by Lori Altebaumer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mystery \/ Romance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: One Thousand Hills Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pages: 400<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publication Date: February 22, 2025<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But Forester Jodee Trevaine isn\u2019t a tree. The wounds of abandonment she\u2019s spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a child\u2019s abduction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The hardscrabble West Texas town of El Hueso, where keeping secrets is what keeps you alive, is the last place one would expect to find healing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until her job brings her there for a dying tree. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With new friends and the unexpected reacquaintance with the man she loved and left, Jodee has everything to gain\u2014and just as much to lose\u2014as she races against time to rescue the boy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Could it be that her roots go deeper than she realized into the soil of EL Hueso?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Books2Read<\/a> | Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n +Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEBSITE<\/a> \u25c6 FACEBOOK<\/a> \u25c6 NEWSLETTER<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n AMAZON<\/a> \u25c6 GOODREADS<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 02\/18\/25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n StoreyBook Reviews<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 02\/20\/25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n The Book’s Delight<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 02\/23\/25<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Rebecca R. 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