Desert Inferno: A tougher than nails Arizona border patrolman, Jake, meets a beautiful painter, Rachel, and soon finds himself the prey of one who wants to love him and another who wants to kill him-preferably slowly. Love, which he's avoided, is all that can save him. The last thing Border Patrolman Jake Donovan wanted to find at the end of a long day in a remote stakeout was a beautiful woman who had reported a dead body. For a lot of what he considered very good reasons, Jake avoided emotional entanglements of any sort especially with a woman like Rachel O' Brian, spoiled probably and rich without a doubt. As soon as she saw this rugged man, Rachel was equally determined that what he wanted was not what he needed. A successful landscape painter, who lived on a remote ranch with her father, she had finally found the man she wanted. So the chase was on as this time, Jake found he was the prey-- not only of the beautiful Rachel but of an old enemy from his past. This is a story of love, of the Southern Arizona desert, its dangers and beauties. It's about smugglers of Mexican antiquities, with a villain who has a taste for the macabre. It is most of all about passion and a man who doesn't yet know that love will be his salvation both physically and emotionally. 85,130 words. 4th book of the Arizona series chronologically staring with "Arizona Sunset"