Sworn to Protect by DiAnn Mills

This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing
Sworn To Protect Tyndale House (April 2010)
by DiAnn Mills
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Award-winning author, DiAnn Mills, launched her career in 1998 with the publication of her first book. Currently she has over forty books in print and has sold more than a million copies.

DiAnn believes her readers should “Expect an Adventure.” DiAnn Mills is a fiction writer who combines an adventuresome spirit with unforgettable characters to create action-packed novels.

Six of her anthologies have appeared on the CBA Best Seller List. Three of her books have won the distinction of Best Historical of the Year by Heartsong Presents. Five of her books have won placements through American Christian Fiction Writer’s Book of the Year Awards 2003 – 2007, and she is the recipient of the Inspirational Reader’s Choice award for 2005 and 2007. She was a Christy Awards finalist in 2008.

DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Inspirational Writers Alive, Romance Writers of America’s Faith, Hope and Love, and Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is also a mentor for Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writer’s Guild.

She lives in sunny Houston, Texas. DiAnn and her husband have four adult sons and are active members of Metropolitan Baptist Church.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Border Patrol Agent Danika Morales sends illegal immigrants back to Mexico; a job she's paid dearly for. Her husband, Toby, was murdered two years ago trying to help and his murder's never been solved. Now a string of attacks and arrests leads her to believe that someone from McAllen profits from sneaking undocumented immigrants into the country and somehow this illegal activity is tied to her husband, Toby's death.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Sworn To Protect, go HERE.

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REVIEW

A bullet-proof vest can protect Border Patrol Agent Danica Morales from a gunshot wound, but it can't protect her from grief. It's been two years since her husband was murdered and his killers are still at large. She doesn't have time to grieve; she's dedicated her life to protecting the border from two-legged coyotes.

In Danica's world, coyotes are greedy criminals who prey on the desperate who long to leave their life of poverty in Mexico. Instead, the life they find is one enslaved to a grasping outlaw who takes all their earnings for the privilege of being "free" in the United States.

But McAllen may have a Judas: someone has been tipping off the coyotes. Is it handsome Dr. Alex Price, the Emergency Room doctor who may be just a little too sympathetic to the plight of the illegal immigrants? Or, could it be Danica's angry brother-in-law and fellow agent, Jacob, who just can't seem to get over his brother's death? Who has chosen money over the safety of the Border Patrol?

DiAnn gives us a strong, believable heroine with plenty of action and intrigue. This "can't-be-put-down book has plenty of twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the very end.

And don't forget the romance portion of "romantic suspense!" You can guess who Danica's love interest will be, but it's not your typical "happily ever after." There are lots of issues for the two to work on, especially since Danica is also the mother of a special needs child.

I think you'll love "Sworn to Protect." I did!