Finding Clarity by Lisa Frieden

—A romantic thriller with echoes of Deliverance—

Love and hate—opposite emotions propel Zoe and Jason into the rugged backcountry of Humboldt County.

Zoe has always had to look out for her little sister Clarity. When Zoe learns Clarity is in trouble with a marijuana cult, she rushes to the rescue, not realizing what might happen. As she leaves San Francisco and drives north, Zoe leaves behind all that she knows and ventures into a mysterious world of prehistoric redwoods and brutal drug-runners.

Jason works narcotics with the SFPD, but when he's offered the chance to avenge his kid sister's death, he has to take it. Now he's returned to the land where he grew up, working undercover inside a marijuana cult to bust the notorious drug trafficker he blames for killing his sister.

Love and hate force Zoe and Jason together, but can they survive the dangerous wilds of the Emerald Triangle and find the clarity to let their pasts go and finally...