Click to Read Excerpt Back Cover Teaser: Youthful beauty, naïve innocence, a romantic imagination thirsting for adventure…an apt description of Vaden Valmont, who would soon find the adventure and mystery she had always longed to experience…in the form of a man. A somber recluse, Ransom Lake descended from his solitary concealment in the mountains, wholly disinterested in people and their trivial affairs. And somehow, young Vaden managed to be ever in his way…either by accident or because of her own unique ability to stumble into a quandary. Yet the enigmatic Ransom Lake would involuntarily become Vaden’s unwitting tutor. Through him, she would experience joy and passion the like even Vaden had never imagined. Yes, Vaden Valmont stepped innocently, yet irrevocably, into love with the secretive, seemingly callous man. But there were other life’s lessons Ransom Lake would inadvertently bring to her as well. The darker side of life…despair, guilt, heartache. Would Ransom Lake be the means of Vaden’s dreams come true? Or the cause of her complete desolation? Book Excerpt: "Now there’s an intriguing-looking character,” she mused aloud... Vaden still stared at the corner around which the stranger had disappeared. “Has he been that way his entire life, Auntie? Or does he have some deep, painful tragedy of recent which keeps him in hiding?” “Who knows?” Sighing, Aunt Myra waved her hand, gesturing ignorance as to the answer. “I’ve no idea even how old he is. Could be twenty…could be a hundred. Like I said, I don’t think anyone’s ever seen him clean shaven...” But Vaden smiled. A mystery! Only one hour into arriving for their adventurous year and already a mystery at hand! Something inside her leapt with anticipation. Her mind began to burn, visualizing potential circumstances. A criminal, perhaps? Hiding out in this small, western town? The possibilities were endless in Vaden’s imagination.”
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