Welcome Guest Jessica R. Patch and a Give Away!

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Welcome to Jessica R. Patch, who is joining us today to talk about her new Love Inspired Suspense release, A Killer in Texas.

When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Saddle Up for A Killer in Texas

There’s a reason Texas is famous for its legends. Some ride horses, some wear badges… and some stalk the shadows where good folks don’t dare wander.

When I sat down to write A Killer in Texas, I wanted to blend that classic Lone Star grit with pulse-pounding suspense and a touch of tender, hard-earned hope. And at the heart of this story is a woman who embodies all the spirit of a frontier heroine, only her battleground is modern Texas, and her weapon is her own fierce determination.

Libby Winters may be a bodyguard instead of a rancher or cowgirl, but she’s as courageous as any pioneer woman who ever squared her shoulders on the open range. For the past two months, she’s felt the cold eyes of a killer on her back—The Eye, a serial killer who watches his victims before striking. She’s guarding a person of interest connected to several homicides when The Eye finally makes his move, and suddenly the hunter becomes the prey.

And a Texas storm starts brewing.

Riding into that storm alongside her is protection specialist Axel Spears—her partner, her best friend, and a man with his own scars. Axel has a ranch and is a cowboy at heart, but he’s also a former FBI agent so he knows how to cross every desert and kick down every door if it means protecting her. I love a strong cowboy hero!

Together, they are thrust into a high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase across Texas—where dusty backroads hide secrets, danger lurks behind every bramble, and trust becomes their only lifeline which is tough because they both have trust issues.

Writing this book reminded me why Texas settings are so irresistible. Whether you’re facing down outlaws or modern-day killers, Texas breeds a special kind of courage, and a special kind of love story where the men are noble and fierce and the women are sassy and brave, or at least in my stories set in Texas.

What gets your pulse pounding? Have you ever felt eyes watching you? To celebrate the release of A Killer in Texas, I’m giving away two paperback copies to two U.S. winners! Consider this my way of tipping my hat to the readers who saddle up beside me with every new story.

 

New York Times and Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author, Jessica R. Patch has penned over 30 novels and is known for her pulse-pounding plots, emotionally charged characters, and signature twists. Jessica’s stories explore themes of justice, resilience, and the unshakable power of hope.

When she’s not getting into fictional mischief with her characters, you can find her cozy on the couch in her mid-south home reading books by some of her favorite authors, down the street at the Mexican restaurant, or collecting recipes to amazing dishes she’ll probably never cook.

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68 thoughts on “Welcome Guest Jessica R. Patch and a Give Away!”

  1. My life is much tamer than those of your protagonists. Thinking that I’m going to be late for church or work gets my adrenaline flowing. And, in the classroom (one day “substitutitis” will be added to the dictionary), students who refuse to follow rules and are belligerent/loud also trigger a strong reaction.

    Thanks for running the giveaway; print books are the absolute best prizes!

  3. I lived in a hotel that was converted to studio apartments for 2 years. Creepy but always felt someone was watching me. I was not the only one that felt that.

  5. A page-turning romance gets my pulse pounding. I don’t ever remember feeling watched in a mysterious way.

  7. I love suspense. I haven’t felt eyes watching me but – I have waited for miracles to happen in my life and that is suspenseful enough. You are a new author to me so I will be checking you out. So glad you came to blog today.

  8. I love a good psychological thriller. I am not usually a paranoid person, but there have been a few times in my life that I felt threatened (in my mind), and it turned out to be something silly. An active imagination can’t be a blessing or a curse 🙂

  10. I have felt like ‘eyes” watching me, but it’s been years ago. I think it was an over active imagination, although our house was broken into 18 years ago which give you a violated feeling.

    • it does give you that feeling! I have an overactive imagination too, but I need it so I can write books! Ha!

  15. I enjoy reading suspense novels especially the ones that keep me guessing until the end of the book. I have not felt like I was being watched.

  16. I llived in Texas from 2000 til 2008. My husband and I took the train in Palestine where we experienced a reactment of a train robbery. God bless the Texas Rangers.

  17. Seeing cars weaving in and out of traffic on the freeways gets my heart pounding. I’m always muttering Hope you make it to where you’re going.

  18. WOW!!! This book sounds amazing. Different from the usual cowboy hero story since there is a very strong woman right beside him working just as hard. I’m not usually a suspense reader but I just may change my mind for this one.

  19. I have felt eyes watching me. Pulse pounding reading for me is when you know something is coming but not sure what.

  20. A Killer in Texas sounds like a very interesting book as I love reading suspense books that keep you reading and turning the pages to see what is going to happen next!

  21. I love a suspenseful Western, and set in Texas makes it even better. Your short description of the story makes me want to read it. I also love a strong, sassy heroine. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy.

  22. A well-written suspense story with intricate clues and a realistic plotline will certainly get my heart pounding! I also enjoy western settings so this book sounds perfect!

  24. In the first house we lived in I would sometimes wake up thinking someone was in the house watching us. When I got up in the morning the doors were still locked and there was no indication anyone broke in. Definitely had me scared those nights. It also made me wonder about ghosts even though the house was less than twenty years old and nothing bad had ever happened there. Spooky……

  25. Hello from Texas, I was born in Texas and raised in NM. Your book sounds like a Great read and I love the book cover! , Very intriguing!! I dont think I have ever felt like I have been watched, even though when I was 17 and out of HS I had a job in downtown in TX. Well on my lunch hour I would walk and go window shopping and grab a bite to eat, well one day on my way back to work after lunch I did feel like someone was watching me and there was this older man following me, I would go a little faster and he would walk a little faster also , it was pretty scary, Thank God I got back into the office where I worked, needless to say I never went walking downtown by myself anymore, who knows if this man had been watching me for awhile , gives me goosebumps just to think that. Pretty scary is all I can say.

