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Whiteout

(Survival Instincts #1)

Adriana Anders (Goodreads Author)

3.79 · Rating details · 1,630 ratings · 440 reviews

Angel Smith is ready to leave Antarctica for a second chance at life. But on what was meant to be her final day, the research station is attacked. Hunted and scared, she and glaciologist Ford Cooper barely make it out with their lives…only to realize that in a place this remote, there's nowhere left to run.

Isolated in the middle of a long, frozen winter with a madman at th ...more

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Jan 25, 2020 Kylie D rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, annual-challenges, thriller-suspense, atwi80b-2020, netgalley-2020

The first half of this book was excellent, an attack on a south pole scientific base, leaving two people stranded and on a survival mission to overland to the next base with the odds stacked against them. It was a gripping rollercoaster ride of adrenalin and I was glued to the pages.

Unfortunately the second half let this book down. The two main characters spent the whole time acting like horny teenagers, the baddies ridiculous and incompetent, the dialogue cheesy, and the whole plot turned out t ...more

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Nov 10, 2018 Amanda rated it it was amazing

UPDATE: I've read the final version of Whiteout now, and it is SO FREAKING FANTASTIC!!! I love, love, love this book! The survival plot is amazing, and the sexual tension is off the charts. I was literally fanning myself at times. The first make-out scene is...OMG. I've already read this book twice now, and I would totally read it again. SO good!

Action-packed, full of twists and turns, danger, adventure, and steamy romance! A hot, reclusive scientist and a plucky, resourceful chef find themselve ...more

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Dec 13, 2020 PamG rated it liked it

Shelves: romantic-suspense, publisher-sent, read-2020, mys-sus-mag-2020, mystery-thriller-suspense

WHITEOUT by Adriana Anders is the first book in the Survival Instincts romantic suspense and adventure series and is set mainly in Antarctica. The author brought this reader an intense and action-filled adventure story.

Angel Smith has spent the summer as a chef at a remote research station and is ready to leave before winter sets in when the station is attacked. She and glaciologist Ford (Coop) Cooper barely escape, but there are few places to go. They have no power, no way to contact the o WHITEOUT by Adriana Anders is the first book in the Survival Instincts romantic suspense and adventure series and is set mainly in Antarctica. The author brought this reader an intense and action-filled adventure story.

Angel Smith has spent the summer as a chef at a remote research station and is ready to leave before winter sets in when the station is attacked. She and glaciologist Ford (Coop) Cooper barely escape, but there are few places to go. They have no power, no way to contact the outside world, and a team of mercenaries chasing them. Can Angel and Coop get to safety? Can they take enough food and essentials to survive the trek? Who attacked the research station and what was the impetus for the attack? Was it successful? What follows is a suspenseful survival story with a romance weaved into the story line.

Angel is a character that you definitely can root for, but Coop is rather reserved and harder to get to know. However, the progression of their relationship made sense as a partnership for survival and some initial attraction was tested by the need to survive.

The author brought a strong sense of place to light in this novel. The subzero temperatures, harshness and inhospitableness of Antarctica was balanced with its beauty, isolation and peacefulness. However, the book was short on dialogue in places. Some of this was necessary due to the circumstances. Instead, there is a lot of introspection by both Angel and Coop which added depth to their characters. Additionally, there is some insight into the villains in this story and we get perspectives from a couple of them which enriches the tale. Running from the past, danger, action, steamy scenes and much more kept this reader entertained and wondering what could happen next.

Overall, this novel kept me engaged and made me grateful that I was not enduring the stark reality of wind, snow, and cold that Angel and Coop faced. I have read other books set in Antarctica, but this one is by far the best. I felt somewhat let down by several loose ends. I know the epilogue set up the next novel, but I would have preferred that the information was put at the beginning of the next book in the series. What a cliffhanger! Despite, this, I am looking forward to reading book two which is currently slated to be published August 31, 2021.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. Publication date was January 28, 2020. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine. ...more

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Feb 16, 2020 JenReadsRomance rated it it was amazing

This. Is. What. Romantic. Suspense. Should. Be. Like!

