Can a cryptic map guide a lonely stranger home? Katie Wood loves nearly everything about her life on the Woodbreak ranch, especially the generations of family history still alive and well within its borders. But when a young soldier appears in town, asking directions to a creek no one’s ever heard of, Katie finds herself in the middle of a mystery as puzzling as any her great-grandpa encountered in his days with the Pinkertons. Determined not to let Evan give up on the one remaining link to his own family heritage, Katie marshalls every resource she can think of, but Lost Creek remains as elusive as ever. Will she be forced to admit defeat and send her new friend back to his rootless wandering? Or will her persistence bring rewards she never expected