Wow, wow, wow! I had to take a moment to collect my thoughts on this one. I listened to this on audio and I was immediately hooked and I couldn’t stop listening. Typically in an audiobook I become distracted in the middle and have to rewind, well this book it held my attention the entire time! The twists and turns kept coming and I was on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next.

Hannah, married to Owen, is a stepmom to 16 year old Bailey answers a knock on her door and finds a kid holding a duffle bag and a note saying she was told to bring this to her by her husband Owen. Hannah opens it and it’s 600k and the note tells Hannah to keep Bailey safe and the money is for Bailey. Apparently, Owens’s company is in the midst of a white collar scheme and the SEC is on to them, BUT that is just the beginning! Why does Owen run, when his boss doesn’t run nor his counterparts?

Can Hannah and Bailey figure out this mystery, because Owen isn’t who he says he is... ( )

I enjoyed this book but did not like the ending. ( )

Great novel! Only one minor quibble is the main character’s harping on husband’s disappearance. Well, duh, of course that is the whole point of the book, and realistically the reader cannot reasonably expect anything else—but is a thought that did occur to me multiple times. ( )

A fast read. ( )

Hannah, a young woodworker, meets Owen Michaels, and after a whirlwind romance, they marry and move to Sausalito, CA, where Owen lives with his teenage daughter, Bailey. One day a note is dropped off to Hannah with just 2 words written by her husband: Protect her. Then Owen disappears. The story follows Hannah's journey, along with Bailey, in trying to determine where Owen is and why he has disappeared. In the process, Hannah and Bailey form a life-long bond.

This book is the definition of a page-turner. Chapters are short and the reader is usually left hanging when they end, so it's hard to put down. Great story - well written. ( )