I loved this book, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I definitely if I think about it too hard probably feel like "there is no way this could have happened" BUT GUESS WHAT I DO NOT CARE. it's was propulsive, I was on the edge of my seat, and there was danger banging in a cabin at the South Pole.

IT IS EVERYTHING.
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Jun 07, 2020 Mo rated it liked it · review of another edition

Not my usual setting for Romantic Suspense... Antartica! An enjoyable read but it really seemed to drag towards the end... at one stage my kindle told me there was over an hour and a half left and I said to myself "no way can there be that much left in the book ... what's going to happen?" - it turned out that there is an excerpt from another book/novella that fills the end of the book.

I know, recently, I have been in a bit of a book funk and cannot seem to find a FIVE STAR read... here's hopin ...more

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Jan 10, 2020 h o l l i s rated it it was ok

Shelves: book-buddy-recs, contemporary, crime-mystery, 2020-reads, thriller, finished-in-january-2020, romance, arc, meh, not-a-bunch-of-twenty-somethings

Chalk and cheese strikes again!

Micky read this super early and it was her being all excitement over it that inspired me to request, hoping I might catch it before the release date, and be able to swoon alongside her for this new title, and new series opener, from a new-to-me author.

But I pretty much didn't get on with anything about this story. The only thing that worked for me was the realistic weather experience, the harsh conditions, and the very practical conversations surrounding said real ...more

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Sep 12, 2019 Katie rated it it was amazing

Picture The Thing where the alien is actually a diabolical elderly woman and there’s lots of sexual tension and hot make out sessions. You’ve got it? Perfect. That’s Whiteout by Adriana Anders.

Ford Cooper is a raspy-voiced grump (yes, please). He’s the perfect hero for those romance readers who like their men challenging to work with because it’s all the more satisfying when the heroine finally convinces him to indulge his desires. I wanted to wrap Ford in a hug and tell him, “It’s okay to Picture The Thing where the alien is actually a diabolical elderly woman and there’s lots of sexual tension and hot make out sessions. You’ve got it? Perfect. That’s Whiteout by Adriana Anders.

Ford Cooper is a raspy-voiced grump (yes, please). He’s the perfect hero for those romance readers who like their men challenging to work with because it’s all the more satisfying when the heroine finally convinces him to indulge his desires. I wanted to wrap Ford in a hug and tell him, “It’s okay to feel emotion!” A hot loner who prefers well-below freezing temperatures and nothing but snow over being forced to talk to someone he doesn’t want to talk to—can’t we all relate? Angel Smith, Ford’s complete opposite, was an ‘every woman’ sort of heroine. The woman we all are AND the woman we all want to be. Kind, witty, smart, brave, and, most importantly, understanding of her man’s quirks. The two of them shouldn’t have worked together, but they ended up being such a brilliant match for one another.

The best part was watching them fight their attraction for one another (I mean, running away from murderers and trying to survive a landscape bent on killing you is not the ideal time for some nooky), but eventually succumbing to their desires. Whiteout isn’t going to give you sex every three pages, if that’s your thing. It’s more about bringing you to the edge constantly only to pull you back before you finally tip over the precipice into hot, survival sex. But when Anders finally gives us that moment it’s like water to a man lost in the desert... everything. Every second of the torture is 100% worth it.

This plot was so fascinating! I mean, how many romantic suspense novels take place in the frigid emptiness of Antarctica. And damn Anders for tossing in the whole ‘21 days until safety, 6 days of food’ headings at the top of each chapter because I was hyperventilating as I wondered how they could possibly survive this trip, not to mention the murderers chasing them down! Whiteout starts with a bang and ends with an even bigger bang. With four thousand bangs in the middle. Everything is trying to kill our hero and heroine: the murderers, the government, the storms, the snow, the random crevasses that lead to the center of the Earth...this is one novel that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what could possibly happen next. Giving me a heart attack every darn page.

