Two lost souls find love under the bright Mojave Desert sun in this sweeping contemporary romance from the author of Unbreak Me.All Mari Tucker wants is a home, but she’s been there, tried that, and failed time and again. She’s convinced that the safest place for her is as far away from people as possible, so after her divorce from her abusive husband, she becomes an off-the-grid desert nomad, living in her truck and doing seasonal biology work.As an endangered species biologist monitoring wilderness construction sites, her duty is to scoop baby desert tortoises and the occasional bunny out of the way of the bulldozers. She’s the “assigned tree hugger” to Jack Wyatt, a grouchy, foul-mouthed construction foreman who’s famous for leaving his biologists in tears. But when Jack helps Mari track a lost tortoise and catch an exotic lizard, she discovers he’s got a secret soft spot for animals.When they’re alone, Jack’s more shy than she’d have ever guessed. A genuine friendship starts to bloom into romance, but Mari isn’t the only one who has a dark past. And when Jack finally opens up, his secrets are more than she could have ever expected.
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