**Women Who Dare

"Jan Freed writes with spice and flair! An exciting new voice in contemporary romance." Susan Wiggs**

She'd forgotten about Texas men .

It took brains, independence and nerves of steel for "The Nutcracker" to get where she is today, CEO of her own company. But nobody does it better than Hope Manning when it comes to high–stress, big–bucks "venture capitalizing"!

Jared Austin's "been there, done that." Now he teaches others to find the peace he himself discovered on a wilderness survival course. And nobody does it better.

Blackmailed into "chilling out," Hope reluctantly joins one of Jared's West Texas wilderness expeditions. And it's war between the sexes from the start! Then a sniper appears, gunning for Hope. To survive, she and Jared have to pit their wits against his, have to work as a team .

**And nobody does it better!

Women Who Dare**