Love, memory, and danger on the mountain.
On the anniversary of his wife’s death, homicide detective Luke Kirby retreats to a remote Rocky Mountain cabin to grieve — and finds a wounded, unnamed woman on his doorstep with no memory and a dangerous secret. As a storm traps them and an unseen pursuer closes in, their fragile trust becomes the only path to survival and the chance to heal old wounds.
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A Lost Past, A Fragile Second Chance
Luke’s solitude shatters when a beautiful, injured Jane Doe appears at his family cabin, unable to remember her name or how she got there. With a bullet wound, scattered flashes of memory that don’t add up, a raging storm, and something — or someone — tracking their descent, every answer they find only deepens the mystery and raises the stakes.
Missing You blends a taut, puzzling whodunit with a tender, second‑chance romance set against the high-altitude drama of the Rockies. A standalone in the Lonesome Lawmen series, it’s perfect for readers who love law-enforcement heroes, character-driven emotional arcs, and suspense that keeps both heart and pulse racing.
A grieving detective. A mysterious amnesiac. One stormy night in the Rockies that changes everything.
On the anniversary of his wife’s death, homicide detective Luke Kirby retreats to his secluded family cabin in the Rockies seeking solitude and the company of memories. Instead he finds an injured woman who cannot remember who she is or how she arrived at his doorstep. As her fractured recollections refuse to align, both their lives become tangled in a dangerous puzzle.
When a ferocious storm pins them to the mountain and an unknown force closes in, the pair must move to lower ground—together. As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Luke and the woman he can’t stop protecting will discover that memory and identity can be weaponized, and that healing sometimes begins in the middle of danger. Missing You blends a taut whodunit with heart and humor, offering panoramic settings and the slow, believable unfolding of two wounded people finding a reason to trust again.
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Pauline Baird Jones is the author of the Lonesome Lawmen series, known for tightly paced romantic suspense with emotional depth. She writes characters who are tough around the edges and tender in private, and loves setting her stories against wide, rugged landscapes.