Today I have my spotlight on Kris Bock's suspenseful adventure with romance-- The Skeleton Canyon Treasure.
The Skeleton Canyon
Treasure
“A wonderfully suspenseful light romantic read filled with
the old Southwest, treasure, characters you'll love and an amazing cat.”
Camille Dagneau – beautiful, brilliant, and prickly – isn’t
quick to trust, especially when a strange man has broken into her machine shop
at night. But Ryan MacAllister insists he’s merely looking for his missing
uncle, who has disappeared while hunting for a lost treasure. He believes Camie
is the key to finding the treasure, and his uncle. Camie can ignore the
attraction she feels, but she won’t pass up the chance for an adventure.
The pair set off with Camie’s feisty cat Tiger to track down
the clues in the missing man’s journal. Graveyards, steep cliffs, and creepy
caves don’t intimidate Camie, but she’ll need to trust Ryan to overcome all the
challenges that stand in their way. A man’s life is on the line and time is
running out, but her heart may be the one thing Camie is not willing to risk.
Join the fun! The Southwest Treasure Hunters novels include The Mad Monk’s Treasure and The Dead Man’s Treasure. Each novel
stands alone in this series mixing action and adventure with light romance.
“If you like strong women and adventure, you’re going to
love this.”
“The Skeleton Canyon Treasure is a light, breezy
action/adventure/romance that's perfect for summer reading.” Jennifer Bohnhoff
Excerpt:
He took a step
toward her. “OK, I’m looking for someone.”
“A minute ago you
were looking for me.”
He blew out a
breath. “My uncle. He’s missing and I’m worried something happened to him. The
trail led me here. I wasn’t sure at first which side you were on, and that’s
why I wanted to look around before talking to you. But now that I see you, I
can tell you wouldn’t have had anything to do with his disappearance.” His blue
eyes twinkled, and the confident smile gave him a certain appeal. But if he
thought she’d fall for shallow flattery, he was much mistaken. Even assuming
one could consider it flattering to be told, “You’re probably too harmless to
have kidnapped my uncle.”
She was sure he was
lying about something, and probably about everything. His appearance shortly
after the theft of her invention, a machine that might be worth millions, could
not be a coincidence. One chance in 10,000 maybe. He, or his uncle if he really
had an uncle, had to be connected somehow.
If she could figure
out how, she might get her invention back. Let him keep underestimating her, as
most men did. Camie turned on her own charm. She flashed a smile that had him
blinking as if the light were too bright. “Let’s get that cup of coffee, and
you can tell me about it.” That would get him out of her shop, and into a public
place where it would be easier to get help if needed.
He nodded. “Lead
the way.”
She led the way to
the student center and gestured to the man as he sat across from her. “Explain.
You might start with your name.”
“Ah, didn’t we get
to that? I’m Ryan MacAllister.” He grinned. “Age 32. Occupation, mining
geologist. Currently between contract jobs. References available upon request.”
She almost asked to
see a driver’s license and those references. But better to let him think she
trusted everything he said for the moment. “Tell me about your uncle, Ryan.”
He hesitated, but
this time she didn’t get the impression he was stalling or making up lies.
Rather, he didn’t seem to know how to start. Finally he said, “He’s brilliant.
A genius. But, well, he doesn’t quite fit in with normal society.”
Camie nodded. A few
of her geek friends fit that profile. Some people would say she did as well.
She didn’t consider it a bad thing, since “normal society” tended to suck.
“His hobby is
treasure hunting.”
Camie tensed
slightly. Things were beginning to make sense.
“He’s always
chasing after some treasure or another, trying to put together clues from old
manuscripts, sort out rumors from facts, and so on. Once in a while, rarely,
he’s actually found something.”
“What has he been
working on lately?”
“The Skeleton
Canyon treasure. Heard of it?”
She shook her head.
He watched her for
several more seconds, eyes narrowed in suspicion, before he went on. “Skeleton
Canyon isn’t too far from here. Southeastern Arizona, near the New Mexico
border. But no one knows where exactly the treasure is, of course. My uncle was
trying to piece together some clues. He kept a journal. A few days ago, I
received the journal in the mail. No explanation except for a note that said to
hold onto it for him.”
She raised an
eyebrow. “Wasn’t that the plot of the third Indiana Jones movie?”
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Canyon Treasure on Amazon –
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The Mad Monk’s
Treasure is the first of the Southwest Treasure Hunters novels. The Dead Man’s Treasure is book 2 and The Skeleton Canyon Treasure is book 3.
Each novel stands alone, with a new main couple, and is complete, with no
cliffhangers. This series mixes action and adventure with romance. The stories
explore the Southwest, especially New Mexico.
Kris Bock writes novels of suspense and romance with outdoor
adventures and Southwestern landscapes. Fans of Mary Stewart, Barbara Michaels,
and Terry Odell will want to check out Kris Bock’s romantic adventures.
“Counterfeits is
the kind of romantic suspense novel I have enjoyed since I first read Mary
Stewart’s Moonspinners.” 5 Stars –
Roberta at Sensuous Reviews blog
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