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ABOUT THE BOOK

Book: Lethal Danger

Series: Guardians Unleashed, Book 4
Author: Jerusha Agen

Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense

Release Date: April 24, 2024

This K-9 team is trained to eliminate threats. This threat could eliminate them.

Being a loner is getting old. Jazz Lamont still can’t fit in at the Phoenix K-9 Agency, and she’s losing her best friend. At least providing security with her K-9 partner at the Tri-City Fair will mean revisiting the only place where she once belonged. But a series of accidents threatens her beloved fair and puts lives at risk.

Thriller author Hawthorne Emerson suspects foul play after the first “accident.” Moonlighting as fair security to investigate the death of his sister’s boyfriend, he’s eager to find the truth. He doesn’t expect the task to lead him to the cult he escaped.

Finding the culprit behind the sabotage is personal for Jazz and Hawthorne. But someone else has a personal stake, too. Someone who wants Jazz dead. When everything she thought was true is dismantled, can Jazz risk trusting others—including God—to survive?

DEVOTED TO HOPE'S REVIEW OF LETHAL DANGER

It takes a gifted author to make a ferris wheel feel like a character … and in Lethal Danger, Jerusha Agen does just that. From its looming height over the fairgrounds to the way its lights sweep across the crowd, it holds its place in the story as both a silent witness and a symbol of what’s at stake. In its shadow, faith is tested, courage is refined, and the presence of God is unmistakable.

The Tri-City Fair becomes a place of both nostalgia and threat. Jazz Lamont steps onto its familiar grounds with her loyal K-9 partner, carrying the quiet ache of never truly belonging. Hawthorne Emerson, a suspense author with a painful past, joins the fair’s security with questions that can’t be ignored. Together, they navigate a setting where joy, danger, and truth collide.

Like the ferris wheel pausing at its highest point, some scenes rise above the motion—clear, steady, and impossible to forget. It’s the unflinching Christian witness woven throughout. Hawthorne’s testimony, “After I encountered the evidence, I couldn’t deny God really exists, the Bible is true, and Jesus died for me and rose again to give me eternal life,” pulses with sincerity and hope. His gentle but firm encouragement to Jazz: “God is our perfect Father, Jesus is our truest Brother and Friend. He can fulfill all your needs and heal what needs to be healed” reminds the reader that faith isn’t an accessory to the plot; it’s the heartbeat.

Cora’s clear proclamation of the Gospel: “Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who died on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of His children and give them everlasting life with Him… Because He redeemed us, and we belong to Him” …anchors the story in the unshakable truth that salvation in Christ is our greatest refuge. These are life-giving truths seamlessly woven into the fabric of a fantastic, gripping narrative.

Jerusha Agen delivers suspense that keeps the pages turning, characters you care about deeply, and a clear call to trust God when the stakes feel impossibly high. Lethal Danger is a reminder that in the middle of chaos, danger, and the unknown, God’s presence is unshakable, His truth is unchanging, and His love reaches even into the shadows.

Perfect for readers who crave heart-pounding action, genuine faith conversations, and a story that leaves you holding tighter to the One whose grip never fails.

I received a digital ARC of this book from the author and Celebrate Lit Publicity Group. I am not required to write a positive review nor paid to do so. This is my honest and unbiased review. My thoughts and opinions expressed in this book review are my own. My review focuses on the writing and the story’s content, ensuring transparency and reliability.

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.

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THE DANGER OF COLORED GLASSES

Have you ever felt left out? Maybe someone you care about never accepts you or loves you, no matter how much you try to please that person?

One would think Jazz Lamont, the heroine of Lethal Danger, would never have experienced such feelings. After all, she’s a beautiful security agent who trounces bad guys without breaking a sweat, doesn’t fear danger, and has an incredible K-9 partner. She was chosen to join the elite Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency, which means she’s one of the best in a dangerous, challenging line of work.

But though she doesn’t bat an eye when she faces threats and bad guys, Jazz is far from confident when it comes to social interactions. Thanks to a series of rejections in her childhood, Jazz is pretty sure most people won’t like her or want to accept her. So far, her life seems to be proving that assumption true.

As I discovered Jazz’s character while writing Lethal Danger, I was intrigued by how much her fear of rejection colored her point of view of basically everything. Sometimes, a comment that a gal on the Phoenix K-9 Team made would seem like a put-down to Jazz, though I knew as the author that the other agent hadn’t meant the remark that way.

Noticing Jazz’s tendency to see everything through rejection-colored glasses made me take a hard look at myself. What fears of my own are skewing how I see and receive things?

Is my desire for approval making me misinterpret others’ remarks as critical when they aren’t intended as such? Do my insecurities make me misconstrue or internalize social media posts or friends’ jokes? Perhaps my worries about finances or dangers to my physical safety make me see hazards where there aren’t any or avoid doing what the Lord wants me to.

How about you? Have you thought about the harmful ways in which your experiences, fears, and vulnerabilities might be coloring the glasses through which you view life?

Let’s all take stock together and then bring those burdens to Jesus Christ. He’ll remind us that the only point of view that matters, the only one that is accurate, is His. And He’ll help us begin to see the world through His perfect eyes.