Pardon Falls
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Publisher Description
Some journeys are meant to be taken alone.
Or so Amanda Martin keeps telling herself while searching for her ex-boyfriend who framed her for securities fraud.
A year after hiding in the small Texas town of Phoenix, she continues to the border to find Josh Williams, to bring him to justice. Mistakes from her sojourn in Phoenix, including accusing a woman of murder and breaking David's heart, derail her vengeful plans. But she's getting close. Too close…
Josh should've stayed in Chicago to face his punishment rather than hiding out with his sinister client. A year in northern Mexico working for Rafael Vargas might as well be life in prison without parole, including the constant threat of death.
Drinking was the only way David Stephens could both forget and remember Mandy. She'd destroyed his life, forcing him to jumpstart a new career with the Border Patrol.
When she reappears in his life, he shoves both anger and love aside to endure the Mexican desert.
Amanda is forced to trust a man who betrayed her, and one who refuses to forgive her. Can Amanda, Josh and David bury their motives and grudges to survive?
Customer Reviews
An action-packed sequel!
The second instalment of the Phoenix series, Pardon Falls, picks up shortly after the events of the first book. A crime thriller, we continue to follow Amanda’s story as she vows to get revenge on someone from her past. I loved the first book, Phoenix, and so I was super excited to get started on this one. Once again, the author created a fantastic story that was exciting from the very beginning. I am hooked on this series and cannot wait for the next instalment!
One of the things I liked most about the first book was that it was written from many different points of view. This was continued in Pardon Falls and we finally got to see things from Josh’s side, which added a whole new dimension to the story. We have an idea of his character from how Mandy views him, but seeing his life unfold from his own eyes is something totally new. And while it was fun to see his side, there was one person I was really desperate to hear from: David. He had really got the raw end of the deal by the time we got to the end of the first book, so it was no surprise that he had gone off the rails a little bit. It was hard to read his chapters at first, but seeing his character change and develop so much was very entertaining to read. The character development in this instalment was fantastic and for this, I cannot prise the author enough.
The author also upped the level of danger and fear in Pardon Falls. Things get a whole lot crazier and a whole lot scarier, with the risk of death becoming a real possibility for many of the characters we know. This threat forces Amanda, David and Josh to do things they never thought they would, or could, do and this leads to some very tense reading. Once again, some serious subjects are discussed throughout the book and the author handles these with respect and sensitivity. Amanda’s guilt for things that happened in her past because of her is particularly difficult to read, but an important part of the storyline that helps to further the plot and development.
Pardon Falls is another fantastic read. I absolutely loved this series and cannot wait to read more. If you haven’t already, I cannot encourage you enough to start reading it now!