Mirage is Caragh's second Avalon book. Her first, Even as We Speak, is also available.
Claire Bennett knows better than to trust the shimmering desert images of Death Valley, California, but when the blue-eyed man with the wicked sense of humor keeps showing up in the most unlikely places, she can't ignore the effect he has on her. Dressed in her geologist's gear, with pouchy pockets and pickax, Claire is too proud and realistic to think she will ever fit in with photographer Raleigh Durban's sophisticated crowd. Yet when she sprains her wrist and Raleigh offers to drive her to her geological sites, she grudgingly accepts his help. They say the desert magic makes good things better and bad things worse, then tricks you do you can't tell the difference. But nobody warned Claire that the desert magic is nothing compared to the charms of Raleigh Durban.
