She is loyal to her father, and two make quite a team. She’s vulnerable, clinging to her beloved teddy bear who often speaks or communicates on her behalf, but quickly takes to her new life on the run, almost like a duck to water. However, it is most definitely Polly, who steals the spotlight in this story. But, Nate also has his own demons and ulterior motives, exposing his flawed and selfish characteristics. Nate’s own background is harsh, and he doesn’t have the verbal or emotional ability to express his feelings to Polly, but in his own way, he does the best he can for her, by putting his own life on the line to save hers. This book has a noir-ish atmosphere, but is a dark and gritty crime novel, that climbs into the disturbing mindset of gangs, and the price paid for living by the sword. I gotta tell you, this one deserves all the kudos and accolades it receives. I heard many good things about this book, so I had to see what all the fuss was about. Will they manage to make it to safety before the ‘Steel’ catches up to them, or is their fate already sealed?

But, Polly appears to take it all in stride- like father- like daughter, all the way down to their shared ‘gunfighter eyes.’ Although they are strangers to each other in the beginning, their connection is instantaneous, as only blood relations can be, but their bond only solidifies as they fight for their very lives. Thus, begins a most unusual father/ daughter road trip, chock full of adventure, danger, and gruesome criminal acts.

It’s too late for Nate’s ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, but Nate manages to nab his eleven-year old daughter, Polly, before the ‘Steel’ manages to find her. So, when Nate, kills Craig’s brother, he is tipped off, right before his prison release, that Crazy Craig has fingered him, and has sent out orders to exact his revenge. This is the creed of the Ayran Steel white supremacist gang, which is run out of a prison cell by Crazy Craig Hollington, whose power and reach seemingly has no bounds. She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper is a 2017 Simon & Schuster publication. She Rides Shotgun: A Novel by Jordan Harper

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