Katie Ruggle s'inspire de son parcours unique, notamment de sa vie hors réseau dans les Rocheuses et de sa formation dans les forces de l'ordre et en autodéfense, pour nourrir son écriture. Elle imprègne ses histoires d'un sens de l'aventure et d'une profonde compréhension des environnements difficiles. Cet ancrage dans l'expérience confère une touche d'authenticité à ses récits, les rendant captivants pour les lecteurs. Ruggle offre une voix distinctive et audacieuse dans la fiction contemporaine.
K9 Officer Otto Gunnersen always had a soft spot for anyone in need. For the lost. The sick. The injured. But when a hunted woman takes shelter in his arms, this gentle giant swears he'll do more than heal her battered spirit--he'll defend her with his life. Original.inal.
Why date a mountain man? Because he knows how to pitch a tent. When Dahlia Weathersby's sister disappears on what should have been a simple day hike, Dahlia immediately heads deep into the Colorado Rockies to find her. Knowing she'll never survive the mountains alone, she convinces the local hermit--adorably grouchy survival expert Winston Dane--to be her guide. All it takes is a good helping of Dahlia's charm...and just the teeniest bit of blackmail...before she's got all six-foot-something of him wrapped around her finger. But even with her very own mountain man in tow, things aren't going to be easy. There are: Long hikes through gorgeous wilderness? Check. Bears? Check. A single shared sleeping bag? Check. Enough sparks to set the Rockies ablaze? Check, check, check. With everything the wilderness has to throw at them, it'll take more than charm and some city girl ingenuity to make this trek anything but a disaster waiting to happen...and an adventure she'll never forget.