Jackie Ashenden

Deep River, Alaska, boasts a fiercely independent though small population. The people who live here love it, and they don't much care what anyone else thinks. But then one day Silas Quinn comes back and tells them an oil reserve has been found below the town....

Finn Kelly loves everything about guiding wilderness hikes, except the part where he has to interact with people every day. But when sunny jewelry designer Bethany Grant moves into town and involves herself in his life, he wonders what it might be like if he let in some of her light....

Brightwater Valley, New Zealand, is beautiful, rugged, and home to those who love adventure. But it's also isolated and on the verge of becoming a ghost town....

Zeke Calhoun has a secret: He was jailed for a violent crime he didn't commit and has been on the run ever since. He doesn't care much about Deep River, but he'll do just about anything to keep the last promise he made: to look out for his best friend's sister....

Damon Fitzgerald's only desire is to get back to LA and out of the tiny Alaskan town he's somehow inherited. But first he has to keep a promise he made to his old army buddy and look out for his friend's son. That would be a lot easier if the kid's mother wasn't the mayor of Deep River....