Cover art of "In a Flash". Silhouette of two women wearing hiking backpacks and holding hands while facing each other. Outline of Grand Canyon in the background.

By Kris Rugg

In a Flash

a lesbian romance novel

If you were given a second chance with the woman of your dreams, would you be brave enough to take it?

In an effort to escape her toxic ex, Mae Mack breaks out of her daily grind and sets off on her first trip out of Maine and into the heart of Grand Canyon’s backcountry. On her first day out, she is reconnected with Ranger Kes Wylde, a woman she met at a wedding years earlier.

Reunited, Mae and Kes are forced to confront their deep feelings for each other. Will they choose vulnerability in the face of self-doubt, the fear of heartbreak, and the threat of mother nature?

In this debut novel by author Kris Rugg, get lost with Mae and Kes as they embark on a journey of self-discovery, wild adventures, deep love, and heart.

About the AUthor

Kris Rugg

Kris Rugg is a contemporary lesbian romance novelist. If you adore the feeling of wanderlust and you long to get lost in nature, get ready to fall in love in the wild.

Kris has lived and worked in national parks across the country for more than a decade. They’ve rafted the lower 200 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, hiked every trail in Acadia, biked across Prince Edward Island end-to-end, eaten glacial ice while sitting in a kayak in Kenai Fjords, and helped release baby sea turtles at Cape Hatteras. More often than not Kris is somewhere in nature with a love story brewing in their mind.

Their writing was also featured in “On Foot: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories”.

Other works featuring
Kris Rugg

On Foot: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories

Edited by Rick Kempa

Twenty-seven tales of adventure, discovery, danger, and deep solitude await readers of this first-ever anthology of essays devoted to the Grand Canyon backpacking experience. In it, novice canyon hikers express their wide-eyed wonder, while veteran canyoneers reflect on how their lifelong relationship with the place has shaped their character and outlook. Rangers, trail crew workers, scientists, and trail guides weigh in with their unique perspectives. Whether they are writing from the corridor trails, the backcountry trails, or the vast canyon wilderness, these writers offer authentic, close-up views of what it is like to be afoot on particular days in particular places beneath the rim.