TheUSA TODAYbestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths series and Burying Water-whichKirkus Reviewscalled "a sexy, romantic, gangster-tinged page-turner"-returns with a new novel packed with romance, plot twists, and psychological suspense.
Ivy Lee, a talented tattoo artist who spent the early part of her twenties on the move, is looking for a place to call home. She thinks she might have finally found it working in her uncle's tattoo shop in San Francisco. But all that changes when a robbery turns deadly, compelling her to pack up her things yet again.
When they need the best, they call him. That's why Sebastian Riker is back in California, cleaning up the mess made after a tattoo shop owner with a penchant for blackmail got himself shot. But it's impossible to get the answers he needs from a dead body, leaving him to look elsewhere. Namely, to the twenty-something-year-old niece who believes this was a random attack. Who needs to keep believing that until Sebastian finds what he's searching for.
Ivy has one foot out of San Francisco when a chance encounter with a stranger stalls her departure. She's always been drawn to intense men, so it's no wonder that she now finds a reason to stay after all, quickly intoxicated by his dark smile, his intimidating strength, and his quiet control. That is, until Ivy discovers that their encounter was no accident-and that their attraction could be her undoing.
*I received a free ARC of Surviving Ice from Netgalley*
Surviving Ice was so intense, especially because it started right in the middle of the action - Ivy witnessed her uncle being killed, and she had to hide underneath a desk in order to stay undetected herself! If you have read the prior stories in Tucker's Burying Water series, you have already met Ivy - she comes across as distanced and quite abrasive, but there is a soft heart hiding deep inside of her. After her uncle's death, she is ready to be on the move again, even if just days before she had started thinking about putting down roots in San Fransisco. Being the legal executor of Ned's will makes sure she has to stay for a while, though, and when she meets Sebastian, she wonders if maybe San Fransisco isn't an OK place after all.This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews
