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Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #25

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Hi! My name’s Ronie Kendig and I’m a writer of paramilitary (romantic) suspense and space fantasy. You can learn more about me and all my books here on my site and on Instagram, Facebook, and X/Twitter. But I always adore a good love story and an even better romantic trope! My newest release, APOLLO (Discarded Heroes: Scions #2) is a romantic paramilitary suspense that is closely tied to my Christy Award-winning Wolfsbane (Apollo‘s hero is the son of Wolfsbane‘s hero).

ABOUT APOLLO

When Love Becomes the Ultimate Mission

From award-winning author Ronie Kendig comes a heart-stopping romantic suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

HE WAS TRAINED TO SAVE LIVES. SHE WAS BORN TO LIVE A LIE.

Owen Metcalfe thought his military career was over—two failed attempts at becoming an elite operator leave him questioning everything he believes about himself. When a desperate mercenary seeks help to rescue his daughter—a kidnapped princess—from the most dangerous royal family in the world, Owen discovers his true calling isn’t about earning a beret or proving his worth to the Army.

It’s about saving her.

Leighton Kingslake has spent her entire life guarding a deadly secret far from the Saudi princess who gave birth to her and the brutal king they fled. She’s lived in the shadows, knowing one wrong move could end not just her life, but her mother’s as well. When she’s violently torn from her safe world and imprisoned halfway around the globe, survival becomes her only goal. Until a blue-eyed warrior crashes into her world and threatens everything.

This isn’t just a rescue mission—it’s a collision of two hearts that will either save them or destroy them.

When Owen infiltrates the palace as Leighton’s bodyguard sparks fly! She doesn’t want him ruining her plan, and he holds fast to his promise to bring her safely home. But with a vengeful king, murderous princes, and a deadly enemy closing in, they’re forced to set differences aside. Soon, begrudging respect breeds something far more powerful that becomes both their greatest strength and their most dangerous weakness.

Apollo is an adventure across African Safaris and . . . touches on a real-life mystery about:

After fifteen years and forty-plus books, I am always looking for something new and unique to spark story ideas. For the Discarded Heroes: Scions (a spinoff from my award-winning original series, the Discarded Heroes (including Christy Award-winning Wolfsbane!) series, I asked my husband to pick three unique and not-normally-written-about locations. He chose Armenia, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, so I started digging into each country’s history to find that the new and fascinating to bring to light and ground the story. Out of necessity, in Apollo I created a fictional Central Kingdom, so that I could have my way with the story and royals of that kingdom, and not reflect poorly on any real institutions.

Research led me to a shocking true story about the Vanishing Princesses of Saudi Arabia. Back in the mid-nineties, an American doctor from Texas was called upon to treat a princess in the country in which he worked, Saudi Arabia. That was his introduction to a daunting, horrific tale that seemed too incredible to believe: four princesses were being held virtual prisoners by their father-king. Their mother, who had fled to escape the king’s cruelty for not producing a male heir, was trying to save her daughters from afar. The doctor learned the princesses were being dosed with a medicinal cocktail of drugs that essentially left them pliable and immobilized.

For years, the doctor advocated for them, tried to help them escape. The princesses even made contact with journalists at one point in an attempt to get word out about their plight. However, after the king died, contact with the princesses abruptly stopped. It is said that at least two of the princesses ended up drying of starvation-related health problems and the long-term drugging. It is truly a heartrending story, and I was relieved to give a fictional Saudi princess a happy ending that never happened for those who inspired her story.

If you would like to read more about the vanishing princesses, check out this article (link below) or Google it for yourself!

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/thetexan-doctor-and-the-disappeared-saudi-princesses

Here’s the Stop #25 Basics:

If you’re interested, you can orderAPOLLO on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books or the Sunrise Publishing Shop!

Clue to Write Down: always

Link to Stop #26, the Next Stop on the Loop: CAROLYN MILLER’S site!

>>BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!<< 

I’m offering SIGNED PAPERBACK of ATLAS and APOLLO to one US entrant as a separate giveaway. TO ENTER:

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