About the Book

Book:  Betrayal of Genius

Author: Robin Patchen

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release date: July 13, 2021

From a USA Today bestselling author comes book three in the addictive Coventry Saga.

Her invention could save thousands of lives…if she can survive to long enough to share it.

Jacqui’s research could lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and she’s determined to ensure the technology goes to the company with the best shot at creating life-saving products, not just the highest bidder. When her lab is broken into, she realizes her partner is desperate to get his hands on her research and the money it’ll bring. Jacqui goes into hiding, planning to lie low until she can find a buyer who lives up to her expectations.

Reid’s life is all about protecting his daughter, but when she leaves for a month to visit her mother, he finds himself at loose ends. The pretty new manager at the ice cream shop seems like a good diversion, but he soon realizes there’s more to Jacqui than doling out scoops of rocky road. When he senses danger, he’s tempted to step away—he won’t allow any threat to come near his daughter—but how can he turn his back on a woman in danger, one he’s coming to care for?

Jacqui’s former partner is closing in and getting more desperate by the day. He’ll stop at nothing to get the payout he feels he deserves.

Join Jacqui and Reid as they navigate this pulse-pounding, faith-filled adventure into the high-stakes world of medical research, innovation, and greed.

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About the Author

Robin Patchen is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of Christian romantic suspense. She grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, the setting of her Nutfield Saga books, and then headed to Boston to earn a journalism degree. After college, working in marketing and public relations, she discovered how much she loathed the nine-to-five ball and chain. After relocating to the Southwest, she started writing her first novel while she homeschooled her three children. The novel was dreadful, but her passion for storytelling didn’t wane. Thankfully, as her children grew, so did her writing ability. Now that her kids are adults, she has more time to play with the lives of fictional heroes and heroines, wreaking havoc and working magic to give her characters happy endings. When she’s not writing, she’s editing or reading, proving that most of her life revolves around the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Visit https://robinpatchen.com/subscribe to receive a free book and stay informed about Robin’s latest projects.

More from Robin

It’s funny how the themes of my novels often present themselves when I’m in the thick of writing them. I thought Betrayal of Genius was going to be about Luke 12:48 and the old idiom, “To whom much is given, much is required.”

And the novel is about that. To a degree.

But as I wrote the manuscript, another theme worked up to the surface, revealing itself a little at a time. It started with the hero.

Reid is a single parent raising his six-year-old daughter, Ella, who was kidnapped and, thankfully, rescued the previous summer. He was protective before. Now he’s downright obsessive about his child’s safety. Sending her to spend a month in California with her mother seems about as natural as his ex’s hair color.

So the story is a little about Reid’s devotion to his daughter.

Jacqui is always, deep down, trying to earn her father’s approval. Oh, sure, she knows he loves her. But she so rarely gets to see it. As a world-renowned surgeon, he was always off saving the world, far too busy, too important, to shower his daughter with love and tenderness.

So the story is a little about Jacqui’s relationship with her dad.

I write about romantic love all the time, but parental love is just as important and just as beautiful. As a daughter, I was blessed to have two wonderful parents. As a mother, I try to be everything my kids need, and I fail all the time. Is there a right way to parent?

I don’t know. I do know that, though not everybody will be blessed to enjoy romance, all of us have parents. All of us know what it is to love a parent and to experience—or crave—a parent’s love in return.

If you’re a parent—or if you’ve got parents—you know it’s no easy thing to raise kids. As my children grow further into adulthood, I can look back and see everything I did wrong. I did a lot right, but for some reason, the wrong sticks out.

But you know what? I love them. I’ve loved them since the moment they were placed in my arms, maybe since that first flutter of movement in my belly.

Reid is trying to be the perfect father, and he’s always falling short. Jacqui’s dad did his very best, but he wasn’t perfect. But both of those daddies love their little girls. And, like it says in 1 Peter 4:8, “Love covers a multitude of sins.”

Betrayal of Genius is about working hard to accomplish the good works God gave us to do. It’s about doing the very best we can with what we’ve been given. But it’s also about good old human love. Imperfect but pure love, the kind that can wrap itself around a little child and make her feel safe. The kind that can encourage a grown woman to push through the hard times, even when it’s scary and dangerous.

