Two Roads East by Philip Montgomery

Two Roads East is a story told along the road less travelled, a daughter's ultimatum forces Sophie Vella, a Washington human rights lawyer, to make a bold move which begins an unexpected journey to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. She's no ordinary tourist when she joins eleven others on the Mountain Adventures' bus at Paro airport; they're planning trekking, she's planning a coincidental meeting with a man she swore twenty years ago she'd never talk to again. Steve Andrews is manager of Two Roads East, Bhutan's largest foreign aid project, and he has no way of knowing that Sophie is in the country with a life-changing message for him. But that's only part of Steve's problem, he's just been accused of major fraud and faces life in the brutal Hangrila gaol unless he can find twenty million dollars missing from his road project. His impending gaol term becomes the perilous hitch in Sophie's clever plan, it leads her on a wild chase across mountain passes and through river valleys, and ultimately to the rediscovery of love lost long ago. For Steve, the inopportune becomes the opportune as Sophie is the only person who can help him retain his freedom, but in this land of mountains and mists and ancient traditions, that comes at a price. He must answer a question she's been waiting two decades to ask, and his answer may change both their lives.