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THE RULES FOR BREAKING by Ashley Elston

THE RULES FOR BREAKING

From the Rules for Disappearing series, volume 2

by Ashley Elston

Pub Date: May 20th, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4231-6898-0
Publisher: Hyperion

Anna Boyd finally has her name—and her life—back, and she won’t give either up without a fight.

In this follow-up to The Rules for Disappearing (2013), Anna, so thankful to have left the world of witness protection behind, is shocked to learn that she is still being hunted by Thomas, the villain who masqueraded as a federal agent and who inexplicably allowed her and her boyfriend, Ethan, to escape when he might easily have killed them. Before she knows what hit her, Anna, her family and Ethan’s are sent off to hide in a remote wilderness area from which she, Ethan, and her little sister, Teeny, are ultimately kidnapped. The trio is whisked away to a secret location where they learn that they have become pawns in a deadly game of chess being played by assassins, organized crime lords and rogue agents. The implausible but still engaging storyline is jam-packed with impulsive decisions that carry foreseeable disastrous consequences, unexpected betrayals and alliances, and a series of skin-of-the-teeth escapes. Amid the chaos, Anna’s head-over-heels infatuation with Ethan and sweet devotion to Teeny will give readers something familiar they can hold on to.

Like a good roller-coaster ride: adrenaline-fueled and terrifying with an underlying feeling that everything will end as it should.

(Suspense. 12-18)