Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #12
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt!
If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!
- The hunt BEGINS on 4/10 at noon Mountain with Stop #1, at LisaBergren.com.
- Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
- There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 4/13 at midnight Mountain)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.
- Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!
Hey there! I’m Susan Sleeman, and I love writing romantic suspense that keeps readers up way past bedtime. Think clean romance, heart-pounding thrills, and a little faith sprinkled in. I’ve written over sixty novels (more than two million copies out in the world!), and when I’m not spinning stories or running TheSuspenseZone.com, you’ll find me in Oregon chasing my husband, two daughters, and four spirited grandsons. I’m active on social media, and you can learn more about me and my books here on my website and Facebook, Bookbub, and Instagram. My upcoming release is a one of those heart-pounding romantic suspense books. Here’s what LOST LAKE is about:
A body in the lake. A child gone without a trace.
Detective El (Elaina) Lyons is haunted by her past but won’t stop until justice is served.
Gabe Irving—rogue investigator, Lost Lake Locator, and the victim’s best friend—has a personal stake and zero patience for rules, putting him on a collision course with El.
As secrets unravel and danger closes in, they must navigate lies, twisted motives, and a relentless killer to find the missing child before it’s too late.
CALM WATERS, DEADLY SECRETS
Water has a dangerous dual nature in fiction. It gives life, cleanses, and sustains—but it can also conceal, isolate, and destroy. That contradiction makes it one of the most powerful backdrops in suspense.
On the surface, lakes and rivers feel peaceful. Readers recognize the calm and let their guard down. But water hides what lies beneath. Depths are unknown. Visibility is limited. Sound is distorted. In an instant, safety can disappear.
Water strips away control. Characters can’t breathe freely, move quickly, or see what’s coming. A shoreline that felt safe moments ago can suddenly be out of reach. Even the strongest hero or heroine becomes vulnerable when the environment itself turns against them.
It also isolates. A dark lake. A drifting boat. A river cutting off escape. Help feels distant, decisions become desperate, and danger closes in.
And water keeps secrets. It erases evidence, distorts truth, and hides what someone doesn’t want found.
In romantic suspense stories like Lost Lake, water isn’t just scenery—it’s a silent accomplice to danger. Beneath its calm surface, something waits.
Because when trouble moves silently below the waterline, readers know one thing for sure: calm waters are never truly safe.
Here’s the Stop #12 Basics:
If you’re interested, you can preorder Lost Lake in e-book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Apple iBooks. (Print and audio coming soon.)
Clue to Write Down: will
Link to Stop #13, the Next Stop on the Loop: Hannah Currie’s Site
