About the Book
Book: Dangerous Detour (Discipleship Series, Book 2)
Author: Gail Pallotta
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Four people face a winter storm in the wilderness. Two have lost their way. One has lost his purpose and one has lost his soul.
Headed home for Christmas vacation, Ruthie, a quiet professor, crosses paths with Moose, a football coach, on an icy, blocked road in Western North Carolina. Amid a winter storm, they unknowingly take shelter in a killer’s hideout.
Escaping under fire, they flee into a frozen, snow-covered forest. Trying to find their way out and shake the murderer, they dodge bullets each day until the temperature drops and the world turns quiet. Then, they set up camps to survive in the wilderness. Even though they grow attracted to each other, neither admits it until each of them suffers a frightening injury. Finally, they head to a house Ruthie sees in the distance.
Will they meet a new friend, or a foe?
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About the Author
Award-winning author Gail Pallotta’s a wife, mom, swimmer and bargain shopper who loves God, beach sunsets and getting together with friends and family. She’s a 2017 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards winner and a TopShelf 2020 Book Awards Finalist. She recently received a Top Author Certificate for her new book, Hidden Danger. She’s published seven books, poems, short stories and two-hundred articles. Some of her articles appear in anthologies while two are in museums.
More from Gail
People often refer to modern times as the post-Christian era. We’re blessed with wonderful ministers, missionaries and other Christian leaders. Unfortunately, many people never attend a church or any Christian gathering. Yet church goers see others on a daily basis—in a long line in the grocery, at a restaurant, a company or organizational meeting. How can we, Christians who have no formal ministerial training, help spread the Gospel?
Some clergy say unchurched neighbors who watch Christians get up and go to church every Sunday grow curious about Christianity. A man (I’ll call him Joe) recently wandered in a store looking at the merchandise and humming a hymn. A stranger asked Joe about the song. Joe ended up talking to the man about his faith and his church. Another person was asked how he and his wife had stayed married for so many years. He said, “We go to church together.” That’s a loaded statement with so many churches going in different directions. However, the conversation led to a discussion of a Jesus-centered church. The teaching and sermons there apply what Jesus taught about living a godly life rather than re-shaping his Gospel to suit our advantage in worldly situations. It’s often little opportunities we take advantage of that speak to a person. All of the above stayed on my mind for a long time. Usually, when something nags me, I write about it. Thus, a Discipleship Series began. Dangerous Detour is book two.
Interview with the Author
- What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
Any of the Norma Elliott children’s books by Victoria Simcox. Three I’ve read are Tis the Season, Spring Fever and Summer Blues. They put the reader into the world of a child, who’s doing her best to learn about God and get along with her family and friends. As an adult, I fell in love with Norma. Ms. Simcox has created an adorable child who will amuse and capture the hearts of readers, young and old.
- What is your favorite childhood book?
My favorite childhood books were Nancy Drew mysteries. I wanted to grow up and become a private detective. Obviously, I didn’t. Well, not in real life. I do live through the amateur sleuths and law enforcement officials in my books though.
- What comes first, the plot or characters?
I make a rough outline of the plot, then I create the characters. I put my heroine and hero in a situation in the plot and have each of them journal about it. Then, I start on the story. As I write I add to the plot and characters.
- What do you like to do when you are not writing?
I enjoy visiting with friends and family, going out to eat with my husband, bargain shopping and swimming. Going to our eight-year-old Jesus centered church brings joy. I like good books, the Braves Baseball team and watching the ocean or walking on the beach in Destin, Florida.
- If you could invite one person to dinner, who would it be and what would you cook?
Jesus. I’d have fish, vegetables, fruit and wine for Him; water for me. Alas, I’m allergic to wine.
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, August 16
Bizwings Book Blog, August 16
Simple Harvest Reads, August 17 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, August 17
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 18
Texas Book-aholic, August 19
Artistic Nobody, August 20 (Author Interview)
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 21
Betti Mace, August 22
Maureen’s Musings, August 23
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 24
Lily’s Corner, August 25
Leslie’s Library Escape, August 26
Fiction Book Lover, August 27 (Author Interview)
For Him and My Family, August 28
Life on Chickadee Lane, August 29
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Gail is giving away the grand prize of a $30 Amazon Gift Card and a print copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.