Desert Gold: A Southwest Adventure Romance
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A legendary treasure hunt in the dramatic – and deadly –
New Mexico desert....
The lost Victorio Peak treasure is the stuff of legends—a
heretic Spanish priest’s gold mine, made richer by the spoils of bandits and an
Apache raider.
When Erin, a quiet history professor, uncovers a clue that
may pinpoint the lost treasure cave, she prepares for adventure. But when a hit
and run driver nearly kills her, she realizes she’s not the only one after the
treasure. And is Drew, the handsome helicopter pilot who found her bleeding in
a ditch, really a hero, or one of the enemy?
Just how far will Erin go to find the treasure and discover
what she’s really made of?
“The story has it all—action, romance, danger, intrigue,
lost treasure, not to mention a sizzling relationship....”
See the Treasure Hunting Romantic Suspense series page.
Excerpt:
Erin shook her head. Who would’ve thought
that she, the quiet, studious girl who’d spent her entire adult life in
academia in one way or another, would be planning such an adventure?
She checked that the front door was locked,
a habit left over from living in bigger cities, grabbed her bike helmet, and
went out the back.
Erin wheeled the bike around the front of
her house and mounted. At the corner, she paused and looked both ways. The long
frontage road was dangerously narrow, with a cement wall on one side and a
ditch on the other. Fortunately, traffic was normally light, and at this time
of day the road lay empty. Erin pushed off, still grinning from her find. She
rode on the right side, by the ditch, instead of facing traffic, because it was
just too frightening to ride alongside the wall when a car passed.
She’d gone a block when she heard the hum of
a car engine as it pulled out from a side street behind her. She rode along the
very edge of the pavement, even though the car would have plenty of room to
pass her without oncoming traffic.
Erin glanced over her shoulder. The black
SUV 20 feet behind her hadn’t bothered to pull out into the road at all. Jerk.
When would drivers learn to share the road with bicyclists? Erin pulled onto the
two-foot wide gravel strip between the pavement and the ditch. She couldn’t
stop without risking a skid, but she slowed so the SUV could pass.
The engine roared. Erin glanced back again.
Black metal bore down on her. Her heart
lurched and the bike wobbled. This guy was crazy! She whipped her gaze forward,
rose up in the seat, and pumped the pedals with all her power, skimming along
inches from the ditch. He was just trying to scare her. She’d get his license
plate and—
She felt the bumper hit her back tire. The
bike seemed to leap into the air, and she went flying. The dried mud and weeds
of the ditch seemed to rise up to meet her.
She didn’t even
have time to scream.
See the Treasure Hunting Romantic Suspense series page.
This is book 1 in the Southwest Romantic Suspense series,
followed by Valley of Gems and Silver Canyon. Each novel stands
alone and is complete, with no cliffhangers. This series mixes action and
adventure with light romance in the Southwest. This series was originally
published as The Mad Monk’s Treasure, The Dead Man’s Treasure,
and The Skeleton Canyon Treasure.
Desert Gold: A Southwest Adventure Romance
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