Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Written in Secret by Crystal Caudill hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: Written in Secret
Series: The Art of Love and Danger #1
Author: Crystal Caudill
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance
What happens when fiction becomes reality? In the corruption-infested Queen City, danger lurks in every shadow, but Lydia Pelton refuses to stay silent. She writes under a pseudonym, E. A. Dupin, crafting crime novels to exact justice and right the wrongs she sees in society. When a serial killer decides to be the sword to her pen, Lydia is confronted with the consequences of her words. Four men are dead, and the city blames her.
With murders on the rise, Officer Abraham Hall's only lead is Lydia's fiction, and he is thrust into an investigation with the "Killer Queen of Romance." Despite his misgivings about the woman, he realizes that even with his reputation for catching elusive criminals, he needs her help. But his unexpected attraction to Lydia proves as difficult to manage as the woman herself.
This was a fun story to get lost into and a very interesting start to a series. Beginning right away, Lydia Pelton finds herself in trouble with a dear friend. What unleashes is a bit of comedy and slapstick humor. Due to that good deed, she was trying to help her friend with, she is taken into custody by the very handsome officer Abraham Hall. When I say humorous scene, I actually had to read it a couple of times to get the full effect. It was quite something.
However, due to that unfortunate incident and the risk to her father's reputation, who he is the elected coroner, Lydia finds out much more disturbing news. You see, she is an author and writes under a Non deplume. And this non-existent author's fictional character and the author themself, are being accused of actual murders around the city of Cincinatti.
This is impossible as Lydia is that author and she certainly committed no murders. So, what we have now is a murder mystery that needs to be solved, while Lydia tries to clear her author and book character's name without trying to draw attention to those she loves. Mainly her father and she wants the real murderer caught. Can she trust Abraham especially given his cynical views on dime novels which she is proficient in writing? Can they make it out of this murder mystery and investigation unscathed and alive?
I really enjoyed this story especially with all the nods the author had to readers and author's themselves, the importance of storytelling, and even the prejudices that readers have had to deal with throughout history.
I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review, and all views and opinions are my own.
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(1) winner will receive a signed copy of Written in Secrets and a $25 Amazon gift card!
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