ONE WRONG MOVE - Dani Pettrey - One Free Book
Bio: Dani Pettrey is the bestsellingauthor of the Coastal Guardians, Chesapeake Valor, and Alaskan Courage series. A two-timeChristy Award finalist, Dani has won the National Readers’ Choice Award, Daphnedu Maurier Award, HOLT Medallion, and Christian Retailing’s Best Award forSuspense. She plots murder and mayhem from her home in the Washington, DC, metroarea.With nearly one million books sold and a Daphne DuMaurier and National Reader’s Choice Award under her belt, bestselling authorDani Pettrey has established herself among the very top names in romance andsuspense. Recently closing out her blockbuster CoastalGuardians series, Pettrey trades the lush coast of NorthCarolina for the scenic desertscapes of the Southwest to launch a brand-new eraof stories with One Wrong Move, book 1 in the Jeopardy Falls series. Featuring anintriguing locale, a new cast of characters to love, always-satisfying romance,and even higher stakes, readers will get to know Christian MacLeod—and the restof his siblings—as they strive to outrun a family legacy of crime within thepages of Pettrey’s newest novel, One Wrong Move.
About the story: Taunting riddles. A deadlystring of heists. Two broken hearts trapped in a killer’s game.
Christian MacLeod waspulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Nowmaking amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country's foremostsecurity experts. But when a string of Southwestern art heists targets one ofthe galleries Christian was in charge of securing, he is paired up with agifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past.
Andi Forester was abrilliant FBI forensic analyst until one of her colleagues destroyed hercareer, blaming her for mishandling evidence. She now puts those skills to workinvestigating insurance fraud, and this latest high-stakes case will test her abilitiesto the limit.
Drawn deep into adangerous game with an opponent bent on revenge, Christian and Andi are in arace against the clock to catch the perpetrator, but the game is far fromfinished, and one wrong move could be the death of them both.
One WrongMove is the first book in your new Jeopardy Falls series. Can you sharewith us what this book—and series—is about? One Wrong Move is about two people with pasts they areashamed of. Both are trying to make it right, but the road they’re taking onlyleads down a dangerous path of lies, riddles, and murder. Only when they comeface-to-face with their pasts are they finally able to move beyond the hurt andheartache and find healing in God and one another.
The last timeyou had a new series starting was back in 2019. How do you feel about enteringa new era of your storytelling with the JeopardyFalls series? Wow! It’s crazy to think it’s been that long.I’m ecstatic to be launching my fifth series with Bethany House. It often seemslike I was just meeting my editor and starting my debut series the Alaskan Courage saga. At other times, Ithink of all that has happened in the last decade—all the amazing booksellers,librarians, and readers I’ve met and been blessed by and the stories I’ve told.Now, launching Jeopardy Falls, I’mfull of excitement and gratitude. I can’t wait for my amazingly supportivereaders to get a new journey to set out on with the MacLeod family.
How manystories can readers expect in this series? Therewill four books in the series. One for each of the four MacLeod siblings, ifthe lost one decides to return home. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see J
How doesthis series stand out from the other books you’ve written? I think the biggest difference is the setting. I’ve always writtencoastal series. I’m a beach girl and love the ocean, so I’ve always set myseries by water, but this time I’ve gone a completely different direction intothe desert. Jeopardy Falls is setin a fictional town in New Mexico. Why New Mexico? Because I lived there forseven wonderful years and fell in love with the Land of Enchantment, and Iwanted the opportunity to share such a breathtaking place with my readers.
At thesame time, what will longtime readers who enjoy your work love about thesebooks as well? The stories are still full of romance,suspense, adventure, those twists and turns that I love weaving in, and, ofcourse, faith. My characters, particularly Andi and Christian in OneWrong Move, are real and raw and hurting. It’s through their journeytogether and the unplanned paths God leads them down that they find whatthey’ve been looking for all along.
Each bookin the series follows one of the MacLeod siblings as they strive to overcome afamily legacy of crime. Without spoilers, can you give us a little backgroundon the family and their history? Thesiblings were raised in Las Vegas by illusionist parents, but beneath the glitzand the charm, their parents were con men, and they forced their children toparticipate in many of the schemes. They just kept pushing until one day they connedthe wrong guy and had to go on the lam. Being raised in cruddy motel rooms,always on the move, always committing whatever crimes they could find to keepthem going, the siblings—now grown—have to live with the trauma they endured askids. Their mother incarcerated and their dad killed in a car bombing, the foursiblings struggle to find their footing. It takes time and some big mistakes oftheir own before they find level footing in Christ. Now, they’ve turned theirlives around and have devoted themselves as private investigators to bringthose pulling cons, schemes, and heists to justice. To work off some of their “red.”It’ll take some rough roads with Jesus to see and accept that they are alreadyforgiven and can let go of that need to prove ourselves worthy.
This booktakes place in the fictional town of Jeopardy Falls. What do you lookforward to readers experiencing about this new locale? A brand-new experience for those who have never experienced theSouthwest. There will be beautiful sunrises over the mountains, purple- andorange-hue sunsets, horses, open land and skies, and a close-knit ranchingcommunity of wonderful and often quirky neighbors.
Throughoutyour career, you’ve highlighted a variety of law enforcement and investigativeprofessions in your books. What kind of research was required to writeChristian and Andi’s characters accurately? Ispent a lot of time researching what private investigators do, the resourcesavailable to them, and the boundaries they can’t cross. It was fascinating anda little crazy to see all they, and anyone who’s good at research, can pull upon an individual. I also read a lot on real-life heists and the insuranceagents who investigated them.
What kind ofreader do you envision will fall in love with Christian and Andi’s story—aswell as the rest of the series? Ithink readers who enjoy sweet romance, fast-paced suspense, and the fun oftrying to figure out whodunit and how on earth the hero and heroine are goingto survive. J
Do you havea favorite character that you’re especially excited for your readers to meet? Greyson Chadwick. He’s surprisingly not one of the siblings, but heworks with them. He’s a man of mysteries I still haven’t fully figured out, soI’m really excited to dive in to his story thread.
One of themain themes in One Wrong Move that bothAndi and Christian must deal with is facing the past to find healing. How do you thinkconfronting old and often painful memories or choices that we’ve made can helpus move forward? I think there’s a place where we shouldconfront past memories and past mistakes, but the key isn’t wallowing there. Icome from a trauma background, so I’m not making light of the pain of anyone’spast, but rather speaking of a lesson I learned in my own life.
I had a lot to deal with and walk through, but at some point, Irealized I needed to stop treading water and to swim for the shore. I feel likethat’s Christian, and once he realizes he’s free to swim to shore, he will.Andi is in a different place with her past, one that keeps her in a killer’scrosshairs. How she deals with it is very different, which made the storyreally interesting for me to write. Seeing how God has different paths ofhealing for each of His children.
What doyou hope readers experience when picking up One Wrong Move? I hope they feel like they’re part of Jeopardy Falls, riding in thecar with Christian and Andi, seeing everything firsthand and experiencing thestory as if they were there. I’ve called my stories “Armchair Adventures” sincemy debut novel, but it’s how I hope my readers enjoy my stories. Going along onthe journey, the ups and downs, and Tilt-A-Whirl moments right from the comfortof their favorite chair with a yummy drink in hand.
How can readers connect with you? I love connectingwith readers. They can email me anytime at Dani@DaniPettrey.com
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