The Crossing

Clara Fields only wanted a quiet escape. The devoted Texas schoolteacher set out on a solitary road trip to heal from a year of heartbreak and loss. But a routine stop at a remote border rest area shatters her world when she stumbles upon a horrifying secret: a human trafficking exchange happening right before her eyes.

When one terrified child breaks free and runs to her, Clara doesn’t think—she acts. Grabbing the girl, she flees into the unforgiving desert. But the traffickers have seen her face, and they’ll stop at nothing to silence the witness who can expose their operation.

With no phone signal, no weapon, and no backup, Clara must summon every ounce of courage to outwit a cartel that knows the terrain far better than she does. As scorching days turn to freezing nights, dehydration and exhaustion threaten to break her, while the relentless hunters close in.

Her only companion is Marisol, the silent eight-year-old whose trust Clara must earn even as fear gnaws at them both. Haunted by memories of a student she couldn’t save, Clara swears she won’t fail again.

But survival means more than running. It means fighting back. And when the final confrontation comes, Clara will risk everything to protect the child in her care—even if it means crossing the ultimate line.

A pulse-pounding tale of courage and survival, The Crossing grips you from the first page and doesn’t let go until the last breathless twist.