#SaturdaySpotlight is on Tanya Stowe & her DEBUT Love Inspired Novel, Mojave Rescue!

Good Morning Friends,

It is my extreme pleasure to bring to you today's guest, fellow Pelican Book Group author, Tanya Stowe. Tanya has shared Thoughts with us and been in the Spotlight before but today, she brings us a sneak peek into her brand new, debut, Love Inspired novel, Mojave Rescue.

Welcome, Tanya, please tell us a little about Mojave Rescue....

Electronics engineer Drina Gallagher has created a powerful weapon that will protect soldiers’ lives—and it’s put her own at risk. Kidnapped and locked in a desert shack, she’s desperate to stop her plans from getting into enemy hands, but whom can she trust? Especially when the expert who rescues her isn’t what he seems. Forced to blow his cover after spending two years infiltrating a black market ring, CIA agent Cal Norwood blames Drina’s recklessness though he admires her courage. And while his mountain cabin provides temporary refuge, protecting Drina  means—outwitting and defeating—a relentless foe determined to have the weapon at any cost.

Excerpt: “Bill, I did it!” Drina Gallagher almost dropped her cell phone in her excitement.

“What?” Bill Underwood’s sleepy voice rolled across her senses…setting off a thread of regret for waking her boss in the middle of the nigh…which was quickly over-ridden by her excitement.

“I did it, Bill. I fixed the problem.”

“Drina? Do you have any idea what time it is?”

She didn’t. She’d been secluded in the little office at the desert test facility, completely focused on the set of equations that had turned up in today’s field test. Not only had she lost track of time, but Drina was on the West Coast for the test. Bill was at the company headquarters on the East Coast. Three hours earlier.

“I’m sorry, Bill. I forgot the time again. But I knew you’d want to hear his now.”

“Wait…did you say problem? Is there a problem with the test?”

“No…well yes, there was. I set up today’s test based on the parameters you and I discussed yesterday and everything went haywire. The numbers didn’t make sense.”

Drina’s company had been awarded a military contract to develop a non-lethal laser weapon to protect soldiers against supersonic missiles and unmanned aerial weapons. Their laser needed to impact machines only, destroying the electronics of the missiles and UAV’s rendering them useless against ground troops. But the laser weapon needed to be rechargeable to full power in a short time and above all, small enough for transport on a ground vehicle. So far, Drina and her company had failed to meet those parameters with their laser.

Until today. Today faulty mathematical equations led Drina to an epiphany. The answer came to her in an amazing eye-opening moment. The following hours of crunching numbers proved her theory possible.

“I did it.” Drina repeated for the third time, just to hear the words out loud again. Succeeding meant everything to her. Creating a non-lethal laser weapon would secure her company’s position and create jobs. It would solidify Drina’s place in her parents’ exclusive scientific community, but most importantly, it would fulfill her deepest desire to protect American soldiers. 

No one knew the secret that pushed Drina to work long hours, to forget to eat and sometimes even to sleep. Not even Bill, her mentor who had hired her straight out of MIT four years ago, knew what drove her. It was her secret alone to nurse, obsess about and guilt over. Sometimes Drina wondered if even God knew.

“Bill, I found the answer. We’ll be able to recharge the laser to full power in less than twenty minutes.”

“Full power?” For the first time, Bill’s voice sounded awake and alert.

“Full power. And I think we’ll be able to reduce the weight. We might even be able to go small enough to be carried on a soldier’s back. We just need—”

“Stop Drina! Don’t say another word. This is my home phone. It’s not a secure line.”

Drina’s breath caught in her throat. She was an electronic warfare engineer. She thought in numbers not words. Most the security hype sounded like Hollywood fiction to her and she paid little heed. No matter how hard Bill tried, his emphasis on protocol and top-secret measures usually went right through her.

But not tonight. Tonight his words sent a wave of cold washing through.

Perhaps the briefing by the head of the base’s security had more impact than she’d realized. He’d definitely made an impression but it was more along the lines of his All-American good looks.

Tall, dark hair, more handsome than he had a right to be. Cal Norwood looked like he came straight out of one of those Hollywood movies Drina abhorred. She hadn’t paid much attention to his talk about eyes and ears everywhere. Now she wished she’d listened.

Just then a click echoed over her connection with Bill…sounding like someone had just hung up the line.

Yep. Definitely should have paid attention.

Wow, sounds like a wonderful story! Where can we get a copy?

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and wherever LI books are sold.

Now tell us a little about you....

Tanya Stowe is an author of Christian Fiction with an unexpected edge. She fills her stories with the unusual…mysteries and exotic adventures, even a murder or two. No matter where Tanya takes you…on a trip to foreign lands or a suspenseful journey filled with danger…be prepared for the extraordinary. Website, Facebook, Blog.

Thank you so much for visiting with us today Tanya. Congratulations on your debut title with Love Inspired. We certainly wish you the best of luck and God's blessings!

Hope you enjoyed today's post as much as I have, Friends. 

Until next time, take care and God bless.
PamT