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Rising Christian Suspense Authors:
Their Faith-Based Books

Inverse silhouette of mysterious perspn running away Emerging new Christian suspense authors can be difficult to find, as their works are often lost in online searches. While Christian thriller favorites such as Dee Henderson and Terri Blackstock dominate the genre, lesser-known writers are establishing themselves with outstanding faith-based Christian mysteries and thrillers.

Which rising Christian suspense author
Could Be the best selling Christian Fiction Author of Tomorrow?

The eight hidden gems listed below are primed for success. Read these gripping novels by rising Christian authors, each filled with suspense, strong moral values, and no explicit content.

Whether it's a dangerous journey along the US-Mexico border or a twisted tale of love and murder, these Christian suspense books are sure to captivate you.

If you're eager to explore the future stars of Christian suspense, don't miss out on these eight standout fiction treasures.

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Both Sides of the Border

Terry Overton

Dolores, Ernesto, and Emilio Sanchez venture to America to save their family, who has been devastated by their father's tragic accident and the drought in their home country of Honduras. But making their way to America would be too Cover of Both Sides of the Border, Christian suspense novel by Terry Overton, with two attractive female heads facing away costly for a poverty-stricken family. With only their faith to guide them, the teenaged siblings journey to their new home, despite threats from the cartel, corrupt police officers, starvation, and death.

Meanwhile, Eva Jordan is starting a new life just over the border in America, hoping to recover from a horrible marriage. Then, despite her mother's concern for her daughter living so close to Mexico, Eva decides to take a vacation there to sharpen up her Spanish and relax before her new job begins. She is struck by the beautiful towns of Mexico, but slowly, her eyes are opened to the dangers surrounding her.

When a hurricane washes away the border walls, will the two sides collide in hatred or unite in harmony?

Triple Threat

Jason B. Rash


Cover of Triple Threat, Christian suspense novel by Jason B. Rash, with four silhouettes standing apartChristian suspense thriller Triple Threat, a page-turner by Jason B. Rash, is a story of actions and their consequences.

Alex and Laura, raised in families strong in faith, thought they had moved beyond what had happened when they were immature teenagers.

Guilt-ridden for a life they helped destroy was bad enough, however, but neither saw the tragic consequences ahead.

As their world unravels, new temptations and betrayal rip open old wounds.

Over the Edge

Michael Garrett


Cover of Over the Edge, Christian suspense novel by Michael Garrett, featuring silhouette of a woman staring at a desolate rocky road Over the Edge, by Christian suspense author Michael Garrett, presents a Christian woman versus a Goliath-sized adversary.

On the run from the FBI for a crime she didn't commit, Larissa Baxter faces an unexpected threat. The secret life she's been living is about to be exposed, and she's in extreme danger.

Texas bounty hunter Clyde Hopkins, duped by the false promise of a million dollar reward, begins a relentless search for her. A routine apprehension then becomes a kidnapping, and Hopkins faces a life-changing decision--kill or be killed.

With almost certain death now facing Larissa, she's defenseless but for the strength of her faith.

Phoenix: Birds of Spring

Jackie Anders


Cross the proverbial Rubicon and don't look back, but be sure you can handle what's on the other side. For battles of the heart and mind are far more difficult to fight than those of the flesh: Phoenix: Birds of Spring Cover of Phoenix: Birds of Spring, Christian suspense novel by Jackie Anders, with silhouettes of a child between two adults

Check out this eBook Free on Kindle Unlimited! A special ops mission takes a bad turn when Cpt. Eriksen, Sgt. Banks, "modern woman" Kyla Marshall, and Germanic princess Cassius think they are traveling back to our present day, same timeline. However, they are mistaken.

The four immediately discover that their future has been changed into a world run by faithless individuals who practice "survival of the fittest."

As the team maneuvers through the new timeline with all its twists and turns, however, they learn the devastating truth; they had been betrayed back in the first century by someone close to them.

Into the Fog

Karen Randau


Cover of Into the Fog, Christian suspense novel by Karen Randau, with a young woman walking down a rural road from behind Love and danger spar in Karen Randau's Christian suspense thriller Into the Fog, the perfect edge of your seat thriller when you want to curl up with a good book beside your fireplace. Marie Jessica Goodrich is pushed from a rural roadway into an icy creek. However, her pleading friend stands helplessly on the other side of the ravine.

