I was a little leary going into this after reading her Embassy Row Series, which left me feeling like there should be another book. I still can’t even sum up those books without feeling lost.

This, however, was a short and sweet read. This story is about survival, adventure, friendship and a budding romance.

Find the boy.

Save the boy.

Kiss Kill Make the boy pay

For what he did to you.

Being the daughter of a secret service agent attached to the President has some perks. Especially when the President has a son your age and you become best friends, and you  go running around the White House together. Suddenly, tragedy strikes at the White House, causing Maddie and her father take off to Alaska to live in the middle of nowhere with no internet, phones, tv or other people. Maddie writes daily letters to Logan and has her dad send them when he goes to town for supplies. After two years of Logan not responding she stops writing him letters.

Logan, after getting into trouble along with slipping away from his secret service agents numerous times, is sent to join Maddie and her dad. With a fierce storm on the way, Maddie’s father is sent out to give supplies to some people who will be in need. Her dad tells her to make Logan chop wood and help with her chores. While they are out looking for wood they are attacked and Maddie is pushed off a cliff, presumed dead by both the Russian kidnapper and Logan, while Logan is kidnapped.

When Maddie finally comes to she realizes it’s up to her to save Logan. Having lived in these woods for the past six years, Maddie has an advantage over the kidnapper. She  catches up to them and allows herself to get “captured”. Trying to survive the Alaskan wilderness and a Russian kidnapper proves to almost be too much for the pair. Using the survival instincts her father has taught her, after escaping from the kidnapper she is able to get herself and Logan to safety for the night . After some rest and food, they head out to try to retrieve the sat phone their Russian capturer had. And that’s where things get interesting, when a simple rescue mission turns into a much larger problem.

Publication March 27, 2018  Pages 293 YA-chosen for the 2019 Lonestar List so it is good for middle grade