Some people say it takes a lifetime to find each other, and a second to fall in love. Thrown together by chance, in the isolation of the landscape that surrounds them, Maddy and River may have just found that second. When stationery store owner Maddy Parker is taken hostage after a bungled bank raid, she has no idea what kind of journey she's about to embark on. With the police in hot pursuit, River heads towards the border, desperate to get into Mexico and ensure his own survival. What he doesn't count on, however, is stopping along the way to try and get to know the mysterious woman who has inadvertently become his prisoner, but there's something about Maddy that makes River risk everything to do so. With time running out, the ice cool cowboy with the movie star good looks tries to fix the situation he's got himself into and make it across the border to safety, Maddy in tow. As their destination beckons, will Maddy be able to admit to the feelings she begins to develop for him, and for the first time in her life, finally let herself go? Holding On To You is a contemporary romance novel about finding true love, and the race against time to hold on to it.