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Wasted Blog Tour

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Wasted by Jerusha Agen, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: Wasted
Series: Windy City Westons #2
Author: Jerusha Agen
Publisher: SDG Words, LLC
Release Date: October 23, 2025
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense

She always follows the rules. But what are the rules for murder?

Victoria Weston encounters tough things as a home health physical therapist, but this is a first—a dead body. The police call the patient’s death accidental. Victoria knows that can’t be true. Her efforts to convince the police they’re dealing with a murder get her labeled a troublemaker by all but one man—the troubler of her youth.

When Cillian Doherty returns to right the wrongs of the past, he finds his high school flame in a different kind of danger than he expected. As a social worker, he’s in the perfect position to corroborate her cry of murder or give her what she wanted—to handle her problems without his help.

But someone wants to silence Victoria. When lies escalate to violence and threaten more lives, the Weston siblings join the battle to save their sister.

Yet it will take a God more powerful than all of them for Cillian and Victoria to make peace with their past and catch the killer. Before the killer catches them.

Wasted continues the thrilling Windy City Westons series that features five siblings who encounter danger, love, and God in the city of Chicago. (Each book can stand alone or be read as series installments.)

Praise for Jerusha

"Jerusha Agen once again delivers top-level suspense and thrilling action. Fast-paced suspense at its best.”

– DiAnn Mills, bestselling author of Concrete Evidence on Covert Danger

"Fast-paced, explosive thriller. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."

– Carrie Stuart Parks, award-winning, bestselling author of Relative Silence on Rising Danger

Book Excerpt

She gripped the purse strap she’d placed over her shoulder. “I certainly hope you didn’t come here to hurt me or my family by dredging up past mistakes.”

Ah. There it was. So she did blame him for what happened. He’d always thought so, though she’d denied it when she had called to break up with him.

Well, he’d have to deal with that obstacle, too, if he was going to succeed in rescuing her and winning her back. He sobered and met her accusatory glare. “No. I didn’t come for that.” With the exception of her father.

“Good.” She pressed her lips together in that pinched expression. “If you’ve truly returned in connection with me for some unknown reason, then I suggest you leave again and forget about me as you did before. We’ll all be better off.”

He stood, quickly, so she wouldn’t have enough warning to leave.

She barely got in one step back in the second it took for him to stand in front of her, forcing her to look up at him instead.

“I never forgot you, Vicks. Never.”

She stared up at him, frozen with her elegant brows pushed together and a battle of emotions playing out in her eyes. Fear, confusion, anger, and what he hoped was longing. For him.

She spun on her heels and left, the fear or anger apparently winning out. For now.

He wouldn’t leave this time, even if she asked him to. He’d changed in that way, too. He had learned how to fight bullies and win.

Her father would not control her for the rest of her life. No matter what it took, Cillian would set her free.

About the Author

Jerusha Agen imagines danger around every corner but knows God is there, too. So naturally, she writes romantic suspense infused with the hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. Jerusha loves to hang out with her big furry dogs and little furry cats, often while reading or watching movies. Find more of Jerusha’s thrilling, fear-fighting stories at JerushaAgen.com.

Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive a signed paperback copy of Wasted, a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card, and a Wasted mug, notebook, and magnet!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight October 27, 2025 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on November 3, 2025. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025