The Romantic Side of Suspense

Author Sarah Hamaker
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In the long-form episodes, Sarah talks with your favorite romantic suspense authors. They will take you behind-the-scenes of the writing process, give excerpts from their writing, and share stories about their writing life. In Quick Takes, Sarah interviews authors about their recent or upcoming romantic suspense novels. Learn more about the characters, setting, and stories behind your favorite Christian romantic suspense books.

  1. 6d ago

    Ciara Knight’s Therapeutic Writing (Episode 169)

    “I’ve always been a prolific writer—nothing ever gets in my way. I’ve never had writer’s block,” Ciara said. “When I first moved onto the trawler, I did. I was writing sweet, small town romance among other genres, and I just was having problems [writing]. So I took all of my fears—if I’m scared of something, I go for it. I don’t hold back. I think part of [writing] was my therapy when we got onboard. It was learning to live on a boat with storms and … those first two books in my Harbor Secrets series were a kind of therapy.”

    18 min

  2. Jun 2

    Quick Takes in Christian Romantic Suspense (Episode 168)

    During this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense” podcast, you’ll hear from six authors about their romantic suspense books available this month. Here’s the list of authors and books for June 2026, with the book’s release date if not available now. Darlene L. Turner/Scent of Peril (5/26) Jennifer Chastain/Guardian (6/16) Megan Short/Alaskan Abduction Target (5/26) Virginia Vaughn/Deadly Homecoming Threat in Critical Threat, Volume Two of the Honor Bound Hearts Collection(6/26) Elle E Kay/Blast Radius in Critical Threat, Volume Two of the Honor Bound Hearts Collection(6/26) Sarah Hamaker/Fatal Recall in Critical Threat, Volume Two of the Honor Bound Hearts Collection(6/26)

    31 min

  3. May 19

    The Why Behind Marisa Materson’s Writing (Episode 167)

    “I always wanted to be a teacher, and I did spend 22 years in the classroom before my spinal cord injury and other health issues sidelined me,” Marisa said. “But I also wanted to write. Oh, to be able to write a book—everyone will remember my name if I write a book. That was as a child. Of course, as an adult, I think ‘Lord, what do you have for me? And how can I use this gift of encouragement that I have and this gift of wanting to reach out to people?’ That’s what became more important than just having a name out there.”

    22 min

  4. May 5

    Quick Takes in Christian Romantic Suspense (Episode 166)

    During this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense” podcast, you’ll hear from seven authors about their romantic suspense books available this month. Here’s the list of authors and books for May 2026, with the book’s release date if not available now. Suzanne Woods Fisher/Chase the Light Donnie Stevens/Back to You Jessica R Patch/The Girl Upstairs Danielle Grandinetti/Shipwrecked Faith (5/15) Gina Holder/The Escape Game Jessica West/Relentless Chase Angela Carlisle/Silent Menace (5/19)

    32 min

  5. Apr 28

    Seralynn Lewis’s Crossover Into Romantic Suspense (Episode 165)

    With several romance and historical romance books in her background, Seralynn asked herself, “Where do I go from here? I was having a chat with my editor and she said, ‘You know, all of your stories have elements of mystery and suspense in them, … so you should really be writing romantic suspense.’ I’m thinking, okay, I can do that, so that’s how [I made the switch to romantic suspense].”

    22 min

  6. Apr 14

    The Chronological Order of Hannah Linder’s Writing (Episode 164)

    “I’m definitely the type of writer who starts with scene one and goes in chronological order from there,” Hannah said. “I hear so many different ways that people do it, and it’s fascinating to me how different people write words and how they can organize it. … I try really hard as I’m writing it to get it [to as clean a first draft as possible].”

    22 min

  7. Mar 31

    Quick Takes in Christian Romantic Suspense (Episode 163)

    During this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense” podcast, you’ll hear from two authors about their romantic suspense books available this month. Here’s the list of authors and books for February 2026, with the book’s release date if not available now. Joanna Politano/The Life She Forgot (4/21) Carol J. Post/Witness Safeguard Mission (4/28)

    12 min

  8. Mar 17

    Why Camy Tang Started Dictating Her Novels (Episode 162)

    “I can write the fastest and the most if I write within an hour of getting up in the morning,” Camy said. “But then my wrists starting getting worse, so I started doing voice to text dictation. I found it was really hard at first to get into the dictation, but after I got used to it, I found myself writing at least at the same speed as I was when I was typing.”

    22 min
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In the long-form episodes, Sarah talks with your favorite romantic suspense authors. They will take you behind-the-scenes of the writing process, give excerpts from their writing, and share stories about their writing life. In Quick Takes, Sarah interviews authors about their recent or upcoming romantic suspense novels. Learn more about the characters, setting, and stories behind your favorite Christian romantic suspense books.

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  • Creator
    Author Sarah Hamaker
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    169
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Author Sarah Hamaker
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    The Romantic Side of Suspense