I loved the setting so much that I feel I need to comment on what an amazing reading experience it was to be set down in the middle of the barren wasteland of such an unfamiliar territory. I was enamored with every little detail of the land, the station, the constant danger. Quite a new adventure. And this is a lead up to what is sure to be an amazing cast of characters. Secret organization of hot men and woman vs. evil? Sign me up for everything Adriana Anders has to offer. ...more

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Jan 26, 2020 Robin Loves Reading rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020-january-march, kindle, 2020-books, 2020-challenge, romance, mystery-thriller, pages, reading-challenge, robin-loves-reading-2020-challenge

Angel Smith's life was at sixes and sevens. So she took on a very unusual assignment in Antarctica. She is an excellent cook and she fed the unique group of scientists and researchers. Her time has come to an end and she must get back to her life.

However, the research station is attacked and she has missed her flight. Left to freeze to death she is rescued by glaciologist Ford Cooper. When Ford realizes why the station was attacked, he knows that he and Angel are not safe. They must make a dange ...more

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Nov 13, 2019 Bookphenomena (Micky) rated it really liked it

Shelves: fast-paced, chemistry, 2019-read, contemporary-romance, heroine-love, romantic-suspense, suspense, opposites, grumpy-male, shy-guy

4.5 stars

I don’t know about you, but a survival story with romance has my hands grabbing. I saw this book blurb and cover and knew I had to have it. Not one thing about this book disappointed, in fact, it surpassed by expectations. Get your running shoes on because this book has a fast-pace from start to finish.

What’s so special about WHITEOUT is that it was set in the antarctic and I really don’t think I’ve read a book based here (I’ve read a few thrillers set in the arctic). The time was take 4.5 stars

I don’t know about you, but a survival story with romance has my hands grabbing. I saw this book blurb and cover and knew I had to have it. Not one thing about this book disappointed, in fact, it surpassed by expectations. Get your running shoes on because this book has a fast-pace from start to finish.

What’s so special about WHITEOUT is that it was set in the antarctic and I really don’t think I’ve read a book based here (I’ve read a few thrillers set in the arctic). The time was taken to paint Antarctica both at the beginning but also as the story progressed and the characters ventured out into the wilderness. I needed this and it painted a white but vivid picture.

Angel was the summer chef on the station, ready to travel back to the US for the winter, leaving a skelton staff of scientists. Ford ‘Coop’ was a glaciologist there for the duration and he’d spent the whole time of Angel’s season on the station avoiding her and his attraction to her. He basically made himself look like a total jackass. There was a quick unfurling of events and Angel and Ford found themselves running for survival and for a higher purpose.

The journey to survive was compelling reading alongside an equally riveting story of the reluctant connection between Ford and Angel. Angel was all soft edges, kindness but with an expected strength that she bowled me over. Ford was the epitomy of grumpy male but just a bit more than that. I still have questions about whether he was on the spectrum, had PTSD and I still don’t know the story of his voice, and I NEED that. I’m hoping to find out more about him further into the series.

But here, across from a women who was the antithesis of everything he’d ever known, who’d fed him food that burst with flavor and worked as hard as any soldier he’d ever fought beside, he let himself wish-for just a second or two-that he could be the man who made her laugh.

This story kept rolling from the opener to the end. I wanted to read and stayed up late to do so, just to devour the words and the story. I fell into this book and writing not knowing the kind of writer Adriana Anders was, but I do now and I like her style very much. Just brace yourself for where this ends, although there is definite tying up of ends. All I can say is thank goodness this is a series and we get more from these characters and world.

Thank you to Sourcebooks for the early review copy, I read this super early because I couldn’t resist. I hope that makes you want to pick it up.