Running from flashbacks of a life-altering attack in Afghanistan, MJ seeks refuge with her mother, managing Peach Blossom Orchard. But peace is elusive in a rural Oklahoma town full of secrets.

After losing his wife and children in a fatal car crash, Josh Rivers fears he'll never have a second chance at love. As a result, he's taken aback when MJ, the woman responsible for the nightmares of his military service in Afghanistan, comes to town. She claims someone kidnapped her friend Kelsey. Consequently, frustrated with the county sheriff's poor progress, MJ and Josh partner to investigate clues that lead to an abductor who demands a bizarre ransom.

With danger increasing for everyone MJ loves, will they solve the mystery in time?

Angel in Shining

Marlene Worrall


Cover of Angel in Shining, Christian suspense novel by Marlene Worrall, with an attractive young woman standing beside a horseIn Marlene Worrall's thriller Angel in Shining, free on Kindle Unlimited, nineteen-year-old Ayita High-Eagle suffers a lifetime of abuse from her alcoholic and promiscuous mom.

Living on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Washington has grown unbearable. Then Ayita's staged suicide attempt is thwarted by an angel from God, promising the birth of a new spiritual life, starting with a move to her best friend Marjoi Peterson's Circle K Ranch.

Handsome but cynical Valdez Lopez is stranded at the ranch during an arctic blizzard. Inevitably, he and Ayita often clash, but will Ayita's dream of becoming a country music star thwart their growing romance?

Angel in Shining--a poignant story of love, forgiveness, and challenging issues to be resolved before Ayita can be devoted to Love, Honor, and Obey.

Seeing Clearly

Judythe Morgan


In Judythe Morgan's Christian suspense thriller Seeing Clearly, free on Kindle Unlimited, Evelyn Parker, reflecting strong values, is a trusting widow raising her grandson after her son and his wife die in a Check out Seeing Clearly Cover of Seeing Clearly, Christian suspense novel by Judythe Morgan, with profile silhouettes of man and woman facing each other suspicious automobile accident.

Dawson McKey is a divorced ex-cop managing Evie's business. But he's suspicious of everyone after his twin sons are killed by a cartel leader's bomb.

An undeniable attraction exists between Dawson and Evelyn, but she's twelve years his senior and convinced their age difference will create issues. Dawson had been determined to never love again after failing so miserably the first time, but working with Evie weakens his resolve.

Drugs are uncovered in a company shipment as threatening emails are received simultaneously by Evie's grandson. Then her grandson and the nanny she employed against Dawson's wishes disappear, and Dawson suspects cartel involvement.

Their search for the young child strains their trust, even as their hearts are bound.

Invisible Defense

Stephen Pierce

2021 National Indie Excellence Finalist


 

Cover of Invisible Defense, Christian suspense novel by Stephen Pierce, featuring the scales of justice In a collision of past and present, truth hides in plain sight.

Stephen Pierce's thriller Invisible Defense weaves this notion together in a bizarre love affair turned murder that leads to an even more incredible legal defense for Justin Alexander—human spontaneous involuntary invisibility.

As a self-made man from the streets, Justin risks everything for the woman of his dreams, and at the heart of his nightmare, to prove she is more than the sum of all her lies.

Love and forgiveness, however, are not words Alicia Bauer truly understands until, trapped by her own cons, she discovers their real meaning in the past—hers and that of newspaper reporter Clark Solo.

Clark, a widower with a teen feeling lost in the shuffle of life, finds invisibility makes more than just attention-grabbing headlines; it hits home.



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Crucifix attracting attention to highly recommended Christian romantic suspense bookChristian romantic suspense showcases a one-of-a-kind suspense thriller with a slow developing natural love between two characters who couldn't be more different. Larissa Baxter can’t comprehend spending the rest of her life behind bars for a crime she didn’t commit. Neither could she conceive of being on the run from the FBI with a complete stranger.

Crucifix attracting attention to Christian Suspense Novels Christian Suspense Novels presents two outstanding Christian thrillers. What if you were rescued from an unconscious state and mistakenly believed you had been kidnapped? And what if your supposed "kidnapper" was actually a good Christian man doing the right thing? Read CAPTIVE to find out what happens when two devout Christians clash.

And suppose you were an innocent Christian woman unlawfully taken into custody by a renegade bounty hunter whose intent is to either turn you over to someone who wants you dead or to simply murder you himself? It's David versus Goliath all over again in Over the Edge.

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