"With Valentine's Day fast approaching, budding lovebirds Dr. Ashley Hart and U.S. Forest Ranger Cole Hawke eagerly anticipate their first date, but an avalanche outside Aspen Falls, Colorado, delays their Friday night plans. Not letting the interruption ruffle her feathers, Ashley opens her veterinary clinic after hours to treat a dog and a falcon for hypothermia after they spent several freezing hours trapped in an icy cave with their caretaker, local historian Jedidiah Stone. She expects the animals to make a full recovery--what she doesn't expect is to learn that Jedidiah discovered a human skeleton during his harrowing experience and the police suspect foul play. Although Jedidiah seems innocent, Ashley senses he knows more about the bones than he lets on. Unable to determine whether Jedidiah's secrets are sinister or not, Ashley decides she'd better watch the young man like a hawk as he draws her into a tangled web of half-truths and misdirection. Before long, identifying the bones becomes about much more than laying an unfortunate victim of the elements to rest--it turns into a murder investigation and Jedidiah is the main person of interest. Can Ashley decode the clues that will uncover a killer before her greatest fears are realized? If not, she might become the next person in Aspen Falls to fall prey to a cold-blooded murderer." --,Publisher's descrition.