Shadow Valley by Nik Xandir Wolf

 
Synopsis - 

When Heath’s beloved foster mom, Linda, is brutally murdered by Burke, a crooked, small-town police chief, Heath reacts quickly, leaving a bad cop dead and going on the run.

With Rori, the chief’s daughter under his protection, Heath must figure out how to outrun and outsmart Burke and his highly trained bounty hunter, Art Dominguez, who will stop at nothing until both he and Rori are murdered.

The young couple tears away on an action-packed journey from Santa Cruz communes to cartel territory in Baja and are willing to do anything for their forbidden love to survive. All the while Heath carries with him a ring that holds family secrets he’s been searching to uncover his whole life: The identity of his biological parents.

As Heath and Rori’s journey grows ever more perilous, Heath begins to question why he is so surprisingly good at hurting the dangerous people who cross his path.
Until finally, south of the border, all of Heath and Rori’s past and present demons converge, bringing Heath closer than he’ll ever know to the Angel of Death, a brutal mercenary who wears his same ring.

 

My review - 5/5 stars!

This is a noir crime/action book about a guy named Heath who after surviving a lot of abusive foster care homes helps this girl Rori run away from her abusive father. But her dad has hired this guy named Art to get her back and Art can find anybody. This book was very faced paced but also gives flashbacks to Heath’s backstory and how he is connected to Art. It’s told mostly in two POV’s between Art and Heath. I really liked the ways the characters were connected and how their stories were constructed, the prologue was a great way to start it off and the end ties everyone perfectly together. My heart really broke for Heath’s backstory but I’m happy with how this book ended for him.