Whiteout

December 1, 2019
Two survivors of an attack on an Antarctic research base have to withstand a perilous trek to safety while safeguarding the lethal virus that the attackers would do anything to find. When chef Angel Smith joins a research facility in Antarctica, she's intrigued by enigmatic scientist Ford Cooper, who keeps to himself and rejects all her friendly overtures. In fact, Ford is uncomfortable with emotions, and Angel's open, tactile nature scares him. Just before Angel and the summer staff are supposed to board the plane taking them home, Angel witnesses a murder in a supply warehouse and hides the ice samples the criminals killed for, switching them out for similar ones. The villains leave the station on a second plane with the wrong samples, and while Angel is looking for a way to escape the freezing tunnel she's been locked in, Cooper comes back from a satellite base check-in to find the station abandoned, all the communications equipment destroyed, and Angel trying to chop down a door to get to safety. When she tells him what she's seen, he realizes the men will hunt down the right samples and will kill any witnesses. Their best hope of survival is at the closest nearby station, but they'll have to ski hundreds of miles to get there. Along the way, they'll battle villains and the harsh landscape in myriad ways, but the attraction that grows between them becomes one of their greatest strengths, because they're both determined to save each other. Anders launches a new series with a bang, maintaining a furious pace and setting up geographical, criminal, and emotional dangers that force the characters to find their deepest strengths to survive. Heart-pounding sexual, emotional, and physical tension keep the suspense high and the pages turning.

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December 9, 2019
Anders (Blank Canvas) delivers a solid romantic thriller centered around polar opposites forced to survive an Antarctic winter together while being pursued by a killer. Angel Smith was looking for an escape to give her time to sort out her mess of a life and plan her next steps when she signed on to be the cook at the South Pole’s Burke-Ruhe Research Station. When the research station is attacked by a powerful corporate enemy intent on stealing research, Angel barely makes it out with the help of geologist Ford Cooper. They never got along under the best of circumstances, and now they’re forced to rely on each other to stay alive as a snowstorm looms and their attacker chases them across the icy landscape. Unasked-for chemistry and surprising tenderness grows between them in the midst of the freezing cold as Anders strikes an impressive balance between romance and page-turning suspense. Readers who crave high-stakes action mixed in with their romance will be taken by this consistently surprising adventure. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency.

January 24, 2020

On Angel Smith's last day as head chef for the crew at an Antarctic research station, she witnesses a brutal crime and is left alone to fight for survival in one of the world's harshest environments. The remote and driven glaciologist Ford Cooper, realizing that the station and his work are under attack, joins Angel in making the 300-mile trek to safety, risking everything to stay alive. Angel's spirit and Ford's ingenuity make the grueling trek seem less daunting and as they fight for their lives, they seek comfort in each other and find beauty and humor in the darkest of situations. VERDICT Anders (Under Her Skin) takes readers on a gripping journey. With suspenseful scenes and steamy moments that offer heartwarming relief to the story's tension, this book will entrance lovers of romantic suspense.--Jenna Harmison, Champaign Cty. Lib., OH

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