You, Me, and the Sunken Treasure by Georgette Kaplan is book three in the Cushing/Nevada action adventure trilogy and you should absolutely listen to all three, starting at the beginning.
Picking up where book two left off, Easy Nevada finds herself in a terrible situation. Even worse than that, Candice is not with her.
With all the powerful artefacts in one place now the crazy billionaire is trying to activate them in order to gain even more power and he will do anything to make that reality, even hurt Candice.
Easy Nevada is far from safe herself, never mind in any way able to help Candice. Can she make the impossible happen as she goes after the woman she loves or will she be too late?
This finale to the series will conclude the adventure and leave you a satisfied listener.
Pros
I enjoyed that we got a little more history as to what happened with Easy Nevada and her son. I liked meeting some more of the people in her life and I was very happy with the conclusion of the story.
Narration
Craden managed a convincing performance of the entire range of emotions that runs through this book. Everything from high action scenes to sad, reflective moments were done with style.
Heads Up
Nevada and Candice spend most of this book apart, so go in knowing that the premise of this one is Nevada trying to save Candice while Candice tries to stop a crazy billionaire from killing her.
The Conclusion
This finale to the series was unexpectedly slower and more reflective than the first two books. There are more moments of history and character exploration than previously. This slowing down of the story wasn’t a bad thing, just different.
Abby Craden really is a great narrator. The performance was compelling and I absolutely recommend the audiobooks.
Excerpt from You, Me, and the Sunken Treasure by Georgette Kaplan
They led Nevada down the stairs and out into the courtyard, past the sawtooth shadows of the crenellated walls above and into the thick, stuffy air of the Sahara day.
“We fight,” Nevada said, sweat instantly breaking out on her forehead, “but deep down we really care about each other.”
It took work to make water a bad thing in the lashing heat of the desert, but they accomplished it. As Nevada was led to the cage in the center of the courtyard, now stuffed with the captives from the barracks, the guards started up a pump. Its rhythmic chugging irritated Nevada’s ears, instantly putting her on edge. She looked over at the pipe that ran down from the water tower, the machine pulling its contents down and pushing them out a hose. The water flowed out of the hose in a rushing stream, hitting the cage like an artillery blast.
The water was unstoppable, driving into them, heedless of their screams, knocking them back, shoving them down, forcing them to claw over each other for protection. It ripped their clothes, burnished their bodies into obsidian, and exploded into foam that they scrambled to drink as much as avoid. Watching the frenzy—the satisfied sneers that the guards wore as they reassured themselves of their own cruelty—Nevada wondered what Candice was going through. Her hand tightened into a fist. She felt her knuckles shifting like tectonic plates in an earthquake, vibrating, needing the solidness of slamming into bone…
The hose cut off, drips of water lost into steam upon touching the burning sand. The cacophony of rushing water and frightened screams became quiet, almost background noise. Whimpering and sobs.
“If you’re going to power-wash me,” Nevada said to the guards, “you have to use spring water. I have allergies and break out if you use tap. You know there won’t be a mortician in the world good enough to let you have an open-casket funeral, right?”
More shoving. They unlocked the chain, hauled the door open, and threw her in. Nevada turned and, pro forma, gripped the bars as the lock clunked back into place. She rattled them. There was something easy in the way they took her shaking.
Some of the others picked themselves up, wrung out their clothes—but many simply stayed where they had fallen. Nevada nodded to them. “How’s it going, fellow slaves?”
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Series: The Cushing-Nevada Chronicles
Easy Nevada and the Pyramid’s Curse
Candice Cushing and the Lost Tomb of Cleopatra
You, Me, and the Sunken Treasure
Bits and Bobs
ISBN number: 978-3963244773
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Audiobook Publisher: Tantor audio
Narrator: Abby Craden
Audiobook Length: 5 hours and 47 minutes
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