New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). Hardcover - The author's third novel, set in the 19th century on the Gulf Coast, a story about "buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west. After escaping the Texas brothel where she'd been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a pirate's buried treasure. Meanwhile Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even children across the frontier." 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0316206129.