The Puzzle Within
About the Book The Puzzle Within
Book: The Puzzle Within
Author: Gina Holder
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 13, 2025
FBI agent Arizona Powers is haunted by nightmares—fragments of a childhood kidnapping no one believes ever happened. Still recovering from a nervous breakdown, she accepts a protection assignment for Bridgette Van Sloan, the strong-willed teenage daughter of a U.S. ambassador who’s been receiving threats signed: Enigma.
Nick Trueheart, a former escape artist known as “Nick of Time”, turned diplomatic risk analyst, is grieving the loss of his beloved wife—and obsessed with finding her killer. When assigned to Bridgette’s security detail, his biggest concern isn’t the threats—it’s the unstable agent with a vendetta against kidnappers.
When Bridgette disappears from an escape room, Nick and Arizona become entangled in a high-stakes puzzle hunt and a race against time. They must confront their own failures and unravel the secrets hidden within themselves to rescue Bridgette … and survive a madman’s twisted game. Because one thing becomes clear: Enigma’s real target is much bigger — and far more personal.
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My Thoughts on The Puzzle Within
The Puzzle Within is a fun suspense filled novel that you are going to love. You must help solve not one but two cases! No one has believed Arizona about her kidnapping as a child. And due to that, she’s, let’s just say, a bit unstable. To add to it, she’s now on a case protecting an important person’s child from kidnapping. That’s a trigger.
When she gets help on the case, he’s concerned about her instability.
But when their charge is kidnapped, it’s all hands on deck as they try to solve the clues and figure it out before it’s too late.
Not only is this a suspense novel, but its a romance too. You’re going to love this!
Enigma sends them things to figure out, and boy, did I love helping them figure out all the clues. It was so fun! This is a must read, and I can’t wait to read more books by this author.
I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review, nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.
About the Author of The Puzzle Within
Gina Holder is an indie author and stay-at-home mom. She’s had an infatuation with books for as long as she can remember. She loves sharing uplifting messages from God’s Word and introducing readers to new and new-to-them authors on her blog. When she’s not writing, Gina enjoys playing the piano, cooking, reading, watching Hallmark mysteries, and solving “escape room” puzzles. She loves growing in her craft as an author. She published her debut novel in 2017. Gina lives in Wyoming with her husband and daughter.
More from Gina
The story of The Puzzle Within began four years ago with the seed of an idea based on my enjoyment of Escape Rooms. I imagined a villain who moved an escape room into the “real world” and an FBI agent with nightmares that no one could or would explain.
In 2023, I entered the first five chapters into Scrivening Press’s “NovelStarts” contest and won first place in the Mystery/Suspense category. In the last three months of 2023, I wrote the entire novel, then spent the next couple of months in editing mode. My beta readers gave me feedback, and I incorporated their thoughts. In June of 2024, I entered The Puzzle Within into Scrivening Press’s “GetPubbed” contest and won the grand prize, a publishing contract.
It’s been my dream since a young age to be a traditionally published author, but it’s God who gets all the glory. I write for Him and His glory, and it’s my prayer that The Puzzle Within will touch lives as well as entertain readers.
A large focus in The Puzzle Within is the riddles, puzzles, and cyphers Enigma leaves for Arizona and Nick in their pursuit of a kidnapped teenager and the truth behind Arizona’s nightmares.
The message below is coded in the Caesar Cypher.
To solve, take each letter and shift it by four letters, wrapping around from Z to A. So, A=D, B=E, C=F… and so on. (Traditionally, the Caesar Cypher shifts by thirteen letters, but I didn’t want to make it that difficult.)
Once you solve the code, leave a comment below with an emoji if you’ve figured it out—but no spoilers!
Somewhere in the story, a truth waits to be uncovered.
It’s simple. It’s powerful. It’s hidden.
Can you crack the code?
Ksh mw Ksh—erh xlex’w kssh irrsxl jsv qi.
Blog Stops for The Puzzle Within
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, August 1
For Him and My Family, August 2
Life on Chickadee Lane, August 3
Texas Book-aholic, August 4
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 5
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 6
Cover Lover Book Review, August 6
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 7
Leslie’s Library Escape, August 8
Life, Love, Writing,, August 9
Bizwings Book Blog, August 10
Holly’s Book Corner, August 11
Pause for Tales, August 12
Just Your Average reviews, August 13
For the Love of Literature, August 14 (Author Interview)
Mornings at Character Cafe, August 14
Giveaway for The Puzzle Within
To celebrate her tour, Gina is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of books 1 and 2 of the series, Handmade Mayhem and Home Baked Bribery!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway!
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