Her father brought her a puzzle box.
Someone else will kill to solve it.
And the only man who can protect her… just insulted her on a porch.
When Catherine Sinclair’s father gifts her an unusual puzzle box from his travels, she sees only a challenge to unravel, until a stranger corners her in the marketplace and demands it. By nightfall, her shop is destroyed, her home feels invaded, and she realizes the box holds far more than clever hinges.
Dr. Gideon Everett has spent years studying relics, ruins, and the men willing to spill blood to control them. He’s seen ambition turn ruthless and greed turn deadly. What he hasn’t seen, what he never expected, is Catherine Sinclair. Fiery, brilliant, fearless… and marching straight into the danger he knows too well.
Malcolm Blackwood wants the box, and he’ll stop at nothing; not intimidation, not violence, not bloodshed. Catherine and Gideon flee into the Colorado winter with nothing but a failing head start and the single silver clue hidden inside the box. The puzzle hides a map. The map hides a fortune. And the fortune has already claimed lives.
To survive, they’ll have to trust each other long before they understand each other.
But the closer they come to unlocking the box, the closer Gideon gets to losing the one thing he swore never to risk again: his heart.
A gripping frontier mystery with slow-burn romance, escalating danger, and a heroine who refuses to be underestimated. Perfect for readers who love smart suspense, rugged settings, and heroes who fall fast and hard.
Genre: Inspirational
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