Emeralds in the Snow

Emerald Graham and Lucky Tucker are an unlikely pair.  She, accustomed to a life of privilege in which everything's a bit of a game, including her teaching career.  He, who has not let his life of struggle keep him from giving to his family, his community and the skiers he rescures on Sugar Mountain near Boone, North Carolina.  Yet they seem to be finding an uneasy bliss when a treasure hunt and an old murder mystery threaten all they value.

"Maggie Bishop brings a vast knowledge of the Appalachian region ... displays the unique ability to draw the reader into each setting with vivid description, to the point that the reader feels part of the scene ... well-paced, the characters deftly drawn, the chemistry ... searing, and the rromantic story teasing enough to leave the reader anxiously waiting for 'the moment'." -- Christy Tillery French, Midwest Book Review