This review can be found on A Take From Two Cities Blog. ...more

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Dec 05, 2019 Dianne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: z12-read, arc-read, netgalley, romantic-suspense, own, survival

Antarctica, a frozen sea of hidden discoveries, a scientific haven for the brave hearted, or as in Angel’s case, those looking to hide away from life for a while. The subzero temps and total isolation would be more than enough adventure for me, but for a scientific outpost and two of its occupants, it is about to become a chilling race to survive in a frigid hell.

WHITEOUT by Adriana Anders snowballs into a searing hot romance as two people trek through miles of ice and snow, knowing they could b ...more

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Jan 17, 2020 Yodamom rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc, netgalley, suspense

Get a blanket, warm slippers and something hot to drink before snowshoeing into this read. Baby it’s cold inside this book and then it HOT but that has nothing to do with the weather. It’s about two people who are running away from their lives and a horrendous plot to kill millions.
Favorite line “The Iceman Cometh” < wink >. So the story is set in a remote scientific station near the pole, frozen beyond cold. Angel is the new hire, the cook for the station. Coop, one of the scientist, is the st ...more

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Jan 25, 2020 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Growing up, I was fascinated with Mount Everest and fictional survival stories taking place there. After I read The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan and loved the parts when the main character was in Antarctica, Kennedy Ryan recommended this book! I immediately went to netgalley to request a copy and couldn't wait to start this romantic suspense.

When this book started, it took me a few chapters to really get into the story and actually want to start reading. I was a little confused by what was going o ...more

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Jan 14, 2020 Jennifer rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-romanceopoly

Source: Netgalley

I first fell in love with Adriana Anders’ writing while reading her Blank Canvas series and then again while reading Thirst through the Radish app (I really hope she releases it on Kindle at some point since I didn’t get to read the last five chapters of the story before my free trial ended.) So reading Whiteout was a no brainer.

Whiteout is an action pack ride in the middle of nowhere Antarctica. Our hero, Ford Cooper, is an ex-army sniper turned PhD scientist, who is socially a Source: Netgalley

I first fell in love with Adriana Anders’ writing while reading her Blank Canvas series and then again while reading Thirst through the Radish app (I really hope she releases it on Kindle at some point since I didn’t get to read the last five chapters of the story before my free trial ended.) So reading Whiteout was a no brainer.

Whiteout is an action pack ride in the middle of nowhere Antarctica. Our hero, Ford Cooper, is an ex-army sniper turned PhD scientist, who is socially awkward, grumpy, and a loner. Our heroine is Angel Smith, who is a cook. They both came to Antarctica for the same reason, to start over.

Ford just wants to be left alone on the ice with his research and Angel wants to start over after a terrible marriage that ended leaving her a widow.

Angel has a crush on the grumpy doctor, and he does his best to avoid her because he feels the same, even if he doesn’t know how to show it. But he doesn’t want to want her; he thinks he is better off alone. He only seeks out companionship with females to scratch and itch and that’s far and few between. Angel takes his avoiding her to mean he is not interested and he doesn’t like her at all. Her last night at the Pole she decides, with some liquid courage, to ask him to dance at the party they have when the summer crew leaves until they return the next summer (apparently Antarctica only has summer (all day) and winter (all night) with nothing really in between) leaving a skeleton crew for the winter months.

Ford’s refusal to dance is just the tipping point of the end of summer. Murder and mayhem follow putting Angel and Ford together on a race across Antarctica to the next station. While on the run for their lives they get to know each other and their sexual chemistry helps keep them warm in their tent at night in the middle of ice and snow.

