My Rating: 4.5 Stars

Captain Kellen Adams thought her life was going to be up in arms, but she gets a great job. If she can crack a code, she can amass a fortune. Or, she could get killed. Hard to Kill is the first book, a novella actually, in the Cape Charade series, and it is where we meet Kellen for the first time.

This is a great prequel. Suffice it to say that when I got one of the books in the series, Families and Other Enemies for review, I had no doubt that getting the previous books was an absolute must. I moved right onto the first book in this series, Dead Girl Running, where Kellen gets her job at the Yearning Sands Resort.

The next books in the series are What Doesn't Kill Her (2018), and Hidden Truths and Strangers She Knows, both set for release later in 2019. ( )

Hard to Kill by Christina Dodd is a 2018 HQN publication.

This novella is a prequel to ‘Dead Girl Running’ and gives readers a few more in depth details about Kellen Adams before she takes the job at Yearning Sands Resort.

In this story we learn why and how Kellen’s career military plans were thwarted and chronicles her next mission in which she searches for treasure hidden in German caves.

Code-breaking and art forgeries are always fascinating, but there are some very dangerous aspects in Kellen’s mission. Will she outsmart her enemies and complete her mission in one piece?

I enjoyed learning more about Kellen’s background, her strong character, and the experiences she had while serving her country. This is a suspenseful short story, with a very clever twist that truly surprised me!!

I’m very excited about his series and was glad to have this short story to tide me over until the next full -length installment.

4 stars ( )