An Unexpected Gift

A thoughtless boast teased them with love -- and sudden death

Despite his charm, Greg Fisher was a fool. To have wagered his career, his reputation and most probably his life against the possibility of finding a legendary mine! Oh, Anne knew he thought no better of her, a silent, suspicious biologist who clambered about in the Rockies peering at a herd of sheep. It was obvious Greg thought she was crazy.

Normally Anne wouldn't have had anything to do with him. But with his brand-new camping gear and his ridiculous cache of candy bars, he was also a menace. She couldn't allow him to blunder through the wilderness alone. He didn't know how vast it was -- or how dangerous.