Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whiteout | 2020 | Adriana Anders | Buy |
| 2 | Uncharted | 2021 | Adriana Anders | Buy |
Whiteout dropped Adriana Anders’s characters into Antarctica — not as a metaphor, but as an actual frozen research station where people are cut off from help and someone is killing. The 2020 novel worked because Anders takes the environment seriously: the cold is a character, the isolation shapes every decision, and the romance develops under conditions where both characters genuinely need each other to survive.
Uncharted followed in 2021 and maintained the extreme environment premise while moving to different territory. Both books share a commitment to settings that are genuinely hostile rather than merely picturesque, which distinguishes the Survival Instincts series from most romantic suspense that uses remote locations as backdrop.
The Survival Instincts books are the work most likely to reach readers who don’t usually read romance, because the adventure and survival elements are strong enough to work independently of the central relationship. That said, the emotional core is solidly romantic and the two threads reinforce each other well.