When a cold case in Texas leads to a sinister string of
disappearances, a newcomer to the small town helps a detective piece
together the clues in this new romantic thriller from New York Times
bestselling author Laura Griffin.
Corporate lawyer Ava Burch has had enough of the big city and the daily
grind. She grew up with her father, who raised search-and-rescue dogs,
in rural Texas and has moved to the small town of Cuervo to spend time
in the dry, rugged wilderness near Big Bend National Park. When she and
her dog, Huck, discover an abandoned campsite on a volunteer
search-and-rescue mission, she's perplexed, but she carefully
photographs it all the same.
All Grant Wycoff can see when he looks at Ava is a city slicker--with
her designer jeans and shiny car--who has no business on a serious team
made of seasoned outdoorsmen and retired cops. But when she tells him of
her findings on the trail, he sees there's more to her than meets the
eye.
Ava's discovery reminds Grant of the unsolved case of a young woman who
went missing two years ago. As they look into the campsite further,
another woman disappears under odd circumstances. With time running out,
Ava and Grant must work against the brutal heat from both the Texas sun
and their own electric chemistry to solve the case.
