Searching Blind — Tonya Burrows

Blinded by secrets.

Sawyer Murphy has one goal: to reclaim his life. Blinded by a sniper's bullet in Afghanistan, he refuses to be limited by his disability. As Redwood Coast Rescue's tech genius, he's determined to prove he's more than just a computer guy, so when his best friend vanishes in the rugged wilderness, Sawyer sets out with his loyal seeing-eye dog, Zelda, to find him.

Trapped by nature.

Park Ranger Lucy Harper thought she had already faced her darkest fears when a serial killer left her for dead last year. On her first solo guide trip since returning to work, she's resolved to lead her group safely through the three-day hike. She never expects to run into the one man she can't forgetâ€"Sawyer. The man who saved her life and then vanished.

Trust is a luxury they can't afford…

When an earthquake destroys the mountain trail, Sawyer and Lucy take refuge in a decommissioned ranger station with a ragtag group of stranded hikers. Old wounds resurface, and a powerful attraction reignites, but Lucy has sworn off love, and Sawyer's wounded soul is slow to trust anyone other than his dog.

…And love is a distraction they can't resist.

With secrets lurking among the stranded hikers, trust becomes dangerous. Someone isn't who they claim to be, and their hidden agenda could cost everyone their lives…

Searching Blind is the seventh book in the Redwood Coast Rescue romantic suspense series by Tonya Burrows but can be read as a standalone. If you love a forced proximity survival adventure mixed with an old-fashioned locked-room mystery featuring broken but resilient characters, you won't be able to put this book down.