Whiteout is a high-stakes rush to safety from murders, with a developing romance ending with a HEA. It also starts off the Survival Instincts series, which seems like it will circle around a group of ex-military men and women trying to take down a corporation who plans on using a virus found by Ford, but they don’t know what their end game is yet. I look for to learning more about the group who saved Ford and Angel and who happens to work with Ford’s brother. ...more

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Apr 13, 2020 Mara rated it liked it

Shelves: recommended-to-me, ebook-owned

I struggled to get into this one, but at about the 20% mark, I got into the groove. This is a survival thriller with a good dose of romance thrown in, and was a perfectly fun way to pass some time. I didn't find it particularly memorable, but was a nice variation on the romantic suspense genre ...more

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Feb 07, 2020 ♥Rachel♥ rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller-and-or-action, audio-book, romance, 2020-audio-book-challenge, romantic-suspense

4.5 Stars

Angel Smith is just about to end her time as the cook for Burke-Ruhe research base at the South Pole in Antarctica. Winter is about to start and instead of all days they’ll switch to all nights and only a skeleton crew will be staying on, but before she can get on the plane the base is attacked leaving her and Ford Cooper stranded. Now they must get to safety and survive in the harsh elements before their food runs out and before the bad guys hunt them down and finish them off.

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Jan 03, 2020 Marta Cox rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-reviews, netgalley, arc-approval

The Angel we meet here is a woman whose world was turned upside down when she became seriously injured, losing everything that she thought was precious. She’s dusted herself off and taken a temporary assignment cooking for researchers at the South Pole. What she hadn’t expected because frankly who would ,is to witness a murder that leaves her stranded and alone in the abandoned station.
Ford Cooper is a committed scientist who adores the isolation that the “Ice” give him but he’s also a man who s ...more

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Jun 04, 2020 Ⓐlleskelle - teamSøren♗ ⊲I like big b00ks⊳ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: brooding-hero, suspense, cliffhanger, opposites-attracts

3.5 STARS rounded up to 4

WHY I ENDED PICKING UP THIS BOOK :
Survival Romance? —A romantic suspense with a survival trope. That sounds nice.
Opposites attract couple —Like enemies to lovers? I'm okay with that.
Jerk, distant hero —Yes, please. No questions.
Bubbly/sunny heroine — Mkay, we need levity after all. Please don't be empty headed.
Forced proximity you say? —Even better, I want my heroes all over each other!
A romance set in Antartica —But all that ice... surely they can't...

OH BUT THEY ...more

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Feb 25, 2020 G. rated it it was ok · review of another edition

The Good: everything to do with ANTARCTICA WILL KILL YOU.
The Not So Good: everything else.

And that's all I have to say. ...more

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Oct 18, 2020 NMmomof4 marked it as dnf

Shelves: neighbors-live-with, unlikely-couple, stranded, workplace, suspense

DNF @ 68%

I decided to stop when I was skimming more than reading. It became too slow. I was intrigued by the setting and situation that these two were in but was bored with the suspense. Their love for one another seemed to come out of nowhere too. This definitely could be attributed to my book funk — so please don’t just take my word for it since others seemed to like it!

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Jan 28, 2020 Shatarupa Dhar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, 2020-reading-women-challenge, romantic-suspense

Synopsis:
In the Ice Tunnels of Burke-Ruhe Research Station in the South Pole, a dying man tries to keep himself alive in order to warn the others. Twenty-two miles away from that man, Ford Cooper is at the field drilling site. His mind filled with the suspicious new crew and the station's cook, the bubbly Angel Smith who will be thankfully gone by the next day. She invaded his thoughts at the oddest of times and he didn't need the distraction.

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Oct 28, 2019 Dísir rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-romance, arc, mystery-crime, romantic-suspense, suspense-thriller, favourites, kickass-heroine, kickass-hero

4.5 stars rounding up...

Adeptly written, full of thrilling moments showing superb narrative control, ‘Whiteout’ is putting Adriana Anders on my romantic-suspense-authors list. Truth is, I had a damn good time with this. Few stories use Antarctica as a setting; even fewer delve so deeply into and write so convincingly about the endless, brutal, frigid whiteness and the fragility of humanity against the unrelenting harshness of nature.

Both Angel Smith and Ford Cooper are in Antarctica for various 4.5 stars rounding up...

