Reckless Beauty

Reckless Beauty is Book 2 in the Powerful Minds series and a sequel to Reckless Brilliance. George Horton is enjoying his senior year of high school when one of his friends, Tony Tan Lim, that he met in El Paso while he was on the run, is kidnapped. George helps identify the Mexican gang that kidnapped Tony and eventually sneaks across the border to rescue him.

After a tragic accident, George and his father decide to take a vacation to California. On the way, they are detoured and their car breaks down. They are helped by a beautiful woman and her daughter who aggressively pursue George and his father romantically. George expects some kind of trap or attempt to get information but the intentions of the women are far different. These women are members of a secret organization, The Sisterhood, and are not to be trifled with. George manages to enrage the daughter and ends up stranded in the Mojave Desert with nothing but a blanket and a sword. He has to use all of his wits and acquired memories to survive until he is rescued.