Reporter Taylor Kerrick meets her match chasing a story to Taiwan (Ivory Express). Her reluctant partnership with photojournalist Matt Armstrong foils a vicious smuggling ring?then puts a ring on her finger. But career pressures force a hold on the honeymoon and even when the couple finally connects at a friend's backcountry lodge in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, conflicting priorities soon derail their plans. Matt can't resist an emergency assignment and Taylor can't ignore the mysterious incidents and gruesome discovery that plunge her once more into the underworld of endangered species. It's a sensational story that could cost her everything.

Laurie Carter is the author of two travel books: Grandma Wears Hiking Boots: A personal guide to the Okanagan Valley and Gifts of the Okanagan, a coffee table photo essay produced in collaboration with her husband Bruce Kemp. Laurie's stories and photographs reflect an interest in everything from architecture to winemakers, from hiking to folk singers, from ancient ruins to street vendors. Her award-winning freelance work appears in magazines and newspapers internationally. She serves as senior editor of Okanagan Life magazine and has contributed extensively to HelloBC.com, official website of Tourism BC. Laurie lives in West Kelowna, BC.

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