South Alabama Author Sherri L. Carroll Releases 'Rico's Revenge,' Second Book in Bleu Series

South Alabama native Sherri L. Carroll has published Rico's Revenge, the second book in her romantic suspense Bleu Series. The novel is available now at https://a.co/d/0fFlCVXP. It picks up three weeks after protagonist Skye Aberra is shot in her own home, and follows what happens when she disappears while the man who loves her searches for the person responsible. Carroll, who grew up in Slocomb, Alabama, has worked as an EMT-licensed E911 dispatcher, a salon owner and, currently, a Child Protective Services professional. She says that background shapes the book's focus on resilience and recovery. A third installment, Forever Bleu, is scheduled to publish before Christmas 2026.

Romantic suspense sits where two large reader audiences overlap: readers who want a central love story and readers who want a plot driven by danger, secrets and pursuit. Series fiction in the genre depends on continuity. Readers expect characters to carry the consequences of earlier events into later books, and expect a sequel to raise the stakes without discarding what came before. Rico's Revenge is built on that model. It assumes the events of the first Bleu Series novel, True Bleu, a romance thriller, and moves the story from the question of whether the couple can be together to the question of whether they can feel safe.

The premise is direct. Skye Aberra survived the shooting but is struggling to feel secure again. Rico, the man she loves, promises to protect her and to find whoever hurt her. His search, however, draws him into secrets he feels he has to keep from Skye. That tension between protection and honesty runs through the first part of the book. It sets up the central problem for the couple: a promise made out of love can also become a source of distance, and the person being protected may not know what is being hidden from her.

The plot widens when Skye vanishes. Rico must turn to Gaston Bastile, a rival whose lies once cost him years of his life. Their uneasy alliance carries the story beyond Miami and across open water, following a trail Skye is risking everything to leave behind. As she fights to survive, Rico faces the choice that gives the book its title: give in to revenge or hold on to the future the couple hoped to build. Carroll frames the novel as a story of betrayal, resilience and love under pressure, with a forced partnership between two former adversaries at its center.

Several elements set the book apart within its genre. The hero is pushed into cooperating with the antagonist-turned-ally who damaged his life, which makes trust a plot mechanism rather than only a romantic theme. The heroine is not simply the person being rescued; the description indicates Skye is acting on her own, following a trail she is willing to risk everything to leave behind. The geography also widens the scope, moving from Miami to open water. And the title puts a moral question at the center of the narrative: whether justice and vengeance can be separated when the person you love has been hurt.

"I wanted Skye and Rico to face what comes after the worst day of your life: fear, secrets, and the choice between revenge and a future," said Sherri L. Carroll, author.

Carroll was born and raised in Slocomb, a small town in Alabama, and is the oldest of three sisters. After graduating from Slocomb High School in 1991, she attended Wallace College, earned her EMT license and worked as an E911 dispatcher for several years. She later left law enforcement to pursue hair and makeup, earned a Master Cosmetology License and ran her own salon until closing it in 2016. That change gave her the time to complete a bachelor's degree in Political Science, with a focus on business and case management, at Troy University, and to homeschool her son. She now works in Child Protective Services.

The release is aimed first at readers of romantic suspense and romance thrillers, particularly those who follow a series from the first book. Because Rico's Revenge is the second installment, the publisher-neutral description points new readers to begin with True Bleu to follow Skye and Rico's story from the start. Readers who prefer stories about survivors rebuilding a sense of safety may find the central premise relevant, as the book opens in the aftermath of violence rather than at the moment of it. Book clubs and local readers in southeast Alabama, where Carroll's roots remain, may also take interest in a hometown author with a growing series.

Rico's Revenge is available now through the purchase link at https://a.co/d/0fFlCVXP. That page carries the book description, the author biography and the details readers need to buy the title. Readers who have not yet read the first novel can find True Bleu, the opening book of the Bleu Series, through the author's listings. Pricing, available formats and any promotional offers are set by the retailer and may change, so readers should consult the purchase page directly. Review copy and interview requests can be directed to the author through the contact channels associated with her book listings.

The Bleu Series is planned as a trilogy at present, with Forever Bleu slated as the third book and scheduled to publish before Christmas 2026. That timeline gives readers a defined endpoint for the story begun in True Bleu and continued in Rico's Revenge. Carroll writes in the time she has outside her day job, and the publication schedule reflects a steady pace of one book at a time. For readers, the announcement of a release window for the final volume signals that the central questions raised in the second book are expected to be addressed in the next.

About Rico's Revenge: Rico's Revenge is a romantic suspense novel by Sherri L. Carroll and the second book in the Bleu Series, following the romance thriller True Bleu. It follows Skye Aberra and Rico as they confront the aftermath of a shooting, a disappearance and an alliance with a longtime rival. Carroll was born and raised in Slocomb, Alabama, studied at Wallace College and Troy University, and works in Child Protective Services. More information and the purchase link are available at https://a.co/d/0fFlCVXP.