Having spent the final seven years in Texas, Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote is returning domestic to northern Maine, hoping will probably be a more secure surroundings for her younger son.

But the felony point has became what was a quiet nook of the rustic into a bootleg exchange path . . . and there’s no telling what they’ll do to guard their interests.

When Peyton reveals a toddler deserted in a frozen box close to the border, she’s pulled right into a lethal conspiracy that places everything—her lifestyles, her occupation, her family—at risk.

“Packed with thrills and high-octane motion” (Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author), Bitter Crossing takes fearless heroine Peyton Cote on a breakneck trip in the course of the underground international of risky smugglers who play for keeps.

Praise:

“The writer paints a notable portrait of the northern Maine panorama . . . Peyton’s robust character and her unfailing braveness should still make for a few interesting destiny adventures."—Mystery Scene

"A stable wager for Nevada Barr and Tricia Fields fans."—Library Journal

"Packed with thrills and high-octane motion, Bitter Crossing is a magnificent debut with a fearless heroine you should keep on with for plenty of adventures to come."—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling writer of The Rizzoli & Isles Series    

"Bitter Crossing is my favourite type of web page turner, enlivened via a compelling heroine—U.S. Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote—and set in a spot so strongly defined it's nearly a personality itself: the distant no man’s land among northern Maine and Canada."—Paul Dorion, writer of Massacre Pond