About the Book
Book: Offshore Ambush
Author: Sherri Wilson Johnson
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense (contemporary)
Release Date: January 9, 2024
Sometimes people aren’t who you think they are.
Gretchen Overton’s world is shattered when someone murders her brother on a remote offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. As medicolegal death investigator for Baldwin County, Alabama, she vows to uncover the truth and bring the killer to justice. But little does she know, her path to finding answers requires the help of Everett Forrester, the rig’s Drilling Foreman and her ex-boyfriend.
While tensions rise and the body count increases, danger lurks around every corner…and it becomes clear that someone is determined to eliminate Gretchen and Everett before they uncover the truth.
Can they untangle the web of deception and expose the killer before everything rips them apart again?
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About the Author
Sherri Wilson Johnson is a Christian romantic suspense author and lover of all things book related. She’s always been a sucker for a good love story—whether it’s in real life or fiction (both historical and contemporary). Completing her first novel at the age of eighteen, and later burning the only copy in the fireplace, she continued learning the craft of writing and now writes Contemporary Romantic Suspense and Historical Romance with a splash of suspense and/or mystery. When not writing, she’s usually assisting other publishing professionals or helping authors realize their dreams of becoming published. Sherri and her husband are empty-nesters and live in Georgia with their two dogs. She loves spending time with family, vacationing at the beach, curling up with a good book or working on her current work-in-progress. She dreams of a second home on some beach somewhere someday, where she can plot and write romantically suspenseful novels.
More from Sherri
The idea for Offshore Ambush came from my annual visits to the Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan, Alabama area. Just like how the idea for Desolate Escape (book one in my Jeopardized Reunions series) came about while sitting on the deserted beach at the Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge where I imagined someone discovering a dead body on the beach, discovering the oil and gas platforms out in the Gulf but not knowing what they were sparked my creative juices. So I began researching what these were while eating dinner on the screened-in porch that viewed Mobile Bay where we were staying (across the street from the beach). When I discovered that they were drilling platforms, my husband and I started brainstorming. Yes, Dan is one of my biggest brainstorming resources, for lack of a better word. He always titles my books for me, always listens daily as I fill him in on what I’ve written, and never fails to cheer me on when I’m dreaming up the next book or series idea.
I had planned to end the series (for now) with one final book that reached beyond what I’d written before. Since this series has been set on Mobile Bay and the beaches surrounding the Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge plus some of the rivers that flow into the bay, I felt like it would only be fitting to venture out into the ocean. So the first half is set on the Lapis Lazuli oil platform, then the rest is set in Gulf Shores.
Now for an interesting story about how I named the Lapis Lazuli…
I’ve been reading the Bible all the way through this year, this time in chronological order. Because I’m a slow reader, I use a Bible app and let the British narrator read it to me. I follow along in my Bible and make notes or underline verses that touch me. Well, in at least two handfuls of places in the Old Testament the stone lapis lazuli is mentioned, and every time the British narrator pronounced it, it made me smile. I don’t know why, but it did. So when I did a search on what it was and found out that it was this gorgeous deep blue (which happens to be one of my favorite colors), I suddenly felt compelled to name the oil platform the Lapis Lazuli.
Exodus 24 talks about Moses and Aaron and the elders going up the mountain where they saw the God of Israel. Verse 10 says: “Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.” Can’t you just see it?!
It’s mentioned that the priestly garments had lapis lazuli in the breastpiece. And in Song of Songs chapter five, the woman describes her beloved as this:
His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.
Okay, so now I’m in the mood for a good love story. How about you? 
Offshore Ambush is another one of my second chance romantic suspense stories that reminds me of how God is the God of second chances, forgiveness, and unconditional love. I hope you will find this story to be as inspiring to read—and yet thrilling due to all the danger our hero and heroine find themselves in—as I did while writing it.
My Thoughts
Offshore Ambush is written by Sherri Wilson Johnson. This book is part of the Jeopardized Reunion series. While this is part of a series, they all can be read as stand alone stories. I love this author. She has the ability to draw you in within the first few paragraphs. She does such a wonderful job with creating a realistic backdrop. She has done careful research that I felt like I could go on an oil rig and navigate through it.
Gretchen Overton is a death investigator. She has been on desk duty since getting a concussion a few weeks back. However, her brother, is murdered and she is sent to retrieve his body off the rig. Suddenly evidence goes missing and it becomes clear that they don't want the truth to come out.
This book is packed full of action, suspense and so many twists and turns. The characters are well developed. The storyline is intriguing. If you like Christian action and suspense, this is the story for you.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Celebrate Lit for allowing me to read a copy of this book -- all thoughts are my own.
Blog Stops
Locks, Hooks and Books, March 22
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, March 23
Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, March 24 (Author Interview)
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, March 24
Texas Book-aholic, March 25
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, March 26
Fiction Book Lover, March 27 (Author Interview)
Blogging With Carol, March 28
Betti Mace, March 29
Back Porch Reads, March 30 (Author Interview)
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, March 31
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, April 1
Blossoms and Blessings, April 2 (Author Interview)
An Author’s Take, April 2
For Him and My Family, April 3
Life on Chickadee Lane, April 4
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Sherri is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card and a paperback of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/2a8f6/offshore-ambush-celebration-tour-giveaway
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Dana Mentink is a USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author as well as a two-time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, and the recipient of a Holt Medallion. She’s written over fifty titles in the suspense, lighthearted romance and mystery genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense and Poisoned Pen Press.
