Montana wilderness guide Angie Powell wants nothing to do with ex-soldier Dare Callahan, especially as she blames him for her failing business. But she has to put her feelings to one side when they are suddenly thrust together to stop an animal with a thirst for blood--of a human variety.

"For decades, people have been warned about the Cold Creek Highway. Hitchhikers have vanished along it over the years, and women have been known to have their cars break down... and never be seen again. When Hailey McBride decides to run away from an unbearable living situation, she thinks that her outdoor skills will help her disappear into the Cold Creek wilderness, and she counts on people thinking that she was the victim of the killer. One year...

After photographer and smoke jumper Connor Ford risks his life to save Julia Bishop, the partner of his closest friend, "he embarks on a journey to the dark heart of human suffering, traveling the world's worst wars and disasters to take photographs that find him fame but never happiness."--Jacket.

"In the California mountains, Bab Gale has been allowed to roam free since her father was killed in a logging accident when she was barely six. When Conroy, a crooked lawyer, comes up with a plan to force her to marry him, she flees to the woods and the security of her familiar mountains. She finds herself in more trouble when she witnesses a murder and her repulsed suitor accuses her of the crime. Monte Baron finds the ideal spot in the Sierras where...