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Date read: July 13, 2021
Survival Instincts
0.5. Deep Blue
1. Whiteout
2. Uncharted - Paperback | Kindle
Adriana Anders
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Stranded together in a frozen wilderness, there's nowhere left to run...Thoughts on Uncharted: Okay. Leo and Elias were a bit of a hot mess, all things considered. First off, they're both running from things. Elias's things might have been slightly more physical than Leo's things, but they were both closed off and kind of one-man (or one-woman, in Leo's case) wrecking crews when it came to getting things done. No wait. That makes it sound like they just barreled into situations all willy-nilly and they didn't. Well, they sometimes did. But that was mostly under extreme circumstances.
Hotshot pilot Leo Eddowes is afraid of nothing and no one. So when she's asked to evacuate a man from the wilds of Alaska, she doesn't hesitate. But with enemies in close pursuit and the weather turning sour, what should have been a simple mission quickly shifts to disaster.
And there's only one way out.
When Elias Thorne disappeared, he was America's most wanted. Now he's spent more than a decade in one of the most remote places on earth, guarding a dangerous secret. Leo's arrival, quickly followed by a team of expert hunters, leaves him no choice but to join forces with her—and run. Neither is prepared for their reluctant partnership to flare into something as wild and untamed as the frozen world around them...but as desperately cold days melt into scorchingly hot nights, Leo and Elias must learn to dig deep, trust in each other, and forge a bond as strong as the forces of nature.
MOST of the time, these two are frighteningly committed to making horrifying situations work for them. The wrecking crew part comes in when one of them gets put in danger. Then they go off the rails. Elias especially. The guy did not do well when Leo's life was endangered.
But that's only part of the story. The tip of the iceberg, if you will. Because they're on the run from some very bad people and staying alive in an environment that keeps throwing more and more dangerous roadblocks at them has them utilizing every darn one of their survival skills. Knowing that if they get caught those very bad people will do very bad things with the information they're carrying can be very motivating.
Throw in a boatload of sexual tension (I'm not kidding! Elias getting ramped up over otherwise innocent touches was WOW), a new (possibly even more compelling) reason for the virus Leo and her crew are after to be found, and an old lady who almost single-handedly takes out a bunch of bad guys ('never underestimate the elderly' is going to be my new motto) and there's a whole lot going on here. I mean that in a good way. Elias and Leo were steamin' and I am SO here for whatever danger the crew gets thrown into next!
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