title: Spring Promise
author: Gatewood, Linda
description: The love between Derek and Cynthia was tested to the limit in the exciting first book Winter Secret, but will it be strong enough to withstand the continuing forces that strive to separate them? Once again, a new season brings new adventures and terror to the couple who ask for nothing except to be together. A mysterious relic in the form of an ancient map and key surfaces and ends up in the hands of Cynthia and Derek, who must once again discover its secrets. The pursuit of ancient hidden gold and treasure is a lure that draws greedy men into dangerous situations and ultimately interfaces the lives of Derek and Cynthia. Not only is Derek labeled a terrorist, but they are both drawn into the mysterious and threatening world of ancient legends and myths of the earliest Americans. Derek continues to struggle with the pursuit of the man who murdered his parents and his obsessive need for revenge, while Cynthia faces a new, personal, and unexpected threat to their continued union. Will they be able to stay together and keep the promises they made to each other or will the forces against them destroy the hopes of their Spring Promise? Spring Promise is the second book in the four-book "Winter Secret" series, each encompassing a season in the life of Derek Flynn and Cynthia Morrison.