I hope you experience that kind of love. Even if you didn’t receive it from your earthly parents, you have a perfect Father who wants to shower you with it, One whose very nature is Love. May His love wrap around you and carry you forward.

Author Interview

Hi Gina. Thanks for letting me visit your beautiful site today. I’m glad to be here.

Where do you get ideas for your books?

Most of the time, I have no idea where my stories come from. In the case of Betrayal of Genius, however, I can trace the origins of the idea. I came across an article about two guys who’d invented an artificial neuron. I started asking myself what-if questions. What if the neuron were developed to the degree that it could be used in medical devices to change lives? What if somebody didn’t want those lives changed? Who would stand to gain by making sure those devices were never developed? From there, the villain started to emerge. In the course of the writing, the villain shifted and morphed into someone completely different from what I’d expected.

This story’s genesis was a magazine article that I just happened to stumble upon. Where the next story will come from, I have no idea.

What would you say is your most interesting writing quirk?

I think most writers do a whole lot of research before they start writing a book. Many writers love research so much that they get lost in it. They go down rabbit trails studying history or law cases or, if they’re writing a book like Betrayal of Genius, biology and computer science.

Not me.

I hate research. Rather than do it up front when I’m plotting a book, I tend to dive into the writing and research as I go. It’s not a great plan, honestly. Sometimes, I’ll be deep into a particular plot twist only to discover that it doesn’t track with the way things really work, and I have to backtrack. On the other hand, I don’t spend a lot of time researching things that ultimately don’t matter.

What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your book?

Maybe it’s not surprising, but the more I learned about the medical research and development community, the more I understood why there are no simple answers to the health care crisis facing our nation. There are people pouring their hearts and souls into developing life-altering drugs and devices, and those people should be compensated for their work. But not all those in the health care industry—or the government agencies that regulate it—share those lofty ideals. There are politicians arguing points on both sides, but to me this is a call to prayer for the people who are doing their best to develop drugs and devices that will change and even save lives. I believe we should pray that the Lord will provide solutions to the complex problems our health care industry is facing and raise up honorable men and women to put those solutions into practice.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

I love to travel. I especially love experiencing new cultures, so I’m not enamored with things like cruises and all-inclusive resorts. No, I like to go where the locals go. I’ll visit the touristy places, but I also want to experience what it’s like to live there. It’s one of the reasons I gravitate toward staying in apartments and condos instead of hotels that cater to tourists.

We recently visited my son in Kona, Hawaii. It was one of my favorite all time vacations not only because it was in Hawaii and my son was there, but because he was able to take us to the places most tourists don’t see. He knew the kinds of things only the locals know—things like the best place to get poke on the island (at the Sack-and-Save) and where to capture unique photos (like a tree-lined road in Waimea.) We went places and saw things that those who never leave their resorts will miss. I love that.

One of these days, I’m going to combine my love of writing and my love of traveling. The ideas are simmering even now.

What project are you working on now, and how do we find your books?

I’m in the planning stages of the next novel. Whereas much of Betrayal of Genius took place in Boston, Traces of Virtue will return us to the lakeside town of Coventry, tucked away in the mountains of New Hampshire. Traces of Virtue will release this fall.

All of my books are available on Amazon, and the Coventry Saga is also available on other retailers. Most of my stories are also available in audio. You can find out more about me and my books at my website, http://robinpatchen.com. Be sure to click the subscribe link to get a free copy of Glimmer in the Darkness, Book 1 in the Coventry Saga.

Blog Stops

Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, July 23

Betti Mace, July 24

Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, July 25 (Author Interview)

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 25

Blossoms and Blessings, July 26

My Reading Journeys, July 26

Texas Book-aholic, July 27

Inklings and notions, July 28

Spoken from the Heart, July 28

For Him and My Family, July 29

deb’s Book Review, July 30

Locks, Hooks and Books, July 31

Blogging With Carol, July 31

Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, August 1

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, August 2

A Modern Day Fairy Tale, August 3

Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, August 4

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 5

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Robin is giving away a virtual trip to Boston with a signed paperback copy of Betrayal of Genius and a complete Lobster Dinner for Two, a $120 value. (Winner can choose among many seafood options—or trade it for a good ol’ fashioned Amazon gift card.)

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/11030/betrayal-of-genius-celebration-tour-giveaway