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Desert Inferno: A tougher than nails Arizona border patrolman, Jake, meets a beautiful painter, Rachel, and soon finds himself the prey of one who wants to love him and another who wants to kill him—preferably slowly. Love, which he’s avoided, is all that can save him.

The last thing Border Patrolman Jake Donovan wanted to find at the end of a long day in a remote stakeout was a beautiful woman who had reported a dead body. For a lot of what he considered very good reasons, Jake avoided emotional entanglements of any sort especially with a woman like Rachel O’ Brian, spoiled probably and rich without a doubt.

As soon as she saw this rugged man, Rachel was equally determined that what he wanted was not what he needed. A successful landscape painter, who lived on a remote ranch with her father, she had finally found the man she wanted. So the chase was on as this time, Jake found he was the prey— not only of the beautiful Rachel but of an old enemy from his past.

This is a story of love of the Southern Arizona desert, its dangers and beauties. It’s about smugglers of Mexican antiquities, with a villain who has a taste for the macabre. It is most of all about passion and a man who doesn’t yet know that love will be his salvation both physically and emotionally.

84,578 words.

Secondary character David Banister appears as the hero in the follow -on Kindle adventure / romance book “Golden Chains”.