Book Review: The Last Mile by Kat Martin

The Last Mile
Author: Kat Martin
Series: Blood Ties, The Logans (Book 2)
Publication: Kensington (May 31, 2022)

Description: The New York Times bestselling author pairs a woman in search of her family's truth with a hard-hitting professional treasure hunter in this taut and thrilling new book. As an unknown assailant stalks them across the treacherous Superstition Mountains in Arizona, they race to follow their treasure map’s directions to a hidden trove of gold, but will they survive the danger long enough to reach their prize?

When Abigail Holland awakes to the sound of a nighttime intruder in her rambling Denver Victorian, she knows exactly what the black shrouded figure is after—the map she recently inherited from her grandfather. Whoever he is, the man who grapples with her, then escapes, is willing to kill for the location of a treasure King Farrell hunted for more than ten years. The Devil’s Gold has claimed hundreds of lives, and it was her grandfather’s obsession.

With a killer pursuing her and her own family not to be trusted, Abby decides to take up the search herself. But she’ll need help to do it, and there’s no one better than renowned explorer and treasure hunter Gage Logan. Despite the instant chemistry between them, Gage is reluctant. Innocent people have been hurt on his watch before. But when Abby shows him a genuine gold ingot she found with the map, his curiosity is piqued. Before long they’re heading into the flash floods and brutal winds of the Superstition Mountains, straight into a passionate entanglement—and the dark heart of danger.

My Thoughts: Abigail Holland comes to treasure hunter Gage Logan when she inherits a treasure map from her grandfather who was also a treasure hunter. While many people have searched for the Devil's gold, no one has found it. Someone is pretty sure that Abby's map is good as witnessed by the fact that someone broke into her house to look for it.

Gage isn't at all convinced that this map is real. And he knows that he doesn't want to go hunting for it with Abby. He traveled with a woman he loved once before only to lose her to an accident. One that he hasn't managed to forgive himself for. But Abby is a different sort of woman. She's brave, smart and as filled with the need for adventure as Gage is himself. 

From their first trip to the Superstition mountains in Arizona to the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula, Gage and Abby search for treasure and fall in love though Gage isn't willing to admit it. Along the way they have to deal with poachers who want their gold to drug cartels and crooked officials. 

The story was filled with action and was also a nicely spicy romance. 

Favorite Quote:

"So talk," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. "I have a feeling I already know what you're going to say, and you can forget it. I'm going after the Devil's Gold. If you want to back out of our deal, that's fine. But I'm going. With or without you."

I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.