  26. Jessica,

    I have felt eyes watching me and it was a cinnamon black bear, a rogue bear known for attacking people. You would get a feeling of absolute evil when you walked in one part of the woods. The helair would stand up on your arms and a voice inside you would say get away NOW! That’s what saved me.

    Other eyes I’ve felt watching had 2 legs and my sister and I barely got out with our lives literally before the place exploded.

    We lived in the Bush of Alaska (AK) and drug lords and worse came to our place with AK-47s and threatened to eliminate us and throw our bodies in the lake because they wanted our land. We homesteaded. They said no one would ever know. Normally, you could go weeks without seeing a neighbor let alone all of them at once, but that’s exactly what happened. We had all our neighbors show up at once. Those men had their heads on swivels. They couldn’t believe it. They spent the night staring they’d “take care of everything in the morning” meaning us of course. That night a grizzly visited them. They spent a very uncomfortable night in trees because they had sat their guns away from them to eat. City dudes. We always said God sent an angel in the form of a griz to help us. The next day those men couldn’t leave fast enough. The star troopers met them and these big time drug lords were so scared they gladly went with the state troopers. Lol Needless to say they never returned. Had they returned there would have been some Bush law waiting for them. All facts not embellished.

  28. Thankfully I’ve never felt eyes watching me, but a good suspense story gets my pulse pounding for sure.

  29. Hi Jessica. I have felt like I am being watched a few times. I have never been able to confirm it. It is a very uneasy feeling. I love your books. Thank you so much for being her. Give your new grandbaby a kiss and hug. God bless you.

    • I have felt it too and it is an uneasy feeling! Thank you and I’ll sure give him one. I have him right now!

  30. One of our neighbors watches us..to make sure nothing of ours touches his yard. ?? .
    I was stalked by a man in a white can one time when I was much younger. Called the police. Though they never caught him, he stopped after my husband started stalking him. ?

  31. Your books make my heart pound! lol!! I have felt like “eyes” were watching me, but it’s been awhile. And, it turned out they were, but in a good way.

  32. My mom used to tell me the story of old green eyes at the chickamauga battlefield. It was supposed to be a soldiers ghost from what I was told. You would feel like someone or something was watching you.

  33. Your book sounds like a fantastic read and I would love to read it. I have felt like someone is watching me a few times, but I think it was my imagination. It still makes you stop and think.

  34. I love all of your books, Jessica, and they DEFINITELY get my pulse pounding!

    I have definitely felt eyes on me several times in my life, and I do NOT like that feeling! Thankfully, nothing bad happened.

  35. I often feel like I’m being watched. It’s usually one or both of my dogs! They peer around corners and one has even learned how to open doors..

  39. Growing up in NYC there were times when I would have to work late at night and I had to take the subway late at night. The stop I would get off of required traveling past a cemetery. It was a scary feeling late at night and kept my pulse pounding.

  40. For as long as I can remember, I have a very strange reaction when being stared at – I will suddenly turn and make eye contact with the person staring. It feels very uncomfortable in many situations but would be helpful if I suspected someone of hiding and watching.

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    For as long as I can remember, I have a very strange reaction when being stared at – I will suddenly turn and make eye contact with the person staring. It feels very uncomfortable in many situations but would be helpful if I suspected someone of hiding and watching.

  42. When you know there is danger but do not know where it is coming from, what it will be, or when it is happening. That is very unnerving, and will keep your pulse up and senses on alert.
    I have been in that position while in the Peace Corps. The country was edging towards marshal law my last few months there. It was declared a few months after I left. As the only American in the area and obviously an outsider, I was being watched. One morning it did get uncomfortable and a bit frightening. The college ROTC was having exercises at our local high school for about a month. They would march in formation around town. One morning, about 5:30 to 6, I heard them marching up our street. They stopped in front of our house and turned to face it. They stayed there for 10 minutes or so, quietly staring at it. I wouldn’t have been too concerned, except I heard the family I was living with run to the front of the house whispering in concern. When I can up stairs for breakfast, they were a bit nervous about it, not sure if I had heard it. Understandable since violence and heavy handed actions were so common. It wasn’t too long before that, that I had to curtail my trips to the remote barrio schools because the communist gorilla troops were moving into the mountain areas and it wasn’t considered safe for me to head out that way. There was another time when there was a political rally in a town I was in and I spent the afternoon basically hiding with native teachers I was with in the movie theater watching a Tarzan movie (which they showed with the reels out of order) until things calmed down. People in the US don’t realize how bad it can get and will hopefully never find out.

  43. Jessica, your new book, A Killer In Texas; sounds like a new & interesting read. Will add it to my TBR list.
    Yes, I have felt eyes watching me….we live in the outskirts of our town & we have a lot of coyotes.
    I, was mowing our grass & kept feeling like something was watching….it, turned out to be a coyote that came out of the corn field & trotted right pass me. I, usually carry a small gun or my pepper spray, but; I didn’t have either of those with me.

  45. When I was little, I actually had a thing about feeling like I was being watching or someone was looking at me through the window.

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