About This Book
A friendship that catches fire, a conquistador's gold medallion, an act of atonement that goes horribly wrong, a rain forest trek they might not survive …
"If that plane won't fly, amigo, you'd better be able to walk on water." These are the first words Nic has spoken to Gabby in 12 years—and he mistakes her for a guy, which will later make him doubt his sanity..
Gabrielle O'Hara, a bush pilot in Brazil, plots to enlist the aid of Nicolao Hamilton, her childhood friend, to help her return a conquistador's gold sunburst medallion that their fathers had stolen from a shrine deep within the rain forest. Desperate to start a new life, Gabby believes that act cursed her life as well as Nic's, allowing happiness for both to slip by "an inch out of reach." She hopes that by returning the medallion, the curse will be reversed.
Unfortunately, Nic doesn't believe in the curse and insists that the trip would be suicide. With no alternative, Gabby decides to shanghai Nic.
But their act of atonement goes horribly wrong, as if the debt is still owing and fate is demanding interest. The rain forest's entire arsenal combines to thwart their safe return from their mission. While fighting for their lives, their bond of friendship and an old teenage attraction develop into a love that will bind them forever, in life or in death. Gabby, determined that life and love will win, pulls what she hopes is a miracle out of the Rio Sonhos, River of Dreams.
