Sanctuary and Sabotage: Read an Excerpt + Enter to Win

 

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Sanctuary and Sabotage by Lori DeJong, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: Sanctuary and Sabotage 
Series: Guarded Hearts #2 
Author: Lori DeJong 
Publisher: Scrivenings Press 
Release Date: September 15, 2026 
Genre: Romantic Suspense

The greatest threat isn’t the enemy outside—it’s the secrets between them. 

Protection Specialist Trevor Paxton returns to his Texas hometown carrying the weight of a mission gone wrong. Seeking sanctuary at his family’s ranch, he never expects danger to follow him into the life of Dr. Kinsley Talbot, the once-freckled tomboy now fighting to save her family’s land and the veterinary clinic that is her future. 

When Kinsley’s clinic is sabotaged and her barn goes up in flames, Trevor’s instincts tell him she's in danger. But Kinsley refuses his help, determined to protect her family’s legacy without revealing the secret that could bring it all down. 

As threats close in and old feelings rekindle, Trevor makes a quiet choice that could cost him her trust. To save Kinsley, he’ll have to expose his own subterfuge—and convince her that love sometimes means standing guard, even from the shadows. 

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Book Excerpt

“What do you mean you’re not accepting this?” Trevor hesitated before taking the letter his boss held out to him across the desk. “With all due respect, Blankenship, you don’t have a choice.”

With a sigh, Colton perched his hands on his hips. “You might be right. But, with all due respect, I still refuse. What happened Wednesday is still too fresh. Too raw. Not a good time to make a life-altering decision. Like quitting a job you were made for.”

“Apparently not.” Trevor stuck the resignation letter in the inside pocket of his suit coat. The letter he’d penned yesterday on the way to Houston from Nashville on the company plane. “I got a fellow operative killed. Why aren’t you firing me?”

Colton gestured for Trevor to take a seat in front of the desk while he took his own behind it. “Mack and I discussed Wednesday’s unfortunate outcome, and we both agree you’re not to blame. Neither of us considered terminating your employment. You’re a top-notch protection specialist. Great instincts. Intelligent. Cool under pressure.”

Trevor’s gut clenched, and the bowl of cereal he’d forced down that morning churned in his stomach. He hadn’t slept much after accompanying his co-worker’s body to the morgue last night … and holding on to a distraught newly minted widow after the sight of her husband on a cold, stainless-steel table.

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About the Author

Lori DeJong (pronounced DeeYung) is an award-winning contemporary Christian romance author who enjoys penning stories full of grace and the redemptive power of God’s love that inspire others to hope regardless of circumstance, find joy in the moment, and grow in their faith.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Lori arrived in Texas in 2005 and dug those roots right in. She currently resides in beautiful Georgetown, north of Austin, with her husband of thirty years. Other than their two fur-babies, their nest is empty, as their daughter and son-in-law are settled in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. 

Lori loves to write about love and romance with a touch of suspense, with a firm foundation of faith. Clean but sassy, sparkly, and even goose-bumpy romance, with God in the middle and characters seeking and learning and changing, couldn’t be more heartwarming or spine-tingly. 

Lori is an ACFW Genesis Award winner, four-time Selah Award finalist, two-time ACFW Carol Award finalist, has been awarded an Angel Award, and placed second in the FHL Reader's Choice Awards. She's also a member of several organizations, including ACFW, Faith, Hope, and Love Christian Writers, Novel Academy, CenTex Christian Writers, among others. You can visit Lori at https://loridejongwrites.com and sign up for her newsletter for writing updates, book recommendations, a monthly giveaway, and more.

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Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card plus a signed copy of both Mistletoe and Malice and Sanctuary and Sabotage!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight October 5, 2026 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on October 12, 2026. 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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