O’Keefe shares fascinating tales from her travels and tries to persuade Blackburn to fund her next expedition. A stone slab engraved with hieroglyphics she received in exchange of a debt would lead her to King Solomon’s Mines. Blackburn is not easily convinced, and O’Keefe shares another shocking reason why he should help her.

Blackburn decides O’Keefe must prove herself. He sends her on a treasure hunt of his own with an observer, Hartford Ignatius Goodnight. They search for another treasure: The Gift of the Jaguar. She must find the truth behind it before anyone else.

The Book of True Desires shares a great adventure story. It is a treasure hunt adventure as well as a love story adventure. The dynamic characters are hard to forget in a story like no other.