Tracked in the Wilderness

She came to the river to disappear. Someone followed her there.
Waitress Tia Smith has spent six years living small and staying invisible, raising her twelve-year-old half-sister on tips and grit, heeding her stepfather’s last cryptic warning before he vanished: Keep low. Don’t tell anyone who you really are. So when a rugged river outfitter offers the sisters a free six-day trip down Idaho’s wild Middle Fork of the Salmon, Tia almost says no. The wilderness is remote, roadless, and a hundred miles from anywhere — the perfect place to hide.
It’s also the perfect place to be hunted.
When both kayaks are sabotaged and a smiling stranger steps out of the trees, Tia realizes the truth too late: someone has been waiting for them. She and Maddie are pawns in a deadly game far bigger than a botched kidnapping — and the only person who can help her survive is the last man she ever wanted to see again. Because beneath the beard and the easy faith, river guide “Crockett” is Kenton Watts — the fiancé who left her standing at the altar.
Now, with armed men closing in, a September snow falling, and nowhere left to run, Tia must trust the man who once broke her heart — and a God she’s not sure she still believes in. Survival means staying ahead of the people tracking them. But the closer they get to the secret her family has been guarding, the clearer it becomes that the wilderness was never the real danger.
And not everyone wearing a badge is there to save them.
From award-winning author Carrie Stuart Parks comes a heart-pounding tale of second chances, hard-won faith, and the courage to stop running.