3.5 stars (some sites do not allow half stars in rating, so rating may vary). When I see the title of this book, I keep thinking of a line from a song that says "dark desert highway"--so much so that I searched for this book under high desert highway before realizing the last word of the title wasn't highway but hideaway!

For the first 3/4 of the book, I thought it was so-so. Lily overhears something while working late one night, and even though what she overheard wasn't enough to know anything, the people she overheard come after her. By chance, a childhood-classmate-who's-now-a-deputy-sheriff comes into the gas station mart and ends up rescuing her. And, in the tried-and-true genre theme, they both have reasons why they couldn't be in love with each other and even keep trying to convince themselves of that.

The last 1/4 of the book was more interesting--and just when you think the suspense has ended, there's a twist!

I also kind of got a hint that Crystal Rios and Gaston may have a book in the future--and wondered if Olivia and Elijah had a story before this--I'm guessing possibly since I see this author has another title called "Last Stand Ranch" and that fits in with the little I know about Olivia and Elijah from this book. ( )