sheriff’s investigation, MJ and Josh partner to follow clues that lead to a kidnapper who demands a bizarre ransom.
With danger increasing for everyone MJ loves, will the clock run out before they solve the mystery? Find out how MJ and Josh—swirling in a whirlwind of mystery and suspense—lean on their mutual faith to find answers, courage, forgiveness, healing … and wholesome romance.
If you like to read Christy Barritt and Colleen Coble, you’ll love Into the Fog, a keep-you-up-at-night clean romantic suspense novel that launches the Peach Blossom Orchard series.
Running from flashbacks of a life-altering attack in Afghanistan, MJ takes refuge with her mother, managing Peach Blossom Orchard. But peace is illusive in a rural Oklahoma town full of secrets.
After losing his wife and children in a fatal car crash, Josh Rivers doubts he deserves a second chance at love. He can’t believe his bad luck when MJ, the woman who plagues the nightmares of his military service in Afghanistan, shows up in his hometown. She claims a driver ran down and abducted her friend Kelsey. Frustrated with the county sheriff’s investigation, MJ and Josh partner to follow clues that lead to a kidnapper who demands a bizarre ransom.
With danger increasing for everyone MJ loves, will the clock run out before they solve the mystery? Find out how MJ and Josh—swirling in a whirlwind of mystery and suspense—lean on their mutual faith to find answers, courage, forgiveness, healing … and wholesome romance.
If you like to read Christy Barritt and Colleen Coble, you’ll love Into the Fog, a keep-you-up-at-night clean romantic suspense novel that launches the Peach Blossom Orchard series.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release date: September 6, 2022
Release date: September 6, 2022
Excerpt from Into The Fog
Almost. She needed to break that habit now that she was making a new life for herself.
With a deep breath, she stood tall on her right leg—all five-feet-six-inches of her—and
stiffened her core, placed her hands on her hips, raised her left leg at a ninety-degree angle.
“Rotate out,” her physical therapist had instructed while she recovered at Walter Reed Hospital.
“Draw a circle in the air with your knee.”
Having repeated the exercise on both legs, still without Kelsey, she moved onto lunging
stretches with a side bend, her dark ponytail slapping her face, wisps sticking to her lip balm.
Engrossed in how good it felt to stretch her hips, glutes, and hamstrings, she startled when
Kelsey stopped smack-dab in front of her and said, “Sorry I’m late.”
The woman’s red puffy eyes didn’t match her chipper tone.
MJ recognized Kelsey’s clothes from her last trip to Walmart: purple sports cap, a purple
long sleeve top, and black capri running pants with a purple stripe down the side. Kelsey always matched. Unlike MJ, who straightened her orange running top over the phone wedged into the waistband of her blue running capris.
With a deep breath, she stood tall on her right leg—all five-feet-six-inches of her—and
stiffened her core, placed her hands on her hips, raised her left leg at a ninety-degree angle.
“Rotate out,” her physical therapist had instructed while she recovered at Walter Reed Hospital.
“Draw a circle in the air with your knee.”
Having repeated the exercise on both legs, still without Kelsey, she moved onto lunging
stretches with a side bend, her dark ponytail slapping her face, wisps sticking to her lip balm.
Engrossed in how good it felt to stretch her hips, glutes, and hamstrings, she startled when
Kelsey stopped smack-dab in front of her and said, “Sorry I’m late.”
The woman’s red puffy eyes didn’t match her chipper tone.
MJ recognized Kelsey’s clothes from her last trip to Walmart: purple sports cap, a purple
long sleeve top, and black capri running pants with a purple stripe down the side. Kelsey always matched. Unlike MJ, who straightened her orange running top over the phone wedged into the waistband of her blue running capris.
 Karen Randau | A native of the southwestern U.S., Karen Randau has been writing and telling stories since elementary school. She holds a degree in journalism/public relations from The University of Texas at Austin and has enjoyed a long career in marketing communications. After a short stint working in a psychiatric hospital, when she wrote three self-help books, Karen joined an international relief and development organization to use her skills to help people struggling with extreme poverty. She has traveled to numerous developing countries, witnessing famines, violence, and hopeful people working to overcome a generational cycle of poverty. |
She loves to read and write fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, especially those with intricate plots, lots of action, and
rollercoaster-like twists and turns.
rollercoaster-like twists and turns.
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Excerpt One: http://amandanicolle.blogspot.com/2022/08/into-fog-excerpt.html?m=1
Excerpt Two: http://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-into-the-fog-by-karen-randau
Excerpt Three: http://www.simpleharvestreads.com/posts/into-the-fog-book-excerpt/
Excerpt Four: https://catsinthecradle.blog/2022/07/29/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Five: https://nannie3.blogspot.com/2022/07/into-fog.html
Excerpt Six: https://splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://lakesidelivingsite.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Two: http://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-into-the-fog-by-karen-randau
Excerpt Three: http://www.simpleharvestreads.com/posts/into-the-fog-book-excerpt/
Excerpt Four: https://catsinthecradle.blog/2022/07/29/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Five: https://nannie3.blogspot.com/2022/07/into-fog.html
Excerpt Six: https://splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/2022/07/29/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://lakesidelivingsite.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/into-the-fog-epic-book-launch/