Rules of Survival by Jus Accardo – a Review
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Description:
If you want to survive, you have to follow the rules…
Mikayla Morgan is wanted for her mother’s murder. She’s been on the run for almost a year now, avoiding not only the police but the real killer. Tired of running and desperate to clear her name, she breaks one of the most sacred rules: never return to the scene of the crime.
Every bounty hunter on the Eastern Seaboard is after the Morgan girl—but Shaun Denver and his partner snagged her. She’s a piece of work, and Shaun can’t decide if he wants to kiss her or kill her. When things take a sharp turn south, Shaun does the only thing he can think of to keep her close—he handcuffs them together.
As the danger mounts and the killer closes in, the chemistry between them threatens to explode. Shaun and Kayla will need to break all the rules if they hope to get out of this alive.
Review:
Rules of Survival by Jus Accardo is a wonderful captivating thrilling story. I have read a few books by Accardo, and each of them are action packed, with a touch of humor throughout the book. Rules of Survival continues this trend.
Our heroine is Kayla (short for Mikayla), and right from the start I loved her, as she is strong & yet vulnerable. Kayla has been on the run for a year, since she found her mother murdered. Since she was the main suspect, Kayla ran and had been hiding and moving about frequently. She finally decides to go back home, to find some evidence to clear her name. That was her first mistake in a year.
Searching through her house for some clue that her mother may have left her, Kayla finds a letter, but before she can read it, she is caught by two bounty hunters that were patiently awaiting her return. It is here we meet our hero, Shaun, who is learning the trade of being a bounty hunter from Patrick., sort of a father figure for him. Kayla recognizes Patrick, as he was always hunting down her mother. But before they could get reacquainted, all hell breaks loose. There are others looking for Kayla, since she has a huge reward on her head. All three make a run for it, as gun shots are dangerously flying close by.
Along the way, they lose Patrick and Shaun uses a chain to tie Kayla to him, so she doesn’t escape. Of course, he loses the key along the way. What follows is a wonderful exciting adventure to find the truth to help save Kayla. At first Shaun doesn’t trust Kayla, nor does she trust him. At every turn, they are found, and it begins to look like they do not just want to bring her to the cops to collect the reward, but to kill her instead.
Shaun slowly begins to trust Kayla, and recognizes something is wrong. He works with her to try to find the evidence to prove her innocence. To tell too much more would be spoilers. All I will say is this is a pulse pounding story with non-stop action, with a lot of twists as they race to the climax. The closer they get to some answers, the danger escalates. During their forced time toghether, Kayla and Shaun find themselves becoming attracted to each other. With all the tension, Accardo uses her trademark humor to lighten things at times. She does a terrific job slowly bringing them together, in what becomes a sweet, and charming romance, which also sizzles. I loved Kayla and Shaun, and I am sure you will too.
Rules of Survival has everything you would want in a story; suspense, action, mystery, excitement, humor, and a romance that begins to sizzle over time. Rules of Survival is another winner for Jus Accardo.
Reviewed by Barb
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