Colleen Coble

Best-selling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble’s novels have won or finaled in awards ranging from the Best Books of Indiana, the ACFW Carol Award, the Romance Writers of America RITA, the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier, National Readers’ Choice, and the Booksellers Best. She has over 4 million books in print and her books have been on the USAToday bestseller list, the ECPA, CBA, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon bestseller lists. She writes romantic mysteries because she loves to see justice prevail. Colleen is CEO of American Christian Fiction Writers. She lives with her husband Dave in Indiana.

Favorite Verse: Romans 8:28 - "For we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."(I saw this verse in action when the whole family was injured in a bad car accident in 1980 and we became Christians as a result).

Just a year ago, Katrina Berg was at the height of her career with a promising future in a top AI chatbot start-up, a loving husband, and plenty of money. Then disaster struck: her husband Jason died in a car crash, her CEO was indicted, and as the company's legal counsel, Katrina faced tough questions and was locked out of her office. To top it off, her beloved grandmother passed away.

Her solace is a beta prototype chatbot on her phone, loaded with Jason's data, which she has "talked" to daily for six months. It's incredibly realistic, mimicking Jason's syntax and words, and although it hinders her grief recovery, she can't stop using it. One day, she asks it: "Tell me something I don't know." After a pause, it responds: "I think I was murdered."

Shocked, Katrina returns to her Norwegian-flavored hometown in the northern California redwoods. She enlists the help of Seb Wallace, a local restaurateur and old friend, to uncover the truth. Together, they navigate grief, family dynamics, and the implications of technology, while trying to stay alive long enough to solve the mystery.

After fifteen years, returning to her hometown is a last resort to finding her life again. She's hoping the wildlife refuge where she's accepted a veterinarian job will be the perfect place to heal from her recent traumas and unlock her memories about the night her parents died. But on the day she arrives at The Sanctuary, a body is discovered on the grounds. And soon, a series of deadly events threatens not only her future but the man who, despite all odds, still makes her pulse stutter. Arson, a shooting, a break-in, and multiple instances of animals being freed from their enclosures all point back to him, but Paradise knows Blake Lawson isn't responsible. Not the man who has been helping his mother manage The Sanctuary these past six months and care for his stepbrothers in the wake of their father's death . . . even if his betrayal years ago cost her everything.