There is violence, back-stabbing, death and lots of harrowing adventure in this one. Lily is in dire straits when one of their retreats go wrong. Her dad was an infamous treasure hunter named Duke Wilder but she didn’t have the best relationship with him. Lily Wilder runs an outdoor adventures company but what she really wants is to have her ranch back. I liked the setting of Utah which is perfect for treasure hunting since it’s environment can be vast, remote and daunting. It’s a treasure hunting, suspenseful, second-chance romance and it was definitely not what I was expecting! This book was different from the Christina Lauren books I’ve read so far. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime. There’s a chance to right the wrongs-of Duke’s past and their own-but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together.

Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.īut when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness-and leave him there.

It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession… or much money in the bank.

Something wilder by christina lauren