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Fleeing Salt Lake City as a twenty ­four­ year old failure, Laurie takes the long way home through the middle of Nevada’s lonely high desert plains. Her rest stop should have been routine, but now she’s fighting for her life against a well ­armed escaped murderer who’s dragging her further into the empty wilderness. Forest ranger Jeff Dawson’s lonely life suits him just fine, but he’s concerned he’s falling into a rut and becoming soft. What happens when a madman and his pretty young hostage seek refuge in Dawson’s territory? ** ### From the Author This book grew from an experience my husband and I had while traveling the back roads of Nevada. We stopped at a rest stop and there was a red plastic cooler between the men's and women's rooms.  After we opened the lid, we discovered....no, you'll just need to read the book to find out what we found. Of course, the heroine of the book, Laurie Bevin, finds a bit more than we did, and a lot more adventure! ### About the Author Casey Dawes, the author of the California Romance Series (*California Sunset* and *California Wine*), writes contemporary romance and romantic suspense. California Sunset has hit #1 on Amazon's contemporary romance best-seller list.  With the debut of *Chasing the Tumbleweed*, she has launched her first romantic suspense novella. Casey is a resident of Montana.