1THE KEEPER OF THE FLAME IS MISSING An alarm reverberates through the Sisterhood of the Yellow Rose like a gunshot. Tess Rankin, the Keeper of the Flame, is the only link to the Sisterhood's secret treasure, which includes the Flame of Brazil, the world's largest ruby. For over a century the Sisterhood has successfully maintained their cover as a women's charitable organization. Little does anyone know that the Sisterhood's agents, referred to as Flame Throwers, spend their days protecting women and children in conflict zones. As the Sisterhood desperately attempts to locate and rescue Tess, they discover that agents from Brazil, England, Portugal, India and Russia, are closing in. Meanwhile, Tess is frantically trying to escape four kidnappers. Her captors become the least of her worries as she fights for survival deep in the forests of Montana with ravenous Grizzly bears.