About the Book
Book: Betrayal of Genius
Author: Robin Patchen
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release date: July 13, 2021
From a USA Today bestselling author comes book three in the addictive Coventry Saga.
Her invention could save thousands of lives…if she can survive to long enough to share it.
Jacqui’s research could lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and she’s determined to ensure the technology goes to the company with the best shot at creating life-saving products, not just the highest bidder. When her lab is broken into, she realizes her partner is desperate to get his hands on her research and the money it’ll bring. Jacqui goes into hiding, planning to lie low until she can find a buyer who lives up to her expectations.
Reid’s life is all about protecting his daughter, but when she leaves for a month to visit her mother, he finds himself at loose ends. The pretty new manager at the ice cream shop seems like a good diversion, but he soon realizes there’s more to Jacqui than doling out scoops of rocky road. When he senses danger, he’s tempted to step away—he won’t allow any threat to come near his daughter—but how can he turn his back on a woman in danger, one he’s coming to care for?
Jacqui’s former partner is closing in and getting more desperate by the day. He’ll stop at nothing to get the payout he feels he deserves.
Join Jacqui and Reid as they navigate this pulse-pounding, faith-filled adventure into the high-stakes world of medical research, innovation, and greed.
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About the Author
Robin Patchen is a USA Todaybestselling and award-winning author of Christian romantic suspense. She grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, the setting of her Nutfield Saga books, and then headed to Boston to earn a journalism degree. After college, working in marketing and public relations, she discovered how much she loathed the nine-to-five ball and chain. After relocating to the Southwest, she started writing her first novel while she homeschooled her three children. The novel was dreadful, but her passion for storytelling didn’t wane. Thankfully, as her children grew, so did her writing ability. Now that her kids are adults, she has more time to play with the lives of fictional heroes and heroines, wreaking havoc and working magic to give her characters happy endings. When she’s not writing, she’s editing or reading, proving that most of her life revolves around the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Visit https://robinpatchen.com/subscribe to receive a free book and stay informed about Robin’s latest projects.
More from Robin
It’s funny how the themes of my novels often present themselves when I’m in the thick of writing them. I thought Betrayal of Genius was going to be about Luke 12:48 and the old idiom, “To whom much is given, much is required.”
And the novel is about that. To a degree.
But as I wrote the manuscript, another theme worked up to the surface, revealing itself a little at a time. It started with the hero.
Reid is a single parent raising his six-year-old daughter, Ella, who was kidnapped and, thankfully, rescued the previous summer. He was protective before. Now he’s downright obsessive about his child’s safety. Sending her to spend a month in California with her mother seems about as natural as his ex’s hair color.
So the story is a little about Reid’s devotion to his daughter.
Jacqui is always, deep down, trying to earn her father’s approval. Oh, sure, she knows he loves her. But she so rarely gets to see it. As a world-renowned surgeon, he was always off saving the world, far too busy, too important, to shower his daughter with love and tenderness.
So the story is a little about Jacqui’s relationship with her dad.
I write about romantic love all the time, but parental love is just as important and just as beautiful. As a daughter, I was blessed to have two wonderful parents. As a mother, I try to be everything my kids need, and I fail all the time. Is there a right way to parent?
I don’t know. I do know that, though not everybody will be blessed to enjoy romance, all of us have parents. All of us know what it is to love a parent and to experience—or crave—a parent’s love in return.
If you’re a parent—or if you’ve got parents—you know it’s no easy thing to raise kids. As my children grow further into adulthood, I can look back and see everything I did wrong. I did a lot right, but for some reason, the wrong sticks out.
But you know what? I love them. I’ve loved them since the moment they were placed in my arms, maybe since that first flutter of movement in my belly.
Reid is trying to be the perfect father, and he’s always falling short. Jacqui’s dad did his very best, but he wasn’t perfect. But both of those daddies love their little girls. And, like it says in 1 Peter 4:8, “Love covers a multitude of sins.”
Betrayal of Genius is about working hard to accomplish the good works God gave us to do. It’s about doing the very best we can with what we’ve been given. But it’s also about good old human love. Imperfect but pure love, the kind that can wrap itself around a little child and make her feel safe. The kind that can encourage a grown woman to push through the hard times, even when it’s scary and dangerous.
I hope you experience that kind of love. Even if you didn’t receive it from your earthly parents, you have a perfect Father who wants to shower you with it, One whose very nature is Love. May His love wrap around you and carry you forward.
MY REVIEW
The author brings us another very intriguing and action packed story. I liked the medical technology that the author puts in that has the possibility to cure Alzheimer’s disease. That would be such a wonderful gift too many who suffer from this debilitating illness. Jacqui is on the cusp of introducing a powerful tool that will save many lives but someone wants to stop her. I liked how the author gives us different suspects that either try to sabotage Jacqui’s work or concoct a way to benefit from it financially. Yes I had my doubts about her ex partner. He seems kinda shady and greed has taken over his thinking process. Jacqui also has something to prove to her father who is an accomplished surgeon. I know what it feels like to want your parent’s approval. Jacqui is trying to get approval from them, but her friend reminds her that , “Only the Lord’s expectations matter.” What a great statement for all of us to remember. We try to prove out worth and seek out trying to impress others. We forget that God is the only one we should be following and listening to His direction for our lives.
Reid is a great character who is devoted to his daughter. He wants to keep her safe after what she has gone through. He struggles with allowing his ex-wife to spend time with her as she is not the kind of mother who has been in her daughter’s life much. This trust issue Reid has tends to make it difficult for him to have any type of relationship with a woman but maybe Jacqui can help him overcome his fear.
One of the best parts of the story is when Reid and Jacqui argue over trusting God. I have to say they both fall a little short in that department and the author does a great job of focusing readers on their faults and ways to overcome them. I’m guilty of saying I trust God, then I pick up what I said I gave to Him and go off on a tangent with no direction.
I was so sure the story was ending and I was a bit let down until the author throws in a curve ball. All I had figured out went right out the window as Reid and Jacqui find themselves in a fight for their lives. I loved the twist in the story and it definitely was a heart pounding ending. There is a great lesson in the story about trust and forgiveness. The author does a great job of showing us what happens when we learn to forgive and start to trust Him.
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, July 23
Betti Mace, July 24
Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, July 25 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 25
Blossoms and Blessings, July 26
My Reading Journeys, July 26
Texas Book-aholic, July 27
Inklings and notions, July 28
Spoken from the Heart, July 28
For Him and My Family, July 29
deb’s Book Review, July 30
Locks, Hooks and Books, July 31
Blogging With Carol, July 31
Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, August 1
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, August 2
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, August 3
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, August 4
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 5
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Robin is giving away a virtual trip to Boston with a signed paperback copy of Betrayal of Genius and a complete Lobster Dinner for Two, a $120 value. (Winner can choose among many seafood options—or trade it for a good ol’ fashioned Amazon gift card.)
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/11030/betrayal-of-genius-celebration-tour-giveaway
A mom ready to do anything for her son. A man determined to win the woman he loves.
Carolyn Miller is an Australian author of inspirational romance, particularly that of the Regency era, and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds where flawed people can grow in faith, hope and love through stories that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives.
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Besides being an Indie Author, I’m a wife, mother of four, ladies’ Sunday School teacher, sweet tea drinker, history fanatic, romantic, bubbly, lover of broccoli, and a retired cake decorator who has a soft spot for Christmas trees, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.