What is the title of your latest release?
GIRL LOST – The King Legacy #1
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Two law enforcement agents, forced to confront the wreckage of their failed teenage romance, must team up to track down a killer, find their missing daughter, and save the mentor who holds the secrets they need to heal.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I’m a sucker for small towns with secrets and a salty breeze. The beach adds the perfect backdrop of beauty and danger, plus… I write better when I’m mentally barefoot.
Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Absolutely. But Luna’s so intense. We’d need our mutual friend, Tori Crew, there to keep things from turning into a stakeout or a deep therapy session.
What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Intense. Tenacious. Emotionally armored. She’s like a tactical SWAT vest wrapped around a very bruised heart.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
More than I ever expected about MMA fighting. If you need to get out of a chokehold or land the perfect eye-gouge… I can help.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I edit as I go, sometimes obsessively. Then I do multiple “final” passes followed by an audio read-through where I catch everything I missed while apparently napping through the previous ten edits.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Sushi. The kind that’s so beautifully plated you hesitate before ruining it. Also, not the kind you get in a mountain town where you may or may not get food poisoning. I’m looking at you, Breckenridge.
Describe your writing space/office!
It’s part office, part grandkid playroom, part dog kingdom. My husband and I share it like we’re coworkers in a sitcom. We’ve got matching standing desks, four dog beds (one hanging in the window so Willow can judge people), a couch, and a sticky-note graveyard on a possibly lead-painted vintage window. It’s my tiny home away from home with great Wi-Fi.
Who is an author you admire?
So many. Colleen Coble, Lynette Eason, Angela Hunt, Terri Blackstock, Carrie Stuart Parks (go hear her teach and prepare to be blown away), James Scott Bell, Jerry B. Jenkins, Susan May Warren… I could go on. I’m basically in awe every time one of them remembers my name.
Is there a book that changed your life?
Yes. The Monster at the End of This Book (starring Grover). It was my first taste of suspense, humor, and unexpected twists. Grover didn’t want me to turn the page… so of course, I did. And here we are.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
It was for my debut in Lynette Eason’s Elite Guardians series. I auditioned when a friend pushed me to do it. I mean I barely knew that H/H meant “hero/heroine” and assumed I’d never make it past round one. Fast forward to me ignoring a mystery call while doing dishes and listening to an audiobook. Later that night, I check my voicemail and nearly hit the floor—Lynette Eason had called me. I didn’t sleep. I strategized the earliest socially acceptable hour to call her back (was 3am too early?). When she told me she picked my story and wanted me to be first in the series, I cried, sat down, and maybe stopped breathing for a second. It was one of the best days of my career.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Thrillers and romantic suspense. I want a twist I didn’t see coming and a romance that simmers slowly and makes me earn it.
What’s your favorite movie?
You’ve Got Mail. Forever and always. “Don’t you love New York in the fall?” gets me every time. It’s got that slow burn romance, a dog, and technology. All my favorite things!
What is your favorite season?
Summer. The hotter the better. If I’m not melting into the pavement, is it even summer?
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
One day I’d like to actually celebrate my it. It’s squeezed between Christmas and New Year’s, so it usually gets lost in the holiday blur. Someday, I’d like to have a real birthday party with presents wrapped in birthday paper.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
Podcast-wise, I’m always tuned into 48 Hours, 20/20, Shawn Ryan, FBI Case File Review, Christian Publishing Show, and Novel Marketing. If I can walk my dog or do the dishes and still feel productive, I’m in. Bonus points if someone gets arrested or I learn how to deliver the best newsletter to my readers.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
It’s a tie between Mexican and all things Asian. Give me spice, flavor, and a bowl of something steaming hot and delicious, and I’ll follow you anywhere.
What do you do when you have free time?
Is this a trick question? I work. But when I really want to recharge, you’ll find me on our boat at Table Rock Lake. Cruising in the sun, anchored in a quiet cove, or floating with a book in hand—it’s my version of paradise.
What can readers expect from you next?
Book 2 in The King Legacy is coming! We don’t have a title yet, but Girl Lost includes a sneak peek of chapter one. More suspense, more twists, more heart… and definitely more Willow-approved plot points.
King Legacy #1
A Christian Romantic Suspense Thriller with CIA Intrigue and Second Chance Romance
A LOST BABY
Luna Rosati found acceptance and comfort with her childhood foster family, but when she became pregnant at sixteen, she gave the baby up for adoption and left without a word. Now a CIA counterintelligence officer, Luna wants to reconcile her fractured sense of self by finding the only blood family she has—the teenage daughter she's never met. As Luna closes in on learning the girl's identity with the help of her mentor, Stryker, she prepares to meet him in her old neighborhood—the last place she wants to be. Then Stryker is captured.
AN INESCAPABLE PAST
Special Agent Corbin King changed his last name to escape the shadow of his convicted father serving a life sentence. When he runs into Luna, the object of his failed teenage romance, the two must put their pasts aside and work together to expose a secret that someone's willing to kill for.
A DEADLY THREAT
But when they encounter a kidnapping, missing bodies, and murder, the secrets Corbin and Luna are keeping from one another are only the beginning of the threat they face with more than their own lives at stake.
A gripping Christian romantic suspense thriller with CIA intrigue, second chances, and found family. Perfect for fans of clean thrillers, faith-based fiction, and emotional page-turners by Lynette Eason, Colleen Coble, Jessica R. Patch, and Charles Martin.
Christian Romance | Christian Mystery | Romance Suspense [Revell, On Sale: September 23, 2025, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780800746636 / eISBN: 9781493451371]
Kate Angelo is an author, minister, and public speaker from Southwest Missouri who works alongside her husband strengthening and encouraging marriages and families through their ministry. As the mother of five mostly grown children, she is fluent in both sarcasm and eye rolls—subjects she never intentionally taught while homeschooling. With her chihuahua taking up half of her desk space, she writes suspenseful stories of imperfect people who encounter hope and healing through Jesus. Kate is a tech enthusiast, coffee lover, productivity guru, accomplished knitter, avid boater, prayer warrior, and known klutz.
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