Wilderness Secrets. Sharon Dunn
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Название: Wilderness Secrets
Автор: Sharon Dunn
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense
isbn: 9781474090490
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When my husband died, I was forty-nine years old. I had been married since I was twenty-two. My world turned upside down. Before he got sick, Michael and I had begun to talk about the travel we would do together once the kids were grown. We were making plans to grow old together. Like Abigail and Jesse, I assumed life would move in a certain direction. Loss and the derailment it causes is not easy. I am just so grateful that I have a God who is my refuge and is faithful despite life’s suffering and losses.
Sincerely,
Sharon Dunn
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
—Proverbs 3:5–6
To my Lord and Savior, counselor and king, who makes all things new and is a God of second chances.
Contents
Fit to be tied.
That was the phrase Abigail Murphy’s grandmother had used, and it was how she felt right now as she stalked toward the trees that would lead her back to civilization. The weight of her backpack seemed to increase as she hiked. Abigail adjusted the shoulder straps, lifted her chin and tried not to obsess over the notion that her client—Jesse Santorum—had not been completely forthright with her. As a wilderness guide, she worked with all kinds of people. But Jesse had gotten under her skin.
It had taken three days to hike up to the remote area where Jesse said he wanted to fish. He’d been tense the whole time, insisting that they put in long days to get to the destination. But once they stood on the shores of shimmering Crystal Lake, fishing seemed to be the last thing on his mind.
Four days ago, when Jesse had walked into the office of Big Sky Outfitters, his request had seemed strange from the get-go. He needed to be guided into the lake, but he didn’t require her services to be guided out. He’d been up-front with her about not needing her to get him back out, but usually when a client wanted to improve their skills, they asked that the guide stay close in case they got lost.
She would have refused his request if it hadn’t been the off-season, if this hadn’t been the first time she was left alone to run the business while the owners, Heather and Zane, had gone on their honeymoon. She wanted to prove to her new employers she was worth her salt. Though she’d worked as a guide since she was a teenager in Idaho, she was new to this part of Montana.
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