The Watch

by Kim McMahill

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER ... SOULMATE OR SPY? A chance meeting with Russian professor, Dr. Alex Farberov, on a remote Utah highway plunges Melissa Fey into a relationship that she has been dreaming of for years. She believes that she has finally met her soul mate. However her best friend, US Immigration, and the FBI have reason to question Dr. Farberov's motives for settling near the heart of Utah's national military facilities. As secrets about the scheming college dean, Alex's past, and Melissa's embezzling brother begin to surface, the characters take desperate actions to protect themselves from the FBI and each other. Espionage, embezzlement, lies, and love collide as the characters scramble to survive their crumbling worlds. ABOUT THE Working for the National Park Service has given Kim McMahill and her husband the opportunity to work and live in Grand Teton, Hawaii Volcanoes, Carlsbad Caverns, and Wind Cave national parks, and on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. Residing amidst some of America's most stunning landscapes, and her extensive travels to remote parts of the world, have provided inspiration for many of her stories and articles. Kim has published over eighty travel and geographic articles, two books, and has contributed to the anthology, Foreign Travelers' Tales. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from the University of Wyoming. Kim is a Wyoming native, but resides just across the border in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Kim McMahill started out writing nonfiction, but her passion for adventure, stories of survival against the odds, and speculating about the future of humanity and our planet, soon turned her attention towards fiction. She has published eleven novels, over eighty travel and human-interest articles, and contributed to a travel story anthology. Growing up in a beautiful mountain west community, traveling the world, and enjoying a twenty-year career with the National Park Service, has given her the opportunity to live in amazing places, experience incredible adventures, and witness many changes in our world, all of which have helped shape her stories.