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The Rules of Survival (Mercer #1)
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Complete, First published Mar 17, 2012
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Kalen Mercer's Rules of Survival


Rule #1:  Don't get caught.

Rule #2:  Always get even.

Rule #3:  Trust Nobody.


Survival isn't just a word to Ioney Mercer; it's a way of life.  

Having grown up in poverty in Chicago where some of the most ruthless gangs in the country preside, Ioney knows better than anyone what it takes to stay in the game.

Or so she thought.

When her older brother Kalen is brutally murdered and Ioney is left to take care of her younger siblings, she doesn't think things can get any worse.  That is until in a cataclysmic turn of events, Ioney is thrown into a pit of danger her brother has left behind.  Sinister people have suddenly developed an interest in her, she unwittingly falls into the middle of growing gang rivalries, and unfortunately manages to land herself under the scrutiny of Chicago Blood Kings Enforcer Justice Montoya.

As things escalate rapidly, Ioney finds herself at a crossroads.  Can she trust notoriously ruthless gangster Justice Montoya, or is he just another enemy she has to conquer in order to survive.
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Cinders of Us: Hearts in the arena - Cato Hadley

9 parts Ongoing Mature

In Panem, love is the most dangerous game of all. Cato Hadley was raised to win, a Career from District Two, trained to hunt, to kill and to never question the Capitol's rules. His strength is his weapon, his pride his armor, his heart a battlefield he's never dared to enter. Aimee-Rose Vale came from the quiet fields of District Ten, where survival meant endurance, not violence. She never expected to come home from the Games, only to find a kind of peace in her own ending. But when their paths cross in the arena, something changes. What begins as hostility burns into something forbidden, a fragile connection that defies the Capitol, the Games, and the parts of themselves they were taught to destroy. As alliances crumble and blood stains the ground, Cato finds himself torn between the victory he's always been promised and the girl who makes him question everything he's ever fought for. And Aimee-Rose must decide whether love is worth surviving for... or dying with. Because in the Hunger Games, only one rule truly matters: no one leaves untouched.

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