Adeptly written, full of thrilling moments showing superb narrative control, ‘Whiteout’ is putting Adriana Anders on my romantic-suspense-authors list. Truth is, I had a damn good time with this. Few stories use Antarctica as a setting; even fewer delve so deeply into and write so convincingly about the endless, brutal, frigid whiteness and the fragility of humanity against the unrelenting harshness of nature.

Both Angel Smith and Ford Cooper are in Antarctica for various reasons of their own, but they have each found a place there they belong, amongst an eclectic group of people finding camaraderie at the end of the world. Things change only when a series of events lead them to run for their lives and the fractious ‘relationship’ both initially have changes as they are thrust together in extreme and adverse circumstances that no one could ever imagine.

Angel/Ford are an unlikely pairing, but Anders persuades me early on that a terse, emotionally-unsure glaciologist with an everyday heroine with her own hurts can actually be one I’ll root for. In fact, the strength that Angel develops as the crisis goes on is admirable—more so because it very eloquently details the sort of limits and fortitude you don’t know you have until the need for survival drops suddenly on you.

The overall narrative arc isn’t one that is yet resolved: Ford and Angel barely get out of this alive (this is still thanks to an almost Deus ex Machina moment) and the bad guys for now get their comeuppance, but there overall trajectory of world domination through population-cleansing is still there. It left me somewhat uncertain and unclear, so portions with the masterminding corporation and the higher-ups seemed fuzzy despite the slow movements of chess pieces across a board I couldn’t fully understand yet.

I wished we could have had more moments exploring Ford’s history together—that is merely briefly alluded to—but the focus is so on the present that there just doesn’t seem to be enough space (both mental and emotional) for it. The last few pages wrapped up Ford/Angel’s story a tad hastily and a sort-of cliffhanger ending made ‘Whiteout’ feel incomplete despite the rushed HEA. But Anders leaves me wanting more and in this case, I’m already watching out for the sequel.

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Nov 29, 2019 Lauren rated it it was amazing

WHITEOUT is the first book in a series aptly named "Survival Instincts". On her last day as a chef at a remote research station in Antarctica, Angel Smith is faced with the impossible: make a 302 mile trek across the ice with a surly scientist, Ford Cooper, or die. As I followed Ford and Angel on their harrowing journey, I found myself astounded by Angel's grit and determination. I often found myself asking whether or not I'd be able to push through if I were in her shoes. Anders paints a stunni ...more

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Feb 09, 2020 CD {Boulder Blvd} rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: cliffhanger-teasers, over-rated, romantic-suspense, abandoned-series, eye-roll, s-bv-library

I read the paperback version. Although the book is 494 pages, Whiteout is 388 pages. There is 100+ pages of an excerpt (or maybe the full book) from Katie Ruggle's book "On His Watch". I did not read Ruggle's book.

Whiteout started out really strong and I was totally pulled in but then the adventure ended and the romance element began. The plot sort of stalled out as the h/H trekked across an ice field. For the most part this ended up chapter after chapter of being in each of the h/H heads as the ...more

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Jan 17, 2020 Haley Renee The Caffeinated Reader rated it really liked it

Recommended to Haley Renee by: Ruby Jo

Shelves: earcs

Holy cow, so this was recommended to me by a friend. It's not often I go straight for a 'romance' book but this book did an incredible job at blending romance and adventure/thriller. The action is nonstop but without feeling overwhelming and the characters are unique and well fleshed out. Definitely enjoyed reading this and would recommend it to any romance reader.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an earc of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. ...more

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Mar 29, 2020 Sam (AMNReader) rated it it was ok

Shelves: so-fine, library, read-in-2020, romance, meh-hero

In short, meh. The cold is brutal. I know what 60 below is and I'd have little will to survive let alone romance. Well written in a pace sense, but couldn't care less about the characters, romance, etc. Too long, hate a switch of POV in final chapters--and was that a cliffhanger end? Nope. ...more

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Feb 22, 2020 Adriana Anders added it · (Review from the author)

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Jan 16, 2021 Laura rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-new-series, 2021-new-author

This is one exciting, hold your breath, action packed, edge of your seat romantic thriller. When an Antarctic research station is attacked two workers, Angel and Ford, are forced to flee across the ice to safety hundreds of miles away. They battle the weather, hypothermia, and starvation as well as the enemy searching for them. Through all the peril they develop a very realistic romantic relationship I was totally sold on. I was hooked from the first page and look forward to the next book which ...more

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Dec 15, 2019 T. Rosado rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-stars, romance, top-reads, mystery-suspense, arc, netgalley, 2019, action-adventure

5 Stars!

Typically, I don’t seek out romantic suspense and only read it on occasion. But when one of my top-5 favorite romance authors pens a book in this sub-genre, I'm all in.

When it came to the romantic story elements, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed, but I was especially surprised and pleased with how much I enjoyed the suspense. Whiteout started with a gripping opening and kept me riveted throughout. It wasn't only intense because of the obvious suspense and vile antagonists, but also due
5 Stars!

Typically, I don’t seek out romantic suspense and only read it on occasion. But when one of my top-5 favorite romance authors pens a book in this sub-genre, I'm all in.

When it came to the romantic story elements, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed, but I was especially surprised and pleased with how much I enjoyed the suspense. Whiteout started with a gripping opening and kept me riveted throughout. It wasn't only intense because of the obvious suspense and vile antagonists, but also due to the unrelenting Antarctic setting. It made me endlessly grateful for my cozy home and soft blanket. I was initially concerned that the harsh and desolate setting would wear on me. Yet, in spite of the frozen expanse and bleak conditions, the author kept me invested with a swiftly moving plot and fascinating characters. In an effort to know what was happening around the next corner, I never wanted to put the book down.

As for the romance, this author never fails to make me swoon with her broody and reclusive heroes. This author has perfected the well-written beta hero and determined heroine. I loved Ford and how he realistically warmed to Angel during their ordeal. Although hastened by proximity and extreme conditions, the romance was tender, sexy, and real. The author managed to blend the suspense and romance without either element feeling contrived and blessedly, there were no unrealistic romps while the MC's tried to outrun the bad guys. I didn’t say none at all (wink,) just none of those impractical and eye-roll-induced moments. The suspense was consistently thrilling and harrowing, while the relationship was achingly romantic and fraught with it's own kind of tension. Overall, this was a fabulous story that delivered on the suspense, as well as an emotionally sexy romance.

SIDE NOTE: I highly recommend reading the prequel novella Deep Blue (available for FREE in Turn the Tide by Katie Ruggle, Adriana Anders, et al.) Although Whiteout stands alone perfectly well, the prequel novella introduces Eric Cooper, his love interest, and his newly established team, who all play a significant (albeit smaller) role in this book. ...more

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Nov 04, 2019 Anita rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, romance-action-adventure

Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an fair and honest review.

I have never read a book where the setting played such a major role is the story. Antarctica is a major character and overwhelms so much that the plot and the characters take a distant second place. I have also never encountered such a hero like Ford. Tightly wound, distant, antisocial and so totally closed off that the nicknames Angel gives him, Lone Wolf and Ice Man, fit like ...more

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Dec 17, 2019 Lisa rated it liked it · review of another edition

I loved the fact this book was such an adventure. I can’t imagine having to trek across Antarctica on skis the foot to flee from bad guys, all the while carrying a deadly virus they’re after to use for no good. Plus, there is no place to hide in all that white snow and ice. You are a sitting duck in your bright red coat. This is what the two main characters go through. I loved all the characters. I felt like it was too long at times, though it held my interest. What I didn’t like, and why I’m no ...more

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Adriana Anders is author of the Survival Instincts, Love at Last, and Blank Canvas series. Her debut, Under Her Skin, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2017 and double recipient of the HOLT Medallion award, and Loving the Secret Billionaire was a Romance Writers of America 2019 Rita® Award Finalist. Her books have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Oprah Mag, Bustle, USA Today Happy Ever Af ...more