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Interview with Kate Angelo: From Foster Care to Faith-Filled Suspense and Second-Chance Romance


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Interview with Publishers Weekly bestselling author Kate Angelo, whose journey from foster care to bestselling romantic suspense novelist is nothing short of inspiring. In this powerful and heartfelt episode, Kate opens up about how her past experiences shaped the redemptive, action-packed love stories she writes today. We dive deep into the heart behind her latest book Girl Lost—the first in her King Legacy series—featuring themes of abandonment, healing, and what it truly means to be found. She also shares about the incredible nonprofit she runs with her husband, equipping couples to build strong, godly marriages. This episode is packed with truth, hope, healing—and a whole lot of heart.

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Meet Kate Angelo

Kate Angelo is the Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Hunting the Witness, Selah Award winner of Deadly Holiday Hijack, and Amazon Top 100 Bestseller of Driving Force. Kate works alongside her husband championing stronger marriages and families. Her journey from foster care to bestselling author fuels her fast-paced romantic suspense, where flawed characters discover hope and healing through life’s fiercest trials and relationships. When she’s not putting fictional people through the wringer, she’s out creating real-life happily-ever-afters at conferences and events nationwide. Learn more about Kate at KateAngelo.com.

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  • Bible Verse for Encouragement

    Romans 15:13 (NKJV):
    “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

    Kate Angelo’s New Book: Girl Lost

    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.

    “Kate Angelo skillfully unveils the savagery of greed under the pretense of good.”–DIANN MILLS, bestselling writer

    “An exciting story that will capture readers’ emotions while also taking them on a pulse-pounding, suspenseful roller coaster ride they won’t soon forget.”–NANCY MEHL, author of the Erin Delaney Mysteries

    💞 Tropes in Girl Lost
    • Second-chance romance
    • Found family
    • Secret baby / Adoption
    • Reunited after years apart
    • Redemption arc
    • Forced proximity
    • Tough heroine with a vulnerable past
    • Protective hero with emotional baggage
    • Strong spiritual thread / faith-based healing
    • Dual timelines (past + present relationship development)
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      Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me during the Kickstarter! I’m so grateful for you!

      Finding Forevermore is available for preorder today on Amazon!

      Her family secrets. His guilt. One road trip that changes everything.

      Raven Cunningham has built a quiet life between the shelves of a small-town bookshop, ghostwriting stories for others while hiding her own. She’s long believed her father abandoned her, until a letter from her late grandmother reveals a shocking truth.

      Convinced the reclusive author J.C. Nevermore is her father, Raven sets out to uncover the real story. When her childhood friend Cole Walker, a former Army medic wrestling with his own scars, offers to help, she’s not sure if she can trust him . . . or herself.

      As they chase clues and revisit old memories, what begins as a search for answers becomes a journey toward something deeper.

      Finding Forevermore is a heartfelt story about faith, family, and the kind of love that’s anchored in God’s unfailing grace.

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      For Kindle Unlimited lovers, Finding Forevermore will be available starting October 25th 2025!

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