Girl Lost

Author: Kate Angelo
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Series: The King Legacy #1
Pages: 336
Release Date: September 23, 2025
Publisher: Revell

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.

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Reviewer: Amy Smelser

Girl Lost was such a captive thriller full of suspense and emotional relationships that it kept me coming back to this story. This was a story I looked forward to since I first heard about it, by new to me author Angelo, and I was not disappointed.

From the very beginning we have a story that starts off with a bang. Not only emotionally but with an abduction as well. Why? That is what special agent Corbin King and CIA agent Luna Rosati need to find out. Not only that, but these two have quite a past, one that has left deep scars emotionally on both. A relationship in which they share a daughter, whom Luna is looking for.

There is a family group dynamic here. Kids brought together from troubled backgrounds, and helped out by their shared mentor, Stryker King. Bringing all these once upon a time troubled teens together as adults opens this up to a very interesting series. They were a great set of supporting characters. This one was Luna and Corbin’s story, a story of forgiveness, redemption, and of second chances. I look forward to more in this series and more from this author.

I was provided with a copy of this novel by Revell Publishing through Interviews & Reviews. I was not required to post a positive review, and all views and opinions are my own.

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Reviewer: Billi Varela

This is my first book that I have read from Kate Angelo. She surprised me. I had read the synopsis, so I thought I knew exactly how the story was going to unfold, but was I wrong. She goes straight into the action right from the beginning, and it was filled with twists at every turn. I loved it. 

I really like the redemption trope, and this book has one, which made it more interesting to me. And the second chance romance was so sad, and I found myself cheering them on from the start. 

I loved Kate Angelo’s writing and how it kept me glued to the pages. She really demonstrated the story so well to where it felt like I was not reading it but rather watching it.

This book is a bit heavy on the thriller side, so if that is not your thing or not the right time in your life, I’d hold off on this one. But if that is right up your alley, I’d read this one, and it is perfect for the month of October. 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell through Interviews & Reviews. I was not required to give a favorable review. All opinions are my own. 

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Reviewer: Rebecca Maney

"Rather than face pain and work through the messy stuff, Luna always cut and ran."

Former intelligence agent Luna Rosati never thought that she would return to Millie Beach, Florida, the place where her best and worst memories still managed to survive after the eighteen years that she had been gone. No one but Stryker could have convinced her to come back, but here she was. Before she could make contact with the man who knew where her adopted daughter might be, the subject of Luna's particularly painful memories walked in the front door of the diner, only to eye-witness Stryker being tased out on the street and then kidnapped before their very eyes.

As if laying eyes on Special Agent Corbin King wasn't enough, Luna joins him on the chase and becomes embroiled in a tangled web of death and destruction; girls are missing, and not just any girls; troubled teens whose families would not immediately search for their whereabouts . When it becomes apparent that they have stumbled upon a large criminal enterprise, the stakes skyrocket and the timeline shortens.

Daring, dangerous, and ingenious plotting combine to make this story a testament to a God who uses trials and triumphs to produce healing from within, giving Luna and Corbin the capacity to offer that same grace and compassion to those around them, including each other. It's no understatement to say how much I dearly loved these characters. Plus, what a fabulous second chance romance!

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book from Revell through Interviews & Reviews.

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