Becca Fitzpatrick (the Hush, Hush saga) here pens an adventurous stand-alone romantic thriller.
Seventeen-year-old Britt spent months training for a spring break hiking adventure in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. "Anyone could camp. Backpacking required skill and moxie." She's struggling to move on from the callous breakup with her first boyfriend, Calvin. The trip was supposed to be cathartic and healing--until Calvin is appointed chaperone. Her adventure turns dangerous when a blizzard strands her car. She finds a cabin occupied by two mysterious men, Shaun and Mason. They're stranded, too, and fugitives who desperately need to get off the mountain. Britt's knowledge of the area could be their salvation, so they take her hostage.
Each of the men treats Britt very differently. Shaun is volatile and physically abusive. Mason has a mysterious kindness, which she doesn't know how to interpret, and finds increasingly alluring. "I've seen the way you look at me, Britt... I'm not the same as Shaun but I'm not good." As they hike down the mountain, Britt holds out hope that Calvin will come to her rescue. But soon she doesn't know whom to trust when she stumbles upon evidence of a series of murders. Britt has a tormenter and a protector, but can she figure out which is which, and who might be guilty of murder?
Set against the stark Wyoming mountains, Fitzpatrick's engrossing novel doubles as a coming-of-age story whose twisted plot will keep readers guessing until the end. --Jessica Bushore, former public librarian and freelance writer