Desert Born

"This book checks all my boxes: mystery, romance, drama, archaeology, horses, and the vast desert. Well-written, suspenseful, and descriptive, I felt I was inside the story peering from behind a diaphanous curtain, my heart pounding!" -Linda M., Education AdministratorKira Fontaine comes to Arabia with only one thing in mind-to find a legendary lost river-never realizing her life is about to change forever.When she crawls from the wreckage of her plane, she finds herself stranded in a vast, unforgiving desert. Relying on her Native American ancestral knowledge and skills, and her faith, she searches for a way home.Along the way, she saves a mythical golden horse who, in turn, saves her. Her journey becomes more difficult when she discovers a hidden valley with an ancient mystery.Cast adrift in a world of treachery and murder, lust and love, Kira follows a dangerous path that leads her to two men-one who wants her dead and one who doesn't know she exists.Will she survive the dangers of the desert and find a way home? Or will she choose to remain and become one of the desert born?

"Coleman's prose evokes both the majesty and menace of the desert, and all this makes for an unforgettable finale that rewards every thread laid down in Desert Brave." -5-STAR Readers' FavoriteScarred by man and beast, Kira Fontaine has survived the Arabian desert and continues to search for a way back to America. But she can't stop thinking about Sheik Jalil, the man who didn't know she existed until he rescued her from Sheik Qadir and claimed her father's medallion as his own. Stolen from Jalil's father the day he was murdered, the medallion holds the secret to Jalil's family legacy. Consumed with finding his father's killer, Jalil is convinced that Kira holds the key.Unaware of Jalil's growing interest, Kira struggles with how to get home and she will do anything to protect her biggest secret-the hidden valley where she discovered the ruins of a forgotten people and a lost herd of horses led by a mythical golden stallion.Will Kira return to the desert of her birth, or will she stay and help Jalil solve his greatest mystery?Join Kira and Jalil as they fight for their lives, each other, and everything they hold dear in the stunning conclusion of Desert Brave.