Desert Brave - Coleman, Gin

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Résumé :
This book checks all my boxes: mystery, romance, drama, archaeology, horses, and the vast desert. Well-written, suspenseful, and descriptive, I felt I was inside the story peering from behind a diaphanous curtain, my heart pounding! -Linda M., Education Administrator Kira Fontaine travels to Arabia with a single goal: to find the legendary lost river hidden somewhere beneath the desert sands. But when her plane crashes in the vast, unforgiving wilderness, survival becomes her only mission. Alone in a brutal landscape, Kira draws on the survival knowledge passed down through her Native American ancestry-and the quiet strength of her faith-to stay alive. Then she encounters something impossible. A mysterious golden horse that seems to appear when she needs it most. As Kira journeys deeper into the desert, she discovers a hidden valley and an ancient secret that powerful forces will do anything to protect. Surrounded by danger, deception, and unexpected passion, she finds herself caught between two men-one who wants her dead and another who doesn't yet know she exists. Now Kira must decide whether to fight her way back to the life she once knew... or embrace a destiny waiting in the heart of the desert. Desert Brave is a sweeping tale of survival, faith, adventure, and transformation....

Biographie:
Gin Coleman was born in the United States but calls no state home. It is said the night Gin was born, her mother reported a green light at the window and a crop circle in the backyard. A story-telling tumbleweed, she currently parks her trusty computer in the wilds of Mississippi where she surrendered her garage to her beloved husband's bass boat but maintains a She-Shed for her riding mower. A lifelong lover of horses and dogs, she grew up in the Ozarks, was raised by wolves, and her favorite car is a truck. Gin is the proud mother of the Desert Born Series and will soon give birth to the Lost and Found in the Lone Star State Series....

Sommaire:
This book checks all my boxes: mystery, romance, drama, archaeology, horses, and the vast desert. Well-written, suspenseful, and descriptive, I felt I was inside the story peering from behind a diaphanous curtain, my heart pounding! -Linda M., Education Administrator Kira Fontaine comes to Arabia with only one thing in mind-to find a legendary lost river-never realizing her life is about to change forever. When she crawls from the wreckage of her plane, she finds herself stranded in a vast, unforgiving desert. Relying on her Native American ancestral knowledge and skills, and her faith, she searches for a way home. Along the way, she saves a mythical golden horse who, in turn, saves her. Her journey becomes more difficult when she discovers a hidden valley with an ancient mystery. Cast adrift in a world of treachery and murder, lust and love, Kira follows a dangerous path that leads her to two men-one who wants her dead and one who doesn't know she exists. Will she survive the dangers of the desert and find a way home? Or will she choose to remain and become one of the desert born?...