Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness-and leave him there. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. Lily and Leo`s romance is masses steamy, however the actual big name is the landscape, that is defined in sweltering, dusty detail.Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. It ought to be a pleasing surprise, though, for the reason that the tale is fast-paced, exciting, and nonetheless complete of that conventional Lauren swoon (in among the danger, occasional violence, and plot twists). Fans of Lauren, the writing duo recognized for his or her pleasant rom-coms, can be amazed through this shift into the arena of journey romance. Seeing Leo is the final factor Lily wants, however whilst their ordinary experience is going shockingly wrong, Leo and Lily will should paintings collectively in the event that they need to parent out Duke`s final clue-and survive.

That is, till Leo suggests up on a guys` experience together along with his friends, geared up to get on a horse and discover a few treasure. She goals of purchasing lower back her youth ranch, however she`s flat broke and depressing at her monotonous job. She makes ends meet through the usage of his maps to steer vacationers on expeditions via the Utah desert. Now it is 10 years later, Duke is lengthy dead, and all Lily has left of him is his magazine complete of maps and mysterious clues. But whilst Leo left all of sudden and Duke offered the ranch, Lily`s goals went up in smoke. She would take over the ranch owned through her treasure-searching father, the notorious Duke Wilder, and stay there together along with her boyfriend, Leo Grady. At the age of 19, Lily Wilder idea she had her destiny all figured out.

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