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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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SOMETHING WILDER

Something Wilder, May 2022
by Christina Lauren

Gallery Books
Featuring: Duke Wilder; Leo Grady; Lily Wilder
384 pages
ISBN: 1982173408
EAN: 9781982173401
Kindle: B09JPHNC1R
Hardcover / e-Book
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"This Book Has It All- Adventure & Romance"

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SOMETHING WILDER
Christina Lauren

Reviewed by S. Lyn Collins
Posted May 20, 2022

Romance Comedy

Christina Lauren's newest book, SOMETHING WILDER, is a wonderful tale full of adventure, second-chance romance, a villain or two (or four), and a happily-ever-after.  The prologue introduces us to the main characters, Lily and Leo. The two are wildly in love and embarking on their life together running her family’s ranch in Laramie, Wyoming. Unfortunately, love can never be that easy.  The real story begins in Chapter One and set ten years later.  The lovers are apart. Lily has lost the ranch and is living a depressing and monotonous existence. She leads tourists on horseback riding treks in the wilds of Utah "searching" for Butch Cassidy's lost treasure using her father's map.  Leo is working in an office job in New York City.   Four men - a loud one, a sweet potato, a creep, and a cute, quiet one - book a guy's trip with Lily's company.   Leo is, of course, the quiet one. As the days unfold, the treasure hunt becomes real while Lily and Leo sort through steamy chemistry that never truly went away, old misunderstandings, and Lily's difficult Daddy issues.  The author develops interesting personalities, including Lily's tough co-worker and friend - Nicole, and Leo's buddies - Bradley, Walter, and Terry, as well as other numerous hilarious supporting characters they meet during the journey in beautiful Canyonlands National Park. 

SOMETHING WILDER will make you laugh out loud as you root for Lily and Leo to locate the treasure, return the ranch to her, and find a way for them to be together again.  

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SUMMARY

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. 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. 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. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness—and leave him there.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. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.But 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. 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. 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.

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