Austin Stoner Files

Some women plan their wedding for months. Atlantic-Hampton New York editor Lynda Dawn Austin has been planning hers all her life. But right now nothing's going according to plan...

In the high-flying, high-stakes world of New York book publishing, Atlantic-Hampton figures it has a sure bestseller. The adventure action novel, which is based on fact, has a surprise ending--two pages of treasure maps to an actual hoard of gold. But just as the book is ready to go to press, the unthinkable happens...

Lynda Dawn Austin and Brady Stoner's engagement nearly goes bust two weeks before the wedding. Brady pulls a surprise that doesn't sit too well with his bride-to-be. Then the crazy couple spends days traipsing the West to find their friend Cindy LaCoste. She ran off without explanation.  Five states, three vehicles, two horse trailers, and a one-ton bull later, they locate her. But their troubles are far from over...