that wasn't long at all
its very interesting
love it.........
Loved the book, saw it on Kindle after starting the 2nd book. Will the others be on their as well? I perfer using Kindle although I'm half way through the 2nd book already.
great story... looking forward to more updates
Getting good....keep going
Great book!!!!
i hope book 2 will be out soon.. i feel sad at the ending
Good story nice outcome
What Nicholas is doing to Ariana is emotional abuse. He may not love her but favoring his stepsister all the time is a blatant disrespect to his wife. I just hope that you make Ariana here more strong willed and a \\"bad ass\\" lawyer so she'll survive even with nothing when she leaves the douchebag.
good book... how often do you update?
Okay, let me just say this: the author is a monster when it comes to pacing. You finish Chapter 14 thinking it's a straightforward rescue mission, right? Lin Yiqiao goes looking for Qi Jun, finds the command post empty, phone line cut—classic setup. Then she gets a local guide who turns out to be part of the ambush. Bang! Gunfire! And then they fall into a pit. A pit that turns out to be a hunting trap dug by commune members who are literally undermining socialism. The layers here are insane. First there's the immediate danger of the ambush, then the trap they fall into, then the revelation that the people around them can't be trusted. And the best part? Qi Jun drops the line 'they've already been dealt with' like it's nothing, like he walked into this on purpose. Spies. Right there in the commune. The plot doesn't just twist—it coils like a snake. What I loved most was how the author made us feel Lin Yiqiao's dread building: the empty command post, the beep-beep of the dead phone line, the local guide with sharp eyes who walked with a limp. Every detail was a breadcrumb. And then the pit scene? Two meters deep, no easy way out, and Qi Jun bleeding. The author could've resolved this quickly but instead stretched it out, made us sweat. How does a woman who just ate coarse grain steamed buns in the dining hall suddenly become a combat-rescue hero? That transition from 'I need to find him' to 'I'm leaping out of a pit like it's nothing' felt earned because the author gave us her motivation first. She's not doing this for glory—she's doing it because if she doesn't, they'll both be dead and she'll never forgive herself. Brilliant structure. The only thing I'd question is whether the spy reveal came too neatly, but honestly, the emotional payoff more than made up for it.