Somebody To Love

Mercurial Zoey "Zoe-eyes" McCleary, a member of one of the founding families of Cupid, TX, is both delighted and terrified when her best friend since childhood—scholar-cowboy Jericho Hezekiah Chance—turns out to be The One. Not only is he deliciously handsome, smart, and newly hired as professor of archaeology, but he's helping to make a difference in Zoey's life in ways she never imagined anyone could. With a curious (i.e., impulsive) nature, Zoey has pursued many interests, but none has stuck. If she doesn't get her act together and commit to something, she risks losing her trust fund, and without a plan b, that means total defeat. Not an option. Enter the archaeological dig at Triangle Mount. Under the direction of Dr. Chance, Zoey takes brilliantly to the project, which brings her closer to her heritage, keeps her attention, and turns out to be the kind of work at which she seems to be a natural. But there are a few catches, and one involves not taking her teacher to bed (not right away). She must outsmart a band of outsiders as they attempt to sabotage the dig and ultimately